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… yet. When you've been called to it, God will open up doors of opportunity for you to do it. This is Jeremiah, and I'm sorry, Nehemiah chapter two, verses one through six. Here's what it says. And it came to pass, verse one, one through six, and it came to pass in the month of Nisan, on the 20th year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never been sad in his presence before. Therefore the king said to me, why is your face sad since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart. So I became dreadfully afraid and said to the king, may the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city the place of my father's tombs lies waste and its gates are burned with fire. Then the king said to me, what do you request? So I prayed to the God of heaven and I said to the king, if it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my father's tombs that I may rebuild it. Then the king said to me, the queen also sitting beside him, how long will your journey be and when will you return? Here's the key words. So it pleased the king to send me and I set him a tie. The king gave him an opportunity to take leave …
… lies in ruins, its gates have been destroyed by fire. Then the king said to me, what are you requesting? So I prayed to the God of heaven, And then I summed up my courage and I said to the king, if it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you may send me to Judah, to the city of my father's graves, that I may rebuild it. And so the king said to me, the queen was sitting right beside him, how long are you going to be gone and when will you return? So I said to the king, if it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province beyond the river, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah. and a letter to Asaph, who was the keeper of the king's forest out there, that he could give me carte blanche to take as much timber for the beams of the gates of the fortress of the temple as I want, for the wall of the city and for the house that I shall occupy. …
… story where Nehemiah is trying to get his paperwork in order to come back to Judah. Let's pick up Nehemiah 2, verse 4, the king said, what are you requesting? So I prayed to the God of heaven. I said to the king, if it pleases the king, if your servant has found favor in your sight, then you send me to Judah, the city of my father's graves, that I may rebuild it. The king said to me, the queen sitting beside him, how long will you be gone? When will you return? So it pleased the king to send me when I had given him a time. And I said to the king, if it pleases the king, let letters be given to the governors of the province beyond the river. Same thing that happened with Ezra, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah. And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple and for the wall of the city and for the house that I shall occupy? …