Key Takeaways:

God-ordained visions are always too big for us to handle.

God knew exactly what he was doing with Nehemiah.

God the master strategist, places the cupbearer in a position of divine significance.

God is using your current circumstance to prepare you to accomplish His vision for your life. Your present circumstances are part of the vision. You are not wasting your time, spinning your wheels.

Key Takeaways:

What can you do to keep your vision alive? Nehemiah did two things.

He “Prayed”.

He “Planned”.

Why PRAY?

Prayer is critical to vision development. We see what we are looking for, we often miss what we don’t expect to see. Prayer keeps you looking. Prayer keeps the burden fresh. It keeps your eyes and heart in an expectant mode.

What did Nehemiah ask in his Prayers? He confessed his personal sins and the sins of the sons of Israel. He asked God for success and favor.

CONFESS your SIN and ask for FORGIVENESS, Chapter 1:6

ASK God for SUCCESS, Chapter 1:11

PRAY for FAVOR, Chapter 1:11

Nehemiah planned for four months.

PLAN – Chapter 2:1-10

Take time to Plan.

He spent time working on a “plan” or “strategy”.

God resourced Nehemiah’s vision.

Questions:

If the right opportunity came along, do you know what you would do?

The person you are praying for walks up to you and ask about your faith in the Lord, would you be ready to share?

If you had that opportunity to switch careers, start that business, write that book, do you know what steps you would need to make the transition?

Do you have a vision for how you want your child/children to turn out?

Do you have a plan?

Do you have a vision for your marriage? Do you have a plan?

OPPORTUNITY APART FROM PREPARATION RESULTS IN MISSED OPPORTUNITY.

Nehemiah endured it all: sarcasm, suspicion, gossip, mockery, threats, anonymous notes, false accusations, you name it. None of it moved him. He was focused on rebuilding the broken-down wall of Jerusalem. God placed a vision in his heart to restore and rebuild the wall. If God has placed a vision in your heart, you can expect negative criticism.

Key Takeaways:

You can respond to negative criticism by developing a great prayer life and when you do so the following happens:

Your stress and anxiety level will decrease.

Your passion restored and renewed.

You will find the strength to put your hands to the work of God, the Vision his placed in your heart.

Nehemiah endured it all: sarcasm, suspicion, gossip, mockery, threats, anonymous notes, false accusations, you name it. None of it moved him. He was focused on rebuilding the broken-down wall of Jerusalem. God placed a vision in his heart to restore and rebuild the wall. If God has placed a vision in your heart, you can expect negative criticism.

Key Takeaways:

Prayer enables you to evaluate criticism from God’s perspective.

Prayer helps you remember who gave you the vision.

Prayer allows God to expose and frustrates the enemy’s plan.

Welcome to our podcast! We hope you were encouraged by our message. Join us every Sunday at 9:30 am at the Overlook located in Atascocita, TX.

We want you to know that your life matters because it matters to Christ!

Welcome to our podcast! We hope you were encouraged by our message. Join us every Sunday at 9:30 am at the Overlook located in Atascocita, TX.

We want you to know that your life matters because it matters to Christ!

“Say to Daughter Zion,

‘See, your king comes to you,

gentle and riding on a donkey,

and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’

Matthew 21:5

Key Takeaways:

Laying down of cloaks was an act of honor for royalty.

Palm Branches were symbols of victory, triumph, peace and eternal life.

The donkey symbolized peace, so those who chose to ride them showed that they came with peaceful intentions.

God provided spiritual salvation from the bondage of sin, bought at a great cost to the Lord Jesus.

Your expectations of who Jesus is should always line up with scripture. Isaiah 53

Continue to Trust God when things don’t turn out like you expected them to. Romans 8:28

God’s purpose and plan for your life will override any plan you can ever come up with. Proverbs 19:21

Easter is focused on the Resurrection of the Savior. If Jesus didn’t arise that first Resurrection morning, lay aside His burial wrappings, and leave the tomb to walk among those who loved Him, nothing else really matters. Jesus Resurrection changed everything for the believer.

Key Takeaways:

The life we live as believers is not in vain.

The resurrection gives us the power to live for Christ in victory daily.

Your life has a purpose beyond the years you will spend on earth.

We will have victory over the grave.

Whatever our circumstances, we can be confident that better days are coming.

Welcome to our podcast! We hope you were encouraged by our message. Join us every Sunday at 9:30 am at the Overlook located in Atascocita, TX.

We want you to know that your life matters because it matters to Christ!

Suffering and the trials of life are tools that God uses to mature us and give us greater capacity to encourage others. Suffering is predetermined or appointed; it is inevitable: How do you handle your seasons of suffering?

Key Takeaways:

God will use our suffering to minister and comfort those who are suffering.

God gives comfort not just that we might be comforted, but that we might become comforters of others.

Suffering teaches us to trust in God, not in ourselves.

Suffering teaches us to give thanks in everything.