1. Rebuilding the Community of God
Rebuilding the People Ezra Chapter 10:1-17

2. People in Exile Live With the Consequences of Sin

3. While Ezra was praying
and confessing, weeping
and throwing himself
down before the house
of God, a large crowd of Israelites—men, women and children—gathered around him. They too wept bitterly… (Ezra 10:1)

4. A New Covenant

5. People in Exile Long for a Better Place

6. Jesus Joins Us in Exile
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.”… (Luke 4:18-18 & Isaiah 61:1-2)

7. Jesus Joins Us in Exile
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved… …For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”… (Romans 10:10-12)

8. Intercessory Prayers For
Our World

9. Intercessory Prayers For
The Church

10. Intercessory Prayers For
Families and Friends

11. Intercessory Prayers For
Ourselves

12. Intercessory Prayers For
Anything Else?