Thy Servants; Thy People; They Great Power; Thy Strong Hand

I like how Nehemiah prays to the Lord using four possessive pronouns in Nehemiah 1.10. It's not like he is pointing out something that the Lord doesn't know; it's that the Lord wants us to point these things out; he wants us to, in essence, hold him to his character. This is a good thing.

It's like Nehemiah says: "Remember Lord, we are talking about your people and your servants who you bought back with your great power using your strong hand. Surely you don't want to lose what you have bought back."

The result of Nehemiah's great prayer recorded here? God uses his great power and strong hand to bring his servants and his people back to the land from which God himself exiled them 70 years before. It's an amazing prayer and an amazing answer to prayer.