See the posts from  10/9 and 10/21.  They give two methods of approaching the “key” prayer in Nehemiah 1.11: “Please grant me favor in the sight of the king.”  The long prayer preceding the strategically crucial supplication is also full of prayer potential, especially when the group or task force is working together on a project.

Read the circumstances and resulting prayer in Nehemiah 1.  Suggest that the following are included in that prayer: confession of sin, asking for mercy, offering praise, asking God to hear, reminding God of His promises.

Ask if the group can identify any other prayer topics from the passage; add responses to the list.

Have the group pray, applying the Nehemiah requests specifically to the project at hand.