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We have a heart problem. Revive our hearts O God! We let things into our hearts that we would never let pass our mouths. We let stuff into our eyes that would make us blush if we were there in person. In Psalm 51, David longs for a renewed purity of heart, so that he can reconnect with God, because when sin rules, life is without God. When I read Psalm 51, and look at the world around me, and within me, I find myself saying that a sin-soaked heart is life's greatest problem.

But there is a solution to life's greatest problem. And it starts with the prayer, "Revive my heart O God!"

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In Luke 10, Jesus sends his disciples out on a mission. It's really a battle, in a way he is actually sending them into battle, a spiritual battle. When they come back he tells them, "Good job. While you were gone I saw Satan fall like lightening from the sky." But here's the deal, here’s the crazy battle plan. When Jesus sent them out, he said, "Now go and remember I am sending you out as lambs among wolves." Jesus sends us into battle as sheep. Hows that for a crazy battle plan? How are we going to win this war? Be a sheep. Jesus says if you wanna see Satan fall like
lightening from the sky. Be a Sheep.

Psalm 23 is the prayer of a sheep to their shepherd. And it gives us the secret to success in the epic battle between God and evil!

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Nehemiah 9 contains the longest recorded prayer in the Bible. And we can learn a lot about prayer from this prayer. For example, prayer must be radically God-centered. This prayer of Nehemiah is saturated with God. He is our Creator, Redeemer, Grace-Giving, Wonder-Working, Lavishly Loving, Great and Almighty, Chastizer and Forgiver of our Sins. I wonder what people might learn about God, if they listened to our prayers?

More than once in Nehemiah 9, you will hear God described as a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. And why are they so taken by his forgiveness, his grace and compassion and abounding love?It's because they have come to realize their sin. Let Nehemiah 9 draw you into the story of your own life and know that He loves you with all His heart!