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Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, If you trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:
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Praying God's Promises Back to Him
Commentators overwhelmingly highlight that Nehemiah's prayer is powerful because it is based on God's own promises. Charles Spurgeon calls this the 'very backbone of prayer,' comparing it to presenting a check at a bank. The most effective pleas in prayer are not just our own desires, but reminders of what God has already declared in His Word.
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Nehemiah
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19th Century
Anglican
Nehemiah’s appeal to God. The prayer is a perfect example of the private and individual devotion with which the later Hebrew Scriptures abound. It …
Baptist
We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Remember, I beseech you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses To publish an…
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Presbyterian
Nehemiah was the Persian king's cup-bearer. When God has work to do, He will never lack instruments to do it with. Nehemiah lived at ease and in ho…
