#nehemiah 9

[quotesfromscripture]

By day you led them with a pillar of cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire to give them light on the way they were to take.

Nehemiah 9:12 NIV (2011)

[human-perspective]

[quotesfromscripture]

For many years you were patient with them. By your Spirit you warned them through your prophets. Yet they paid no attention, so you gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Nehemiah 9:30-31 NIV (2011)

[quotesfromscripture]

They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them.

Nehemiah 9:17 NIV (2011)

[quotesfromscripture]

“You saw the suffering [’oni] of our ancestors in Egypt; you heard their cry at the Red Sea. You sent signs [’otot] and wonders against Pharaoh, against all his officials and all the people [’am] of his land [’arzo], for you knew how arrogantly the Egyptians treated them. 

You made a name for yourself, which remains to this day [kehayyom]. You divided the sea [hayyam] before them, so that they passed through it [hayyam] on dry ground [bayyabbashah], but you hurled their pursuers [rodepheihem] into the depths [vimtzolot], like a stone [’even] into mighty waters [bemayim].” 

- Nehemiah 9:9-11 NIV (2011)

[quotesfromscripture]

Sins of the past

“But they, our fathers [wa’aboteinu], acted arrogantly [hezidu];  They became stubborn [wayyaqshu et’ arepam]  and would not listen to Your commandments [mitzvoteika].” 

- Nehemiah 9:16 NASB (1995)

[quotesfromscripture]

You came down on Mount Sinai; you spoke to them from heaven. You gave regulations and laws that are just and right, and decrees and commands that are good.

Nehemiah 9:13 NIV

[pastorhogg]

When Gratitude Moves the Heart Toward Obedience

DID YOU KNOW Did You Know? Prayer becomes clearer when it begins with who God is rather than what we need. Many of us come to prayer carrying concerns, requests, pressures, and private fears. There is nothing wrong with bringing those things to the Lord, because Scripture invites us to cast our cares upon Him. Yet Nehemiah 9 shows us a more ordered way to pray. Before the people asked God to fix…

When Gratitude Moves the Heart Toward Obedience