Advance with Commitment

Advance with Commitment
Pastor Blake Hanson | 3.19.23

Commitment Killers 

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Before you can move forward know what you’re committed to . 

Psalm 37:5 (NLT)

5 Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you.

Psalm 37:5 (ESV)

5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.

Advance with Commitment

Own the commitment .

Nehemiah 1:3–4 (NLT)

3 They said to me, “Things are not going well for those who returned to the province of Judah. They are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem has been torn down, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.” 

4 When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven.

Great Commandment 

Matthew 22:37–40 (NLT)

37Jesus replied, “ ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ 

38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 

39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 

40 The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

Great Commission 

Matthew 28:19–20 (NLT)

19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 

20 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you… 

1) –  “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart…”

2) – “Love your neighbor as yourself…”

3) –  “go and make disciples…”

4) – “Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands…”

5) – “baptizing them…”

Focus on the when fear is present. 

Nehemiah 4:1(NLT)

1 Sanballat was very angry when he learned that we were rebuilding the wall. He flew into a rage and mocked the Jews…

Nehemiah 4:7–9 (NLT)

7 But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that the work was going ahead and that the gaps in the wall of Jerusalem were being repaired, they were furious. 

8 They all made plans to come and fight against Jerusalem and throw us into confusion. 

Nehemiah 4:14–15 (NLT)

14 Then as I looked over the situation, I called together the nobles and the rest of the people and said to them, “Don’t be afraid of the enemy! Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes!” 

15 When our enemies heard that we knew of their plans and that God had frustrated them, we all returned to our work on the wall.

Pray through .

Nehemiah 4:4–5 (NLT)

4 Then I prayed, “Hear us, our God, for we are being mocked. May their scoffing fall back on their own heads, and may they themselves become captives in a foreign land! 

5 Do not ignore their guilt. Do not blot out their sins, for they have provoked you to anger here in front of the builders.”

2 Kings 19:16 (NLT)

16 Bend down, O Lord, and listen! Open your eyes, O Lord, and see! Listen to Sennacherib’s words of defiance against the living God.

Daniel 9:16-17 (NLT)

16 In view of all your faithful mercies, Lord, please turn your furious anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. All the neighboring nations mock Jerusalem and your people because of our sins and the sins of our ancestors. 

17 “O our God, hear your servant’s prayer! Listen as I plead. For your own sake, Lord, smile again on your desolate sanctuary.

Commit with . 

Nehemiah 4:19–23 (NLT)

19 Then I explained to the nobles and officials and all the people, “The work is very spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall. 

20 When you hear the blast of the trumpet, rush to wherever it is sounding. Then our God will fight for us!” 

21 We worked early and late, from sunrise to sunset. And half the men were always on guard. 

22 I also told everyone living outside the walls to stay in Jerusalem. That way they and their servants could help with guard duty at night and work during the day. 

23 During this time, none of us—not I, nor my relatives, nor my servants, nor the guards who were with me—ever took off our clothes. We carried our weapons with us at all times, even when we went for water.

Nehemiah 6:15–16 (NLT)

15 So on October 2 the wall was finished—just fifty-two days after we had begun. 

16 When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God.

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