Hey friends! Below you’ll find my sermon notes for Pastor Earl McClellan’s sermon Let’s Build Something. This message is from Elevation Church on July 28, 2026.

Please remember that these are my actual notes that I took while listening. Context is needed. Click here to watch Let’s Build Something on YouTube.

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Sermon Notes : Let’s Build Something

• Nehemiah 1:2-4; 10-11
• There’s a disconnect between where we are and what the next season looks like. 
• You’re a Christian but do you know you’re a builder? 
• The cross of Jesus Christ takes us from dead to alive. 
• Not by our own merit or worth. 
• Jesus pursues you. 
• God didn’t save us just to save us. 
• He wants to do something in and through you to reach the generation that he put you in. 
• The spirit of god living in you is greater than anything this world can throw at you.  
• You have been called for such a time as this. 
• God I need you to move somehow, and someway. 
• He wants to give you a burden for this world. 
• There’s people whose walls are broken down. 
• When you’re the person whose walls are broken it doesn’t feel like you have space to be thinking about anybody else. 
• You don’t have to pretend that you have it all together. 
• Rebuilding walls. 
• You’re a part of a story that is bigger than anything you could ever possibly imagine. 
• God has given you an assignment.
• You can’t wait until you’re filled up.
• Go on your walks. 
• Everything doesn’t need to be in order. 
• What are we waiting for?
• That’s an excuse we like to hold on to so we don’t have to obey the word that god has given us. 
• Nehemiah 2:10
• Remind others that God has not forgotten about them. 
• Opposition happens whenever you beginning to take steps to rebuild walls and start becoming who god has called you. The enemy will start to bring opposition to your soul. 
• When you begin to move forward, winds will try to move against you. 
• Don’t let others words stop you from moving forward. 
• Luke 13:31-33
• I must press on. 
• Nehemiah 3
• Everyone has to do their part. 
• What you build now, someone you love will live in later. 
• Nehemiah 6:1-10
• Carrying a great project. 
• Don’t back down to who you used to be. 
• God strengthen my hands. 

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