My sermon notes for Wednesday night, Sept 7th. Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Wednesday at 6:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.
Nehemiah 9:6-31 – “The Prayer for True Revival”
INTRO
- The wall is finished.
- Now Nehemiah prepares the people to succeed
- Chapters 8–13 is the preparation of the spiritual people
- A spiritual revival – A Nation/People set apart for God
- Nehemiah continues to encourage REVIVAL within the people.
- They acknowledged God for who He was, what He had done, and what He will continue to do.
Acknowledge God for who He is– v. 6
- God of Creation
- In the beginning God created – Gen. 1:1
- You are God alone…You made
Acknowledge God for what He has done – vv. 7-30
- Forming the nation
- Abraham
- Preparing the people
- Moses/Egypt – vv. 7-8
- Deliverance – vv. 9—15
- Disobedience – vv. 16-18
- Preparation – vv. 19- 22
- Occupation – vv. 23-25
- The cycle of sin – vv. 26-30
- Obey
- Wandering/Disobeying
- Spiritual laziness
- Lose our focus
- Mission amnesia
Acknowledge God for what He will continue to do – vv. 31-38
- Now therefore
- In the present, Now, TODAY
- Our God, great, mighty, awesome
- YET – v. 33
- In their sin… God has been righteous
- It is on us. We deserve your judgment – vv. 34-37
- Therefore we repent – v. 38
- Make a firm covenant (agreement)
- Names… it is personal.
- v. 17 – But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them
2 Chronicles 7:13–15 When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, [14] if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. [15] Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. (ESV)