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Man of action and Man of Prayer

Nehemiah 2. Man of action and Man of Prayer. The man of prayer. The enormity of the task. Righteousness Health of my family World peace esp in Jerusalem Are the prayers effective?. Will prayer make a difference?.

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Man of action and Man of Prayer

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  1. Nehemiah 2 Man of action and Man of Prayer

  2. The man of prayer The enormity of the task

  3. Righteousness Health of my family World peace esp in Jerusalem Are the prayers effective?

  4. Will prayer make a difference? • “Electricity will replace God. The peasants should pray to it; in any case they will feel its effects long before they feel any effect from on high”

  5. Europeans sharp decline in faith

  6. Fall of Jerusalem 587 BC

  7. The man of prayer The enormity of the task

  8. The man of prayer The enormity of the task

  9. Enemies of Judah Samaria Sanballat Ammon Tobiah 800 sq km

  10. Ezra 4. Letter from King Ataxerxes • 21 Therefore make a decree that these men be made to cease, and that this city be not rebuilt, until a decree is made by me. 22 And take care not to be slack in this matter. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the king?" Enemies of Judah -Samaritans

  11. The date of the Bad News 1. Tishri Sept-Oct 2. Heshvan 3. Chislev Nov-Dec 4. Tebet Nehemiah 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the capital, 5. Shebat 6. Adar 7. Nisan March-April 8. Iyar April- May

  12. Nehemiah 1:3 • 3 And they said to me, "The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire."

  13. Gate

  14. Nehemiah 1:4 • 4 As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

  15. Jerusalem

  16. The Vision of Jerusalem Hebrews 11:8-10 • 8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.

  17. Specific prayer • Nehemiah 1:11 11 O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." Now I was cupbearer to the king.

  18. The 4 mths of prayer 1. Tishri Sept-Oct 2. Heshvan 3. Chislev Nov-Dec 4. Tebet Nehemiah 2:1a In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes,... 5. Shebat 6. Adar 7. Nisan March-April 8. Iyar April- May Compared to Daniel 3 weeks

  19. Nehemiah 2:1-2 In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king The Cup Bearer

  20. Prayer produces opportunity • Nehemiah 2:1-2 .... Now I had not been sad in his presence. 2 And the king said to me, "Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of the heart." King Ahaseurus insomnia- Mordecai’s good deeds found in thwarting coup

  21. Nehemiah 2:2 • ...Then I was very much afraid.

  22. Turning Danger to Opportunity • Nehemiah 2:3 3 I said to the king, "Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"

  23. The arrow prayer • Nehemiah 2:4 4 Then the king said to me, "What are you requesting?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.

  24. Found courage-Bold request • Nehemiah 2:5 5 And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' graves, that I may rebuild it."

  25. Nehemiah 2:6 6 And the king said to me ( the queen sitting beside him), "How long will you be gone, and when will you return?" So it pleased the king to send me when I had given him a time.

  26. Influenced outcome • Nehemiah 2:8 And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.

  27. Anwser to a Specific prayer • Nehemiah 1:11 11 O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." Now I was cupbearer to the king.

  28. J. Hudson Taylor • "He must move men through God -- by prayer," that was the philosophy of Hardest thing in the world to move men Look at Judas

  29. Charles Finney Abel Clarey

  30. Charles Spurgeon

  31. Worship in heaven • Revelation 5:8 8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

  32. Revelation 8:1-5 ESV Revelation 8:1 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 3 And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne

  33. , 4 and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. 5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth,.

  34. ..and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake

  35. South Africa Killed 28 and wounded 200

  36. Impossible things Desmond Tutu 100000 demonstrators Ray McCauley

  37. Man of action God’s Sovereignty vs Man’s Action

  38. When we work , we work, when we pray God works

  39. God will serve up the results? Ataxerxes to wrap it up Enemies to fold Tennis

  40. Thinking on his feet • Nehemiah 2:3 3 I said to the king, "Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?" Persians superstitious about graves- held in great respect

  41. Planned the return • Nehemiah 2:7-8 7 And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah, 8 and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy."

  42. Wall inspection Nehemiah 2:13-15 13 I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire. 14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal that was under me to pass. 15 Then I went up in the night by the valley and inspected the wall, and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.

  43. Dealing with the opposition • Nehemiah 2:19-20 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

  44. Enemies of Judah Samaria Sanballat Ammon Tobiah 800 sq km Gershem

  45. Dealing with the opposition • Nehemiah 2:20 Then I replied to them, "The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or claim in Jerusalem." Did not quote his orders from the king

  46. Prayer produces opportunity to act • Not a substitute for competence • Not a substitute for leadership • Not a substitute for planning • Real prayer produces • Plans • Thought • Diligence The power behind the actions

  47. William Wilberforce MP for Hull 1780 Converted in European trip 1784-85

  48. John Newton Saw his strategic position Oratory skills Self discipline Capacity for hard work Persuaded Wilberforce against entering full time ministry

  49. King George III Wilberforce and Clapham Sect Dangerous revolutionaries Ship builders Finaciers Plantation owners Whitfield

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