How to pray over burdens

1. PRAYING OVER BURDENS
NEHEMIAH 1:4-11

2. PRAYER 101
 Reverence
 Release
 Request
 Repentance
 Realignment
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3. BURDEN AND PRAYER
 Burden = Something that is carried
 Success of ministry – Carrying a ‘God given
burden’
 Nehemiah – Example of carrying a God given
burden
 Mission started with prayer and fasting
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4. STARTED WITH PRAISE (VERSE 5)
Started with Prayer and Fasting
Focused on the ‘Attributes’ of God
Great and Mighty God
Just and Merciful God
(to those who love God and keep His
commandments)
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5. CONTINUED WITH PERSISTENCE (V6)
Prayed day and night
Marinate and cook in a slow prayer cooker
It absorbs God’s will and will be palatable
Don’t let Busy Bury Burden
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6. CONFESSED THE PROBLEM (V6-7)
Include yourself in confession
Passing the blame does not ‘unlock’ the
burden
‘Both my father’s house and I have sinned’’
Power behind a Pure heart than Pointing
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7. CLAIMED THE PROMISE (V8-9)
Latches on to the ‘already given’ promise
Claiming His word anchors the burden in
God’s heart
God own the burden but ‘we manage it’
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8. ENDED WITH AVAILABILITY (VERSE 11)
Burdens fade because NO ONE steps up
Word from God but NO initiative
Waiting on SOMEONE else
Nehemiah PERSONALLY got involved
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