Nehemiah 1

NEHEMIAH’s REACTION TO BROKEN WALLS

NEHEMIAH’s ENQUIRY (1-3): What is the time frame for Nehemiah’s ministry?

What did Nehemiah learn about the condition of Jews?

NEHEMIAH’s REACTION (4): How did Nehemiah react to the news? Is it

surprising?

NEHEMIAH’S PRAYER (5-11): Who is the prayer addressed to? How does he

frame the confession? What is the covenant promise? What was his primary prayer

request?

Ezra 10

CORPORATE REPENTANCE

CORPORATE RESPONSE (1-4): How did people respond to Ezra's public confession? Who emerged as leader from the group and what did he propose?

EZRA's PROCLAMATION (5-8): What was the content of the proclamation? What was the penalty for disobedience?

EZRA's ADDRESS (9-17): How does Ezra confront the sin of people? How do people respond? How were the individual cases reviewed and decided?

LIST OF GUILTY (18-44): Who is included in the list? What did they do put away their transgressions? Does the solution seem harsh?

EZRA 9:1-15

EZRA’s PRAYER OF CONFESSION

REPORT:HOLY SEED CORRUPTED(1-2): What report did princes give Ezra?

What contributed to the spiritual decline among Israelites? What prompted the

princes to come forward? Did the news come as a surprise to Ezra? What does the law

and the new testament exhort about separation?

EZRA’S REACTION (3-4): How did Ezra react to the report? How do other

observers react to Ezra? What is the appropriate first response when we observe sin

among God’s children?

EZRA’s PRAYER OF CONFESSION (5-15): What was Ezra’s posture for prayer?

How did Ezra structure his prayer and what were the main elements? What does Ezra

request or expect of God in his prayer?