Hello Everyone,

Nehemiah wept and prayed, and then fasted. Jesus said the big things come by fasting. Do you ever fast?

You have heard me quote: "We pray without crying, we give without sacrificing, we live without fasting...is it any wonder that we sow without reaping?!"

Nehemiah never could have rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem until he wept over the ruins. The burden led to the prayer that led to the miracle!

You cannot heal what you do not feel.

God is moved by what we are moved by.

In verse 6 and 7 of Nehemiah chapter one we see that his prayer was also a prayer of confession.

⁷ We have acted very wickedly toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses.

⁸ “Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations

The best prayers are the ones that God hears. And He has promised that He doesn't hear the prayers of those who willfully aren't right with him.

Psalm 66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

Nehemiah knew it was sin that led to the destruction of Jerusalem and her walls. And it would do no good to weep over the ruins if he was not willing to repent of the sin which led to those ruins.

Is your life lying in ruins? Is sin to blame? Don't just cry over your troubles. Make it right!

Greater Things Are Still to Come!

Pastor Phil