(Nehemiah 1:1-11)

 

Central Idea: Prayer is the key to overcoming the past.

 

Purpose: To encourage believers to find healing through prayer.

1. Past problems bring regrets (1:1-4)
2. Personal prayer brings results (1:5-11)
   1. Broken world prayers start with submission (1:5)
   2. Broken world prayers continue with confession (1:6-7)
   3. Broken world prayers persist with promises (1:8-10)
   4. Broken world prayers stop with specifics (1:11)