Nehemiah 1:4

Nehemiah 1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, When Nehemiah heard the bad news about Jerusalem, his home town he was shocked. Did you notice what he did? First, he sat down and cried for a few days. The word used in our verse is mourned. Mourned means to weep like when someone has died. Mourning is deep, deep sorrow. Nehemiah didn’t just cry; he sobbed and wept over his home town’s sad situation. But Nehemiah didn’t just stay in the Mulley-grubs. He cried for a while, but then he fasted and prayed to the God of heaven! Fasting is not eating for a day so that you can devote yourself to special prayer for a special situation. This was serious to Nehemiah. He was seriously affected. And he knew where to go for help. He prayed to the God of heaven. When you have a serious problem, do you know where to go? Do you know how to pray? Be ready for that day. Be close to God now so that when a serious problem comes up, you will know what to do. Just like Nehemiah, you can pray to the God of heaven.