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ARE YOU PRAYING LIKE THAT? (2 OF 21)

by Mike Stone

Scripture: Nehemiah 1:5-11
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Are You Praying Like That? (2 of 21)
Series: Rebuilding - Questions From Nehemiah
Mike Stone
Nehemiah 1:5-11


A well-known preacher was privileged to see Billy Graham at his home in Montreat, North Carolina. He had a private audience with Dr. Graham. He asked the great evangelist about the key to his ministerial ''success.'' Dr. Graham answered immediately without hesitation, and he said, ''Prayer, it's been prayer.''

Adrian Rogers is perhaps the greatest preacher of my lifetime. He was once asked if he had to do his ministry all over again what would he do differently. Without hesitation, Dr. Rogers said he would have prayed more.

It's interesting to me that when you read the gospels and study the life of the Lord Jesus, you never see Him slipping away to study the Bible. Now of course He did because Jesus, as a man, was well familiar with the Word of God.

But you see the Lord, again and again, finding a place to pray. He prayed on a mountain. He prayed in the garden. He even prayed while on the cross.

His prayer life was so great and so obvious that it's the only thing His disciples ever asked to be taught to do. And today, the Lord is going to answer that prayer and teach us to pray through the book of Nehemiah.

Would you like to have been able to eavesdrop on the greatest prayer Billy Graham ever prayed? Corrie Ten Boom? Lottie Moon? John Wesley? Well today we get to listen to one of he greatest prayers ever prayed by one of the greatest saints.

These few verses record for us one of the greatest prayers in the entire Bible. I recognize that by saying that, I'm saying a mouth full. But Nehemiah said a mouth full first. This is an incredible prayer and I want to ask you, ''Are You Praying Like That?''

The identification in his prayer (5-7)

Before Nehemiah opened his mouth, God open his eyes. Last week we talked about where he sat, what he saw, and what he said. Frankly, he says what he says because he sees what he sees.

Like Isa ...

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