Nehemiah 6:1-3

Rise Up And Build pt 4. Nehemiah 2:10 - But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.

• Everyone who wants to do something significant for the Kingdom of God must be prepared for significant opposition.
• People Hate Public Promotion
• Pay Attention to Who Celebrates Your Victories
• Most people won’t support the best version of you 
• Scarcity Mentality
• People Enjoy Empty Embarrassments 
• Be careful who you ask for advice 
• Be careful who you allow to speak to you 
• People Crave Crowd Confirmation 
• When the crowd rises up against you, you don’t need to answer them. You need to talk to yourself.
• Remind yourself who you are in Christ

The definitions of Provision: Provision is God supplying us with every resource that we need to do what He’s called us to do. This is different from wealth, status, or salary.

Nehemiah 2:9 And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.

John 8:31-32 (KJV) 31Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Jesus>Believe>Continue>Word>Disciple>Know>Truth>Freedom

Sermon Series "Rise up & Build."

Scriptural References:

The Source of Wholeness

•  Job 5:18 (KJV) ...his hands make whole 
• Acts 4:10 (KJV) Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 
• Acts 9:34 (KJV) ... Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.

The Need for Wholeness
 

• Matthew 9:12 (KJV) But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.  

The Touch for Wholeness 

•  Matthew 9:21 (KJV) For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. 

The Desire for Wholeness 

•  John 5:6 (KJV) When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? 

The Stretch for Wholeness 

•  Mark 3:5 (KJV) And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

The Faith for Wholeness

• Luke 8:50 (KJV) But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.  

The Thanksgiving for Wholeness 

• Luke 17:19 (KJV) And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole. 

Sermon Series "Rise up & Build," This sermon is entitled, "Prayer of Nehemiah." - Culture teaches us to grow from the outside in, but the Kingdom of God teaches us to grow from the inside out.

Sermon Series "Rise & Build Up," This sermon is entitled, "It takes a whole church.”

The last sermon of 2019. This is a prequel to the series Rise Up & Build. This sermon sets the stage for the series.