SERMON OUTLINE Sunday Aug 13th, 2017
PASTOR DAVID COOKE: The Broken and Weak
Nehemiah 1:1-7
• Report from Jerusalem & Nehemiah’s Prayer
Nehemiah 1:1–7 (ESV)
• Finding Our Story in God’s Story
• How’s it going? (1:1-2)
• When Fortresses Are Broken Down (1:3)
Finding ourselves in great trouble and great shame
• The Heart of Leadership in Crisis (1:4)
• The Place to Start (1:5-8)
A. Prayer
B. Confession
• It’s not a “those people” problem
• The Hope of the Character of God (1:5)
• Vision Takes Courage
• “But what can we do?”
Our focus is “To be…”, not just “To do…” Being a Christ follower
involves wrestling with three critical questions:
1. What do I need to KNOW of God’s truth to know Jesus more
deeply?
2. How do I need to EXPERIENCE the Spirit’s power to be more like
Jesus?
3. What do I need to DO – how am I going to think differently and
act differently now?
