Covenant Reformed News – October 2023 • Volume XIX, Issue 18
This article provides an expository study of Nehemiah's covenant prayer in Nehemiah 1:4-11, examining his emotional and spiritual response to news of Jerusalem's distress. The author analyzes Nehemiah's example of fervent, sustained prayer combined with fasting and mourning over four months, presenting it as a model of genuine intercession for the welfare of God's church and practical Christian devotion.
Nehemiah’s Covenant Prayer After considering Nehemiah’s godly enquiry concerning Jerusalem (Neh. 1:1-3) in the last issue of the News, we now focus on his response to the bad news about the people of God, their capital and its perimeter wall (4-11). Though deeply troubled, Nehemiah did not keel over, as some do when they hear terrible tidings. He did not need anyone to put a chair behind him lest he collapse but that godly man did realize that he needed to sit, so at once he lowered himself...