When our world is falling apart, the book of Nehemiah teaches us to start with prayer—heaven-moving, God-praising, effective prayer. Pastor Dudley Rutherford outlines how Nehemiah wept, mourned, fasted, and prayed for a people (the Jewish remnant) and a place (Jerusalem). In Nehemiah 1:5-11 we learn that heaven-moving prayer involves praise, confession, and bold petition.