The Prayer of Nehemiah, Part 2

Studying Nehemiah's prayer sequence, we will discover a pattern many in the church have adopted: the acronym ACTS. A-C-T-S - adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication.

We will also discover a critical step Nehemiah took in his approach to prayer that yielded results.

1. Nehemiah displayed a God-centered perspective in his continuous prayer.

Nehemiah was in continuous prayer for four months before the answer came through.

Nehemiah 1:1-2 NIV The words of Nehemiah, son of Hakaliah:

In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile and also about Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 2:1 NIV In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before,