Pastor Jorge Cardenas – Church on the Rock Katy January 26, 2014

Jer. 1:10 NLT Today I appoint you to stand up against nations and kingdoms, Some you must uproot and tear down, destroy and overthrow. Others you must build up and plant.”

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• Individuals Families
  
• Church Communities: Govt., Business, Education, Arts, Media
  

Matthew 16:18-19 NKJV And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

PRAYER , PEOPLE , PLACE , PROCESS .

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• He had a passion for a PLACE , a PEOPLE and a PROCESS
  
• Nehemiah’s Passion
  
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  • 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.
    
  
  
  
• Passion Leads to Action
  
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  • Neh. 2:5 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.”
    
  
  
  
• The Building Process . . .
  
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  • Determination – Resources – Time – Unity – Sacrifice
    
  
  
  
• Evaluate the Cost
  
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  • Neh. 3:12 And next to him was Shallum the son of Hallohesh, leader of half the district of Jerusalem; he and his daughters made repairs.
    
  
  
  
• The Plan
  
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  • Neh. 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.
    
  
  
  
• The Opposition: Part of the PACKAGE
  
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  • Neh. 2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they laughed at us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”
    
  
  
  
• The Answer: We will RISE and BUILD
  
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  • Jer. 2:20 So I answered them, and said to them, “The God of heaven Himself will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no heritage or right or memorial in Jerusalem.”