Bible Verses: Nehemiah 1:1-11
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I pray before You now, day and night, for the
children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel
which we have sinned against You. (Nehemiah 1:6)
It is one thing, beloved, for
us to get a kind of public concern about things and then begin to make a great
noise about it...
Bible Verses: Nehemiah 1:6
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Nehemiah 1:1-11
Nehemiah was a captive. There is a tradition that he belonged to the royal family. Probably he had been educated in the land of captivity. At least he occupied a position of great importance in the king's court. He speaks of himself as the king's cup-bearer - but this title does not mean that he was merely a servant. The position was one of importance and of much influence.
Evidently Nehemiah was a man of