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1. The basis of Nehemiah's appeal is asking God to REMEMBER the covenant He made with His people, that He would not forsake them, but upon repentance would restore them into fellowship with Him. 2.How does he argue his case before God? Nehemiah argues his case before God, but bringing to His remembrance His WoRD TO hIS people. The scripture says that God is not a man that He should lie. When God speaks a promise , then it will come to pass. 3. What do we learn from this about intercession? We learn that the Word of God is the foundation upon which our faith rests. We also learn that what God has promised, He is able to perform. God is always waiting for the backslider to come to his senses and repent, knowing that His God is a merciful and forgiving God.

Why does Nehemiah pray night and day for four months? 1. The responses of Pickledilly and Helenmm are good responses. I believe as Helenmm did, in that the Spirit of God placed a burden on Nehemiah to intercede for his beloved nation and his utmost respect and love for his God. Nehemiah had a lot of bases to cover including coming before the King with a request that might have gotten him into a lot of trouble. He had to pray to God for the King's favour in this matter so he might obtain permission from the king for that which was necessary to go to his homeland and obtain the building materials to repair the city walls. 2.Why does he fast and weep? Fasting and weeping was a strong religious custom for the Jewish people, but in Nehemiah's case , it became his purpose-filled life to seek God with true repentance for the ministry of rebuilding the walls and fullfilling the call of God on his life. This is a good lesson for those of us who are unsure of the calling of God on our life, but a strong desire within us to fullfill the will of God in His plan for each one of us. 3. When it comes to knowing God's will, we should go to great lenghts to find out what God is up too, and be ready for a move of God in our lives.

What was DAniel's essential prayer? 1. I believe his prayer for his nation was solely based on God's righteousness and mercy, not upon any righteousness of Israel. What are the various grounds of Daniel's appeal 2. Grounds of appeal ......For your sake ......for the sake of a city known by His Name ......For the character of His mercy. All these grounds of appeal were totally based on who God is. There was no appeal based on any righteous act of the Israelites. The entire appeal was placed into the hands of the living God to obtain His mercy. This was acceptable to God.

Since Daniel is such a righteous man in his generation , why does he identify himself with the sins of his people? 1. I believe, that, like the body of believers in a local church, we are all part of that one body (1Cor.12:12). When any one of that body falls into sin, we take that burden upon ourself to intercede on behalf of that brother or sister who was overtaken in a fault. We then who are spiritual, seek to restore our brother/sister back into the body. How does this compare with how Jesus sought forgiveness for his people? 2. IN the book of Hebrews we are told that, "He likewise took upon himself flesh and blood , that through death, He might destroy him that hath the power of death, that is the devil, who through all their lifetime were subject to bondage, in order to set us free". Jesus never sinned , but was willing to take upon him our sins in His body upon a tree, that we being dead to sins, might live unto righteousness. Jesus so loved us that He was willing to take upon Himself our weaknesses in the flesh, to bring about our deliverance.

What is Daniel's demeanor when He prays? 1. Without question, Daniel does come before God with a broken and contrite heart (which pleases God) for that is the type of sacrifice with which God is well-pleased. Daniel has a heart for his people and is a true intercessor for his people. 2. It is important because the future of the nation is at stake and unless there is a mighty intervention of God, Israel will be under the control of a pagan government 3. We can prepare for intercession, first by having our own lives in right standing before God by coming under the refining hand of God. When we have placed our own lives under God's authority , then we can enter into our prayer closet and intercede for others.

What encourages Daniel to seek God for the restoration and forgiveness of Israel to its homeland? l. Daniel was a student of the scriptures , and had confidence in the prophet Jeremiah. He knew what Jeremiah prophesized would happen. He also knew that God was a merciful and forgiving God who would forgive Israel if they came to Him in repentance. 2The trait that brings this encouragement to pass would be his upbringing in the ways of the Lord God Jehovah. He took a strong stand against bowing down to false images, at the cost of his life. He knew that the consequences of not taking a stand would bring a judgement upon him and upon the nation of Israel.

Why is this prayer of surrender to God so difficult to pray? 1. This prayer is difficult to pray because we are asking God to "test" or refine us, which means that God will bring into our lives TRIALS which may be difficult for us to go through. 2.I have prayed this prayer to God many years ago, but understand this prayer to have purifying conditions today. Luke 14:28 tells us "which of you intending to build a tower (your life) sitteth not down first , and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it. I believe when you ask God to search and test (try) you, then you better be ready to count the cost. 3.Can a person be a genuine disciple without praying this kind of prayer? I believe a person can be a christian, but not a genuine disciple, for a disciple is one who not only follows Jesus Christ, but one who desires to be completely obedient to Christ.

How does an awareness of God's involvement in your prenatal development meant to encourage you? Why is such knowledge overwhelming to us? l. God says in His Word, "I knew you before you were in your mother's womb and all my members were written when as yet there were none of them." In fact God knew me before the foundation of the earth. I am encouraged by the fact that I was purposely planned, for the glory and to bless God with my life, with the gifts He has bestowed in me. 2. The knowledge of my prenatal development is overwhelming to me because it goes beyond my ability to understand eg. that He breathed into my nostrils the breath of life and I became a living soul. Also there is something inside of me that constantly makes me aware that I am a SPIRIT made after the image of God (beyond human comprehension).

How does God's hand touch the psalmist? In Verse 5 , God encloses him and places a hedge of protection around him. Have you ever felt God's hand on you in a special way? I believe I felt God's hand on me in times of witnessing to other people, when I least expected to do so. Was it for your good? What was it like? Yes, I believe it was for my good. Anytime I have the opportunity to share God's word with someone, it brings a joy and delight to my soul to have had such a privilege.

Why do people sometimes want to flee from God?Why do people imagine that God doesn't know what they Do?Have you ever felt this way? 1. I believe that the times when people want to flee from God is when they are not walking in the conduct that God wants them to walk, and there is a sense of uneasiness and restlessness , due to the conviction of the Holy Spirit. Maybe some people think that it is impossible to live up to the standard that God has set forth in His Word.There are also those times of frustration when prayers over a long period of time do not seem to be answered. 2. For people to believe that God doesn' know what they do can only come from a lack of understanding of the omnisience of a Holy God. They are ignorant of the scrutiny of God who searches the hearts and minds. 3. No-I am very much aware that God knows everything about me and this should result in a stronger desire to please Him.

What is the significiance of Hezekiah's spreading out the enemy's message before the Lord?What is the underlying principle illustrated here?How can we apply this principle to our own lives?What happens when we don't apply this principle? I believe that spreading out the message before the Lord reveals his trust and dependance on the living God, as well as knowing that the odds were against him in fighting this battle in his own strenght. "No man intending to build a house, sitteth not down first and count the cost whether he has sufficient to build it". The underlying principle is that the battle is the LOrd's We can apply this in our own lives by bringing all our needs and problems before the Lord to get His wisdom and direction in the things that come into our lives. When we don't apply this principle , then we are trusting in our own efforts.

Why was Hezekiah's healing important for the nation?How did it relate to God's promises to David? 1. Pickledilly's response seems to be correct. It seems to be the overall response by the forum that Hezekiah's healing was important in that there needed to be a strong Godly leader on the throne, who had the ear of God in revealing how the nation should be led. 2. As indicated by many, there could not be a break in the Davidic line of kings in order that the king of kings would one day reign forever .

How do the first two sentences of Hezekiah's prayerCorrespond to the first sentence of the LOrd's prayer?How are they important to faith?How are they important to God in answering the prayer? 1. Both acknowledge that the kingdom belongs to God and that He is Maker of heaven and earth. Both give God HIS POSITION - between the Cherubims, and who art in heaven. 2.They are important to faith because our faith in placed in the Most High God who watches over every detail of our life. 3. They are important to God in answering prayer because He knows that we are the work of His hands and as such we are to exalt Yawheh with our whole lives.

What is the significance of Hezekiah spreading out the enemy's message before the Lord?What is the underlying principle illustrated here?How can we apply this principle to our own lives?What happens when we don't apply this principle? 1. Spreading out the enemy's message before the Lord is bringing his concerns before the Lord to gain the wisdom from above, without which he cannot win the battle and experience in the past has taught him that the Lord had previous fought his battles. 2. The underlying principle is , especially when the situation is overwhelming to TRUST THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LEAN NOT UNTO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING, BUT IN ALL WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM. 3 We can apply this principle to our own lives by bringing all our concerns before the Lord, and casting our care upon Him 4. When this principle is not applied, then we become stressed and listen to ungodly counsel and there is no assurance in the matter.

Why is a person's attitude with regard to giving related to that person's attitude toward praise?Why does an attitute of possessiveness with regards to giving get in the way of worship?In what sense do all your possessions belong to God?What then should be your relationships to your possessions?How will these truths re-energize your giving? your praise? 1. If there is a poor attitude of giving, there will be a poor effort to praise. A good attitude in giving will release one in a good attitude of praise. 2. An attitude of possessiveness gets in the way of worship because there is a failure in the worhipers' life to see that ALL belongs to God in the first place. 3.All our possessions belong to God because the scripture says , "the earth is the Lord's and all the fullness thereof". Furthermore, when you give your life to God, He then has rightful ownership of all that you have. 4. Our relationships to our possessions should be a temporal thing knowing that all these things will someday pass away. 5. These truths should energize our giving in that it should be our pleasure to please the Father, and to show Him that He has first place in our lives. 6. Our praise to the Father should be a lifestyle , knowing that we are not of this world , but we look for a better world whose builder and maker is God