Repentance And Favour Requested

Repentance And Favour Requested 

Nehemiah 1:5-6, 10-11 NKJV

[5] And I said: “I pray, Lord God of heaven, O great and awesome God, You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love You and observe Your commandments, [6] please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which 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. Both my father’s house and I have sinned.....[10] Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand. [11] O Lord, I pray, please let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your name; and let Your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” For I was the king’s cupbearer.

     Nehemiah's prayer focused on two things: repentance and favour. First, repentance, which occupies a great amount of the utterance from the start. We have to admit that the reason we are connered is the result of our actions. We are left with no other choices than to repent. 

    Repentance is a change of mind and heart, a turning away from sin and wrongdoing, and a movement towards God.  It is recognizing and feeling sorrow for our actions, along with a commitment to change and act differently in the future. Nehemiah's prayers meets these standards. 

    Someone explains that repentance involves: sorrow for sin, change of mind, turning away from sin, turning towards God and a commitment to a lasting change. These steps are necessary to bring in the second badge of the prayer: favour to have the ability to go to Jerusalem and do things. If you've repented, go ahead and ask God for favour. Favour is not needed in heaven. It is useful here on earth. God is excited to favour us. Good morning.