1. NEHEMIAH’S PRAYER A Pattern for Prayer

2. When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. ‒ Neh. 1:1-4 (NIV)

3. 1.LORD, HEAR MY PRAISE "O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and obey his commands, ‒ Neh. 1:5 (NIV)

4. 1.LORD, HEAR MY PRAISE Lift up your heads, O you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Lift up your

5. 1.LORD, HEAR MY PRAISE heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is he, this King of glory? The LORD Almighty ‒ he is the King of glory. Selah ‒ Psalms 24:6-10 (NIV)

6. 1.LORD, HEAR MY PRAISE The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation. ‒ Psalms 33:11 (NAU)

7. 1.LORD, HEAR MY PRAISE "We thank Thee, O Lord, that it is not always like this." "We thank Thee, O Lord, that it is not always like this." -- Alexander Whyte

8. 1.LORD, HEAR MY PRAISE Praise is the honey of life which a devout heart extracts from every bloom of providence and grace." ‒ C. H. Spurgeon

9. 1.LORD, HEAR MY PRAISE "I have been looking for an estate like that all my life, and I did not know that I owned it!"

10. 2.LORD, HEAR MY CONFESSION I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father's house, have committed against you. We have acted very wickedly toward you. ‒ Neh. 1:6-7 (NIV)

11. 2.LORD, HEAR MY CONFESSION O LORD, we and our kings, our princes and our fathers are covered with shame because we have sinned against you. ‒ Daniel 9:5-8 (NIV)

12. 2.LORD, HEAR MY CONFESSION Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.--Psalms 51:1-12 (NIV)

13. 2.LORD, HEAR MY CONFESSION Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. ‒ Psalms 139:23 (NIV)

14. 3.LORD, HEAR MY REMINDER "Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, "Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, ‒ Neh. 1:8-10 (NIV)

15. 3.LORD, HEAR MY REMINDER “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with all who love him and obey his commands,” ‒ Daniel 9:2-4 (NIV)

16. 4.LORD, HEAR MY SUPPLICATION “Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the presence of this man.” ‒ Neh. 1:11 (NIV)

17. 4.LORD, HEAR MY SUPPLICATION Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. ‒ Isaiah 37:14-20 (NIV)

18. 5.LORD, YOU DO HEAR MY PRAYER After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before. ‒ Job 42:8-10 (NIV)

19. 5.LORD, YOU DO HEAR MY PRAYER GOD NOT ONLY MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR FRIENDS, HE ALSO PROSPERS US IN THE PROCESS.

20. NEHEMIAH’S PRAYER A Pattern for Prayer