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God and Broken People

                                       Sermon-A Valuable Lesson
             My pastor preach a really good sermon at Calvary Baptist church this Sunday morning which touches my heart and really opened up my spiritual eyes to understand what God is been sharing showing me past few weeks.

                                                            

 

      Pastor T.P. Johnston                                                                            January 12,2014

                                                         God and Broken Peoeple

                                                                 Judges 13

Everything is broken- God use it for his purpose

Verse 1- children of Israel did evil- 40 yrs. of Philistines domination.

Verse 7- would Israel fall God send a deliverer

This time the people did not cry out

God does preserve his people even they don't give a whim about Him.

Be aware of children therefore sins will influence them.

Verse 3-5 An answer to freedom from Philistines

God always meets us at the point of our inability.

Romans 5:6 No other hope but God

I know I am broken & this is what I am going to do about it - not the way God's works- it is all God

Manoah's wife, no name, God works with those who are in obscurity.

Verse 12 Faith not if this happens- but when this happens

Faith in a Godless time. Hebrews 11:6

Obey without knowing details.

Verse 18= wonderful- fantastic- beyond understanding

Samson born name means like the Son

Broken though he was Samson was set apart for God's work.

Set yourself on God's works.

Three questions for broken people

1. Am I eager to hear from God?

2. Am I willing to obey God?

3. Am I ready to be amazed by God?

 

 

God wants to use our brokenness to set others free!

2 Corinthians 1:3-4

God use brokenness to help others in wise counsel.

God use your willing heart and brokenness for his purpose.

Be What God Made You to Be

                  A story is told of a king who went onto his garden one morning, and found everything withered and dying. He asked the oak that stood near the gate what the trouble was. He found it was sick of life and determined to die because it was not tall and beautiful like the pine. The pine was all out of heart because it could not bear grapes, like the vine. The vine was going to throw its life away because it could not stand erect and have as fine a fruit as the peach tree. The geranium was fretting because it was not tall and fragrant like the lilac; and so on all thought the garden. Coming to a heartsease, he found its bright face lifted as cheery as ever. "Well, heartsease, I'm glad, amidst all this discouragement, to find one brave little flower. You do not seem to be the least disheartened. " No, I am not of much account, but I thought that if you wanted an oak, or a pine, or a peach tree, or a lilac, you would have planted one; but as I knew you wanted a heartsease, I am determined to be the best little heartsease that I can."

 

Others may do a greater work,

But you have your part to do;

And no one in all God's heritage

Can do it so well as you.