Fell On My Knees

Ezra 9:5-6,15 - Then, at the evening sacrifice, I rose from my self-abasement, with my tunic and cloak torn, and fell on my knees with my hands spread out to the LORD my God and prayed: “I am too ashamed and disgraced, my God, to lift up my face to you, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens…LORD, the God of Israel, you are righteous! We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand in your presence.”


Psalm 95:6-7 - Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.

Nehemiah 9:6,21 - You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you…For forty years you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.

Daniel 9:18 - Give ear, our God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.

Application:

· Am I humble enough to fall on my knees with my hands spread out to the Lord my God to pray?
· The Lord is my Creator and my Redeemer. He has made me what I am.
· Do I feel inner shame before God for my own sins? God’s love is more than a match for my guilt.
· God is just and merciful. God would be justified in judging me. I should be humbled before Him
· There is only one Lord, maker of everything
· God sustains me. I lack nothing. He is sufficient.
· God answers prayer because of His grace, not because of my works.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV