By Elimu Assistant Team 
Occasions when Nehemiah prayed
- Nehemiah prayed when he got a bad report from the Jews that Jerusalem was in ruins
- When he was about to ask for permission from King Artaxerxes I to go to Judah and
- rebuild the wall of Jerusalem
- When Sanballat ridiculed the rebuilding of the wall
- When Sanballat / Tobiah / Amonites threatened to fight the people of Jerusalem
- He prayed for God’s favour after having forfeited his portion of food as governor for twelve
- years
- When he was threatened to be killed by his enemies / Geshene the Arab
- When he had purified the rooms in the house of God
- After warning the people against ignoring the Sabbath law
- After he had stopped the Israelites from intemarrying with the foreigners.
