OUT OF THE GRAVE INTO GREATNESS:
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No man ever became great doing as he pleased. Little men do as they please — little nobodies. Great men submit themselves to the laws governing the realm of greatness. — Richard C. Halverson
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The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
Scare: Something Ezekiel didn’t have.
If you are afraid of water, you can swim. If a child is afraid to fall, he might walk. If you are afraid of height, you can not become a pilot.
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
He trusted in the Lord: can this bone live again?
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;
And lean not unto thine own understanding.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
# points:
He heard the Lord’s voice.
The voice of the Lord is powerful;
The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Can these bone live again? Test of confidence.
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
a. Human mindset
b. Divine mindset
Speak the word: speak to these bones
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee:
And the light shall shine upon thy ways.
True greatness is not in the size of your muscle but the size of your faith.
It is does not see limitations, but possibilities.
It is not discourage by failures, but its determine to succeed.
Graveyard situation:
The spirit of the Lord came:
