Nehemiah: Confession and Intercession 1:1-11
Nehemiah: Confession and Intercession
(1:1-11)
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Introduction –
Hanani’s Report (1:1-3)
Nehemiah’s Response (1:4-10)
• Weep, Mourn, Fast, and Pray (4)
• Prayer
• Belief that God is able (5)
• Belief that God keeps His Covenant (5)
• Belief that God listens and cares (6)
• Belief that God forgives (6-7)
• Belief that God remembers and will act (8-10)
• Belief that God uses unlikely means (11)
Nehemiah’s Reveal (1:11)
God’s faithfulness drives His people to
repentance and prayer.
Next Steps
1. Proclaim God is faithful and praise God for His faithfulness daily.
2. Confess your sins and unfaithfulness in real-time daily.
3. Pray for three specific people all week.
This Week’s Growth Guide
God’s Word is both central and critical to your spiritual growth. We invite you to utilize the Growth Guide during the week to further your application of the Truth from the message.
• Monday - Nehemiah 2
• Tuesday - Nehemiah 3
• Wednesday - Nehemiah 8
• Thursday - Nehemiah 9
• Friday - Judges 5
Home Church
Our Home Churches meet weekly to facilitate quicker relational depth, study the same passage taught
Sunday to help apply Scripture in the context of community, and pray with one another. Home Church helps our body seek God’s best for one another.
Home Church Questions
• Read Nehemiah 1:1-11.
• What resonates with you from the passage?
• Discuss a time recently when you were “knocked off your feet” by the news you heard. What was your immediate response?
• Nehemiah confesses sins for himself, his household, and his people. Is confession common in your walk with the Lord?
• What is repentance? How is repentance different from crying out?
• Share something you are currently asking God to “remember and act” on for yourself or for others.
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Fellowship Family Hike
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