ARE YOU WILLING TO BE USED? (1 OF 21)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: Nehemiah 1:1-4
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Are You Willing to Be Used? (1 of 21)
Series: Rebuilding - Questions From Nehemiah
Mike Stone
Nehemiah 1:1-4
As I gaze into the future of the American church generally and of our church specifically there is a lot of rebuilding that is going to have to take place. Our church will have some rebuilding to do. The impact of a global pandemic has created ''ministry rubble'' that rivals the rubble the Nehemiah faced when he returned to Jerusalem.
And now, as then, we have some rebuilding to do. We must rebuild our Sunday School, our Sunday evening services, our choir, our student ministry, and so forth.
Now rebuilding won't take nearly as long as ''building'' it did. But it will still take work. And it will force us to ask and answer some questions.
Our new series in the book of Nehemiah presents a number of questions for God's people. And each of my titles in this series are in the form of a question. And we begin the series and this emphasis with a fundamental question, ''Are you willing to be used?''
When we talk about being ''used'' it is almost always a bad thing. In relationships, on the job, etc. we don't want to be ''used.'' But in the Kingdom of God, being ''used'' is a wonderful thing. We will even sing from our hearts, ''Take my life, lead me, Lord, make my life USEFUL for Thee!''
As Nehemiah is commissioned by heaven to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem, his willingness to be used by God is an example for us. Notice first of all,
The place he sat (1)
One key to being used by God is recognizing where you are. I have often defined ''vision'' as ''the God-given ability to see where you are, where God wants you to be, and the difference between the two.''
In Nehemiah's case, I don't mean where he sat physically, but where he was spiritually and historically. Where did he sit?
Where he sat professionally (1a)
In Ezra, God used Zerubbabel to rebuild the temple. And God used Ezra to bring revival and reinstitute proper worsh ...
Series: Rebuilding - Questions From Nehemiah
Mike Stone
Nehemiah 1:1-4
As I gaze into the future of the American church generally and of our church specifically there is a lot of rebuilding that is going to have to take place. Our church will have some rebuilding to do. The impact of a global pandemic has created ''ministry rubble'' that rivals the rubble the Nehemiah faced when he returned to Jerusalem.
And now, as then, we have some rebuilding to do. We must rebuild our Sunday School, our Sunday evening services, our choir, our student ministry, and so forth.
Now rebuilding won't take nearly as long as ''building'' it did. But it will still take work. And it will force us to ask and answer some questions.
Our new series in the book of Nehemiah presents a number of questions for God's people. And each of my titles in this series are in the form of a question. And we begin the series and this emphasis with a fundamental question, ''Are you willing to be used?''
When we talk about being ''used'' it is almost always a bad thing. In relationships, on the job, etc. we don't want to be ''used.'' But in the Kingdom of God, being ''used'' is a wonderful thing. We will even sing from our hearts, ''Take my life, lead me, Lord, make my life USEFUL for Thee!''
As Nehemiah is commissioned by heaven to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem, his willingness to be used by God is an example for us. Notice first of all,
The place he sat (1)
One key to being used by God is recognizing where you are. I have often defined ''vision'' as ''the God-given ability to see where you are, where God wants you to be, and the difference between the two.''
In Nehemiah's case, I don't mean where he sat physically, but where he was spiritually and historically. Where did he sit?
Where he sat professionally (1a)
In Ezra, God used Zerubbabel to rebuild the temple. And God used Ezra to bring revival and reinstitute proper worsh ...
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