SERMON OUTLINE Sunday Sept 3rd, 2017
PASTOR DAVID COOKE: Overcoming Opposition
Nehemiah 3-5
• Restoring and Strengthening Prayer
• Our Bold, Daring, Audacious Dream and Prayer
THREE KINDS OF PEOPLE (Henry Cloud – Necessary Endings)
1. People
2. People
3. People
THREE RESPONSES
1. The Person
2. The Person

3. The Person
VISION DERAILERS
• From The

1) The Fool – Pride
(Nehemiah 3:5, ESV)
2. The Wise – Injustice
a) The Haves and the Have Nots
(Nehemiah 5:1, ESV)
(Nehemiah 5:6–11 (ESV)
3)Parallels
a)Jesus: Luke 14:8
b)Paul: 1 Cor 11
c)Isaiah 58
• From the

1) The Evil
• The Bully
• The Mocker
2) Overcoming Outside Derailers
• Keep Praying (v4.4-5)
• Keep Clarity (v4.6)
• Get Ready To Fight (v4:13-14)
• Get To Work (v4.15, 21-22)
• Stop Talking (v6)
OUR BOLD, DARING, AUDACIOUS DREAM AND PRAYER
YOUR PART
1)
2) Build and Protect Your Piece of the Wall
• Care for yourself
• Care for your family
3)
• Be in community
4)
• Your Time
• Your Graces
• Your Treasures
5) Your “One More”
6)Go
Answers: wise, foolish, evil, wise, foolish, evil, inside, outside, pray,
connect, give, invite,
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?