Rise Up & Build
Pastor Keith Cross
January 28, 2019

Nehemiah ch. 1-2 (NKJV)

Nehemiah 2:17-18
17 Then I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.”
18 And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me, and also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me. So they said, “Let us rise up and build.” Then they set their hands to this good work.


Any new thing that God does requires a transition that moves you from where you are to what He has for you. And this process involves building our lives for the future plans God has for us.

IMAGINE our FUTURE by BUILDING for it TODAY

The Vision for building our future must be PERSONAL (Love God), COMMUNAL (Love my Church), and MISSIONAL (Love my City)

1- BUILDING for our future must be PERSONAL!
Nehemiah 1:4 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.

2- BUILDING for our future must be COMMUNAL!
Nehemiah 2:12 Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me; I told no one what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem; nor was there any animal with me, except the one on which I rode.

Nehemiah 2:17 Then I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.”

Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it.

3- BUILDING for our future must be MISSIONAL!

Nehemiah 2:18 And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me, and also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me. So they said, “Let us rise up and build.” Then they set their hands to this good work.

Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

TODAY is the day for you to RISE & BUILD for the future God has planned for you.