Just Show Up Part 1

http://499.924.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Just-Show-Up-Part-1-Jared-Ming.mp3 Show Up With Your Questions Nehemiah 1:1-3 In late autumn,…I was at the fortress of Susa. 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came to visit me with some other men who had just arrived from Judah. I asked them about the Jews who had returned there from captivity and about how things were going in Jerusalem. 3 They said to me, “Things are not going well for those who returned to the province of Judah. They are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem has been torn down, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.” PUT YOURSELF IN A POSITION FOR GOD TO USE YOU! Show Up With Your Prayers Nehemiah 1:4-11 When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven. 5 Then I said,… 6 listen to my prayer! Look down and see me praying night and day for your people Israel…. 8 “Please remember what you told your servant Moses… 11 O Lord, please hear my prayer… Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me. Put it into his heart to be kind to me.” (NLT) Show Up With Your Message Nehemiah 2:1-4 Early the following spring,…I was serving the king his wine. I had never before appeared sad in his presence. 2 So the king asked me, “Why are you looking so sad? You don’t look sick to me. You must be deeply troubled.” Then I was terrified, 3 but I replied, “Long live the king! How can I not be sad? For the city where my ancestors are buried is in ruins, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.” 4 The king asked, “Well, how can I help you?” With a prayer to the God of heaven, 5 I replied, “If it please the king, and if you are pleased with me, your servant, send me to Judah to rebuild the city where my ancestors are buried.” (NLT) Show Up With Your Giving Nehemiah 2:7-8 …I also said to the king.. 8 please give me a letter addressed to Asaph, the manager of the king’s forest, instructing him to give me timber. I will need it to make beams for the gates of the Temple fortress, for the city walls, and for a house for myself.” And the king granted these requests, because the gracious hand of God was on me. (NLT)