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Title: ABLE- Useable
Intr:
1. Hello Fresh meals- all the ingredients are in there
a. I’m bad at starting to cook something before I check for the Ingredients
b.
Pancakes with baking soda instead of powder
c.
Sister’s cooking was so bad the flies helped put up the screen door
2. Bridge builders trip, camping, vacation- do you have everything you need?
a.
The point simply is you can’t make it work without all the ingredients/supplies
3. God wants to use us and our world needs God to use us, but the question is are we useable?
4. Deuteronomy 30:19-20 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.
Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and that you may lovethe Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him.
For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
a. Blessable- blessings and curses
b.
Teachable- listen to His voice
c.
Useable- love the Lord your God
d.
Reliable- hold fast
5.
These four ingredients allow us to live a life God can work through
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Today we will talk about being useable
I. GOD USES EVERYBODY
A. Ungodly people
1.
In the Bible He used ungodly heathen kings
a. Pharaoh- God hardened his heart
1) This was the result of Pharaoh hardening his heart.
God hardening his heart was itself the punishment, and not the reason for Pharaoh's actions.
2) Pharaoh had closed his heart and ignored God, now Pharaoh was punished by losing the sensitivity of his heart (So God could accomplish his purposes)
b.
Nebuchadnezzar, Xerxes (Esther), Caesars
c. Today- Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin and Recep Erdogan
1) Together we are seeing a prophetic alignment of nations last days
2.
He even used animals- donkey, lions, big fish, gourd & a worm
B. Imperfect people
1. Do you have to perfect to be used by God?
No
a.
Jepthah- 3 strikes: mom prostitute, kicked out of his house, lived in Tob
1) Tob Toads, Atoka Wampus Cats, Bray-Doyle Donkeys, Paoli Pugs, Okay Mustangs, Sallisaw Black Diamonds, Sand Springs Sandites
b.
Gideon- Judges 6:15 smallest tribe Manasseh, last family, youngest kid
c.
Jacob, Rahab, David, Jonah, Simon Peter, James & John
2. Too many of us miss out on ministry because we don’t feel worthy
a. It’s not about us (we aren’t worthy)
b.
Our job is to get them to Jesus
C. Just because God uses us doesn’t mean He approves of us
1. Samson was a Nazarite- no wine, no dead, no haircut- broke the rules but still felt God’s strength.
a.
He believed it didn’t matter how he lived until one day He didn’t know that God had left Him
2. God may use anyone at any time in any place to accomplish His purposes
* God uses imperfect people
II.
GOD WANTS TO USE US
* Ephesians 2:10 NKJV For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walkin them.
A. He created us to be useable– His workmanship, recreated in Christ Jesus
1.
The plan of God works through people
2. Our purpose in life is to minister to God, to make Him happy, to put a smile on His face
a. Ephesians 5:10 Trying to find what pleases the Lord
b.
Revelation 4:11 He created all things for His pleasure
B. He equipped us to be useable– His workmanship
1.
The usefulness of a tool is dependent on the task to be accomplished
a. Meaning.
I want the tool that is made for the task
b.
Plyers/crescent wrench as a hammer, knife as a screwdriver
2. Why we shouldn’t compare ourselves to others
a. I’m not like the rich guy, friendly, healthy, good-looking, young, popular, gifted
b.
The running theme of these negative, self-assessing, and introspective statements is that the accent mark is on us rather than God’s grace
c.
God doesn’t waste anything.
He made you how He wanted you
d. Hebrews 13:21 May the God of peace equip you with everything you need to do His will
3.
It’s not about you; it’s about the God in you who has made you who you are and called you.
Christ in you is your qualification.
His righteousness is your authority, and His Word is your reality
C.
He empowers us to be useable– to do good works prepared beforehand
1. Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to His power that is at work within us (in proportion to)
2. God power THROUGH us works in proportion to His power than works WITHIN us
3.
He delegated authority through us
a. Him doing it through us- we are vessels (in Jesus name)
b.
It’s really all about Him
* God wants to use us
III.
ARE WE USEABLE?
* We talk about being used by God, but it’s more important that we are usable
A. Available- teachable, blessable, reliable?
1. Do we make room for God to speak to us?
a. God is more interested in our availability than our ability
b.
Nehemiah 13 Tobiah took over a room in the temple
1) Replaced worship items, grain-offerings, incense
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