SERMON OUTLINE Sunday Aug 27th, 2017
PASTOR DAVID COOKE: What Can We Do?
Nehemiah 2:9-3:32
• Restoring and Strengthening Prayer
I. How have you seen God answer your prayer? Where have you
said Yes to Jesus?
II. How To Eat An Elephant
A. The Elephant
(Nehemiah 2:12–13, ESV)
B. Have An For Elephant
“And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for
Jerusalem.” (Nehemiah 2:12, ESV)
• Is Your Heart Into It?
Do what God put on your heart
• Know God’s Heart
• Listen To Your Heart
• Put It Up Against God’s Word
• Put It Before Wise Counsel
• Take The Next Step
C. Eat For A
“And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for
Jerusalem.” (Nehemiah 2:12, ESV)
• self motivated or others motivated?
D. To Eat The Elephant With You
“Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem
lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of
Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.””
(Nehemiah 2:17, ESV)

• What’s the problem?
• Why does it matter?
E. Get To Eat The Elephant
“And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for
good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And
they said, “Let us rise up and build.” So they strengthened their
hands for the good work.” (Nehemiah 2:18, ESV)
F. Start – One Bite At A Time
Nehemiah 3
III. Our Bold, Daring, Audacious Dream and Prayer For The Next
Ten Years
A. Our Mission – We are passionate about raising up
compassionate followers of Jesus Christ to be risk-takers for
God.
B. Our Vision
Local, National and International Calling
Multiply
The Overflow Of A – Life
Kids and Families
By 2028 Cold Springs Church will raise up…
Answers: Identify, Appetite, Greater Cause, Invite Others,
Agreement, Leaders, Impacting,
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?