Application Questions

1. Rather than wearing sackcloth, how can we show humility and submission to God?
2. How can you practice “Interactive Prayer” in your devotional times with God, where you both listen and speak to God?
3. How does professing God’s faithfulness and confessing our unfaithfulness work together? How can we improve these two priorities of prayer?
4. Meditate and discuss Corinthians 11.28, “Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup.”
5. Does God lead us through the wilderness today? Recall examples of God’s leading in your life.
6. Even when believers are unfaithful, God is faithful. Consider God’s faithfulness to you, even when you have been unfaithful to Him.
7. The Persians exacted tribute in crops and livestock from the Jews (v36-37), so they were “slaves in their own land.” How could we be slaves in the land God has given to us?
8. Can we escape God’s discipline? No, and we should value it! Consider what your life would be like if you were not disciplined by God.
9. What are the benefits of God’s laws? Why do some people consider God’s laws to be oppressive?
10. If you were to memorize one verse or sentence from Nehemiah 9, which one would it be? See samples below:

“Praise the Lord your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting!” (Nehemiah 9:5)

“You are a forgiving God, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abounding in love…. (9.17)