Confidence in God’s Character
Ralph Dyck
Text: Nehemiah 9

Walking with God 101:
Bible reading (listening) and Prayer (responding) and in that order.

“This chapter’s use of earlier Scripture [as quoted in the Levites’ prayer] is a reminder that we are not likely to have a big vision of God if we do not spend time with the magnificent book He has given to us.”

“We will certainly understand more about God through our reading, but to grow in maturity we must come to know Him personally through the experience of prayer. It is that dimension of deeply personal involvement which makes this prayer in Nehemiah 9 such a moving and helpful passage.”

“The Message of Nehemiah” by Raymond Brown

Great verse for memorizing…
“But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.”
Nehemiah 9:17b

Note of interest (from the ESV):
v.25, “great goodness”
v.26, “great blasphemies”
v.27, “great mercies”

“Training our minds to think rightly about the things of God is our lifelong calling and produces life. Complacency with what we know of God and His truth is a toxic poison.” Jason Helopoulos

Psalm 9:10, “And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.”

Hosea 6:3a, “Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord.”

Hebrews 11:6, “And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”