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Now that we have seen how vast and detailed are the recorded prayers, let’s ponder! God is concerned that we commune with him…let’s meditate on these things:
1. Do those distinguishing characteristics that marked Nehemiah’s life mark you?
2. Are you always seeking to share God’s hand in your life?
3. Do you draw from Old Testament scriptures to glorify God’s great work in our lives?
4. Do prayers flow from your life because of dependence on Him?
Solomon prays as God’s glory fills the temple. He implores God for wisdom when given the opportunity to ask for anything in all the world.
Ezra bursts forth into the single longest recorded prayer. All the great attributes of God, words of praise and petiton, how grand. But, what do they mean to us in the twentieth century, people of activity and busy lives? Just this – they show a pattern of praise and petition. Today let’s try to begin to incorporate some of them.
1. Have you ever approached God in prayer and thanked Him for being Creator? If not, try it even now.
2. How about thanking Him for calling you to salvation? If not…
3. Then, let’s just, with eyes upon the scriptures, read Ezra’s prayer in Nehemiah 9:19-32 and echo his words as we thank God for being COMPASSIONATE (v. 19) for being our TEACHER (v. 20) and PROVIDER (v. 21), for KEEPING HIS WORD (v. 23)…keep going!