05-07-23
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Dare to Dream the Impossible Dream
Nehemiah
Dream:
- The thoughts and images you have while sleeping
- The desires and ambitions you have while awake
- The purpose, mission, or plans God created for you to fulfill
- A God-Given dream (vision/mission) is a divinely given ________ of what__________ be and ___________ be. It’s a picture of a God-Inspired ____________.
1. CARE ENOUGH TO ____________
“1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah.It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the citadel, 2 that Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.” Nehemiah 1:1-3 (NKJV)
- A GOD-GIVEN DREAM CAN BEGIN AS A __________
2. CARE ENOUGH TO ____________
4 So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
11 O Lord, I pray, please let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your name; and let Your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” For I was the king’s cupbearer. Nehemiah 1:4,11(NKJV)
3. CARE ENOUGH TO _________
1 And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never been sad in his presence before. 2 Therefore the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart.” So I became dreadfully afraid, 3 and said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire?” 4 Then the king said to me, “What do you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven. 5 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may rebuild it.” 6 Then the king said to me (the queen also sitting beside him), “How long will your journey be? And when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. 7 Furthermore I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given to me for the governors of the region beyond the River, that they must permit me to pass through till I come to Judah, 8and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he must give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel which pertains to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house that I will occupy.” And the king granted them to me according to the good hand of my God upon me. Nehemiah 2:1-8 (NKJV)
I would rather die for a worthy cause than live for no reason
- NOT EVERYONE WILL _________ THE NEED
- SOME PEOPLE WILL SEE THE NEED BUT DO ________ ABOUT IT
- GOD OFTEN SHOWS YOU THE NEED BEFORE YOU SEE THE _____________