LOVE Nehemiah 1:5-7

Then I said: "O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and obey his commands, let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father's house, have committed against you. We have acted very wickedly toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses."

O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God
Deuteronomy 7:21 Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
Nehemiah 4:14 After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, "Don't be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes."

who keeps his covenant of love
Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
1 Kings 8:23 . . . "O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below--you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way."
Daniel 9:4 I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: "O LORD, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with all who love him and obey his commands, . . ."

let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear
1 Kings 8:29 "May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which you said, 'My Name shall be there,' so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place."
2 Chronicles 7:15 "Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place."

the prayer
1 Kings 8:30 "Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive."

I confess the sins
1 Kings 8:47 ". . . and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their conquerors and say, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly'; . . ."

We have acted very wickedly toward you
Psalm 106:6 We have sinned, even as our fathers did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

NOTES:
Read Philippians 1

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