In this sermon we celebrate what God did a year ago, as Compass Church was able to raise over a million dollars for our initial expansion. While the church as moved forward and is seizing the future, Pastor Tim teaches from the book of Nehemiah how each of us as individuals can move forward, past failure and doubt, and seize the future!

2. Three Goals of the Next Initiative:Three Goals of the Next Initiative:

3. Three Goals of the Next Initiative:Three Goals of the Next Initiative:
1)1)Expand auditorium seating capacityExpand auditorium seating capacity

4. Three Goals of the Next Initiative:Three Goals of the Next Initiative:
1)1)Expand auditorium seating capacityExpand auditorium seating capacity
2)2)Enlarge outdoor fellowship areaEnlarge outdoor fellowship area

5. Three Goals of the Next Initiative:Three Goals of the Next Initiative:
1)1)Expand auditorium seating capacityExpand auditorium seating capacity
2)2)Enlarge outdoor fellowship areaEnlarge outdoor fellowship area
3)3)Enhance children/student ministry spaceEnhance children/student ministry space

6. Then I said to them, “You see the trouble weThen I said to them, “You see the trouble we
are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with itsare in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its
gates burned. Come, let us build the wall ofgates burned. Come, let us build the wall of
Jerusalem, that we may no longer sufferJerusalem, that we may no longer suffer
derision.”derision.”
And I told them of the hand of myAnd I told them of the hand of my
God that had been upon me for good, andGod that had been upon me for good, and

7. also of the words that the king had spoken toalso of the words that the king had spoken to
me. And they said, “Let us rise up and build.”me. And they said, “Let us rise up and build.”
So they strengthened their hands for the goodSo they strengthened their hands for the good
work.work.
- Nehemiah 2:17-18- Nehemiah 2:17-18

8. How do we MOVE FORWARD and SEIZEHow do we MOVE FORWARD and SEIZE
THE FUTURE?THE FUTURE?

9. How do we MOVE FORWARD and SEIZEHow do we MOVE FORWARD and SEIZE
THE FUTURE?THE FUTURE?
1)1)Take ActionTake Action

10. But when Sanballat the Horonite and TobiahBut when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah
the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arabthe Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab
heard of it, they jeered at us and despised usheard of it, they jeered at us and despised us
and said, “What is this thing that you areand said, “What is this thing that you are
doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
- Nehemiah 2:19- Nehemiah 2:19

11. How do we MOVE FORWARD and SEIZEHow do we MOVE FORWARD and SEIZE
THE FUTURE?THE FUTURE?
1)1)Take ActionTake Action
2)2)Expect ResistanceExpect Resistance

12. It is far easier to CRITICIZE than it is toIt is far easier to CRITICIZE than it is to
CREATE!CREATE!

13. Then I replied to them, “The God of heavenThen I replied to them, “The God of heaven
will make us prosper, and we his servants willwill make us prosper, and we his servants will
arise and build, but you have no portion orarise and build, but you have no portion or
right or claim in Jerusalem.”right or claim in Jerusalem.”
- v. 20- v. 20

14. How do I MOVE FORWARD and SEIZEHow do I MOVE FORWARD and SEIZE
THE FUTURE?THE FUTURE?
1)1)Take ActionTake Action
2)2)Expect ResistanceExpect Resistance
3)3)Bet the Farm on JesusBet the Farm on Jesus

15. Just as we have borne the image of the manJust as we have borne the image of the man
of dust, we shall also bear the image of theof dust, we shall also bear the image of the
man of heaven.man of heaven.
- 1 Corinthians 15:49- 1 Corinthians 15:49

16. ““Do not lay up for yourselves treasures onDo not lay up for yourselves treasures on
earth, where moth and rust destroy andearth, where moth and rust destroy and
where thieves break in and steal, but lay upwhere thieves break in and steal, but lay up
for yourselves treasures in heaven, wherefor yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust destroys and whereneither moth nor rust destroys and where

17. thieves do not break in and steal. For wherethieves do not break in and steal. For where
your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
- Matthew 6:19-21- Matthew 6:19-21