Sermon 6/1/2025 – Built to Lead – Week 1 | Step Up: When the Burden Is the Call
Nehemiah 1:1–11 ESV
POINT ONE: The burden might be the beginning of the call
Philippians 2:13 ESV
13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
POINT TWO: We want to fix the burden with our ideas, but God calls us to start with surrender
Philippians 4:6–7 ESV
6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
POINT THREE: God opens doors when we step into the burden, not away from it
Proverbs 16:3 ESV
3 Commit your work to the Lord,
and your plans will be established.
• What breaks my heart that might be breaking God’s? ____________________________________________
• Where might God be calling me to submit, not just speak? ________________________________________________
• How can I come under what God is already doing — not build my own thing?
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