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Day 7 of 21 · 21 Days of Prayer

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,

let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

CONTEXT

Original word: הַשָּׁמָֽיִם (shâmayim) · the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)

REFLECTION

Notice the words in Nehemiah 1:4: honest, simple, addressed to God.

PRAYER

Father, teach me to pray. I want to know you, not just ask you for things. Amen.

QUESTION

Who is praying in this passage, and why?

ONE ACTION TODAY

Pray Nehemiah 1:4 back to God in your own words.

Reflections are drafts awaiting pastoral review.

Source

The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible (BSB). Public domain (dedicated to the public domain by BSB Publishing as of April 30, 2023). Source: eBible.org (engbsb). Editorial rendering: in this app the divine name "Yahweh" is displayed and read aloud as "God" (and "Yahweh God" as "God"). The stored text and the imported source are unchanged; this is a display-layer substitution, not part of the translation.