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Bible study · Nehemiah 13:1-31

Nehemiah 13: Remember me, my God, for good

Read Nehemiah 13:1-31 before you meet.

In a few lines

Nehemiah doesn't end with the wall. After Tobiah's room is cleared, the Levites' portions given again and the doors shut before the Sabbath, the book's last words are a prayer, "Remember me, my God, for good" (13:31), and the "good deeds" he asks God not to wipe out (13:14) are chesed, the word he uses for God's own "loving kindness" (13:22).

The verse to carry

“Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don’t wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its observances.”

Nehemiah 13:14

To talk about

  1. 1. The people had sworn, "We will not forsake the house of our God" (10:39), and chapter 13 finds it forsaken (13:11). What helps a promise made in a high moment last through ordinary weeks?

  2. 2. Nehemiah had the doors shut so that no burden would be brought in (13:19). What tends to crowd into the time you've set apart for God, and what would help you keep it?

  3. 3. The book ends with a prayer, "Remember me, my God, for good" (13:31), not with the finished wall. What would you want to ask God to remember about you?

Prayer requests