Learning From Nehemiah How To Pray

As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven. And I said, "O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments..."
Nehemiah 1:5, 6 (emphasis added)

As Nehemiah began praying to God after learning of the destruction in Jerusalem, where did he find the words to begin praying? The Bible.

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments...
Deuteronomy 7:9 (emphasis added)

What are we to learn from this? One of the main ways that we grow in the depth and vitality of our communion with God through prayer is to grow in our meditation on and memorization of the Word of God so that it becomes the very content of our prayers, the fuel for our fire as the Spirit burns in us to God. One more reason we can never have enough Bible.