A SERMON FROM NEHEMIAH 1:1-11 Ask the right questions Feel the right emotions Have the right reaction Take the right action GOSPEL CONNECTION Repentance is understanding the gravity of our sin and having the desire, given by the Holy Spirit’s work in our life, to not continue sinning. “I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us. 10 For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.” (2 Corinthians 7:9-10) APPLICATION What news have you recently received that you need to respond to with prayer? MEMORY VERSE “When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.” (Nehemiah 1:4)