2. The State of our People In Great Affliction

3. Psa 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

4. In Great Affliction Psa 107:39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

5. In Great Affliction Obadiah 1:13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;

6. The State of our People Are in Great Affliction In Reproach

7. Gen 30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

8. In Reproach Ruth 2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

9. The State of our People Are in Great Affliction In Reproach The Walls are Broken Down

10. Walls Provide Protection

11. The Walls are Broken Down Walls Provide Protection Walls set Boundaries

12. The Walls are Broken Down Walls Provide Protection Walls keep the bad out Walls keep the good in

13. The Walls are Broken Down Walls Provide Protection Walls set boundaries Walls define space/identify rooms

14. The Walls are Broken Down Walls Provide Protection Walls set boundaries Walls define space/identify rooms Walls give a sense of security

15. The Walls are Broken Down Pro 25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

16. The Walls are Broken Down 2Pe 1:5 ¶And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 2 Pe 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

17. The Walls are Broken Down My Biggest Problem Is ME

18. The State of our People Are in Great Affliction In Reproach The Walls are Broken Down The Gates are Burned with Fire

19. Act 3:2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

20. The Gates are Burned with Fire They Burned their Identity

21. Nehemiah’s Heart was Broke The State of our People

22. His Heart was Broke Neh 1:4 ¶And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

23. Nehemiah’s Heart was Broke Nehemiah Prayed for Restoration The State of our People

24. Prayer Was Personal Nehemiah Prayed for Restoration

25. Prayer Was Personal Prayer was Pointed Nehemiah Prayed for Restoration

26. Prayer Was Personal Prayer was Pointed Prayer was Purposeful Nehemiah Prayed for Restoration

27. Nehemiah’s Heart was Broke Nehemiah Prayed for Restoration Nehemiah Acted his words out The State of our People