God Can Use Anybody Continued...

Published: April 18, 2021, 10 a.m.

Miracle of Mercy\nGod Can Use Anybody. Pastor Michael Dascoli\nApril 18, 2021\n\n\u201c\u2026give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. \nSo use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.\u201d\nRomans 6:13b NLT\n\n\u201cGod in His mercy has given us this work to do, and so we are not discouraged.\u201d 2Corinthians 4:1 GNT\n\n1: It\u2019s all because of God\u2019s mercy\n\n\tMercy = undeserved forgiveness and unearned kindness\n\n\u201cYou know what I was like\u2026 how I violently persecuted God\u2019s church. I did my best to destroy it. 15 But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by His marvelous grace.\u201d Galatians 1:13, 15a NLT\n\n2: Be real\n\n\u201c\u2026we have turned away from secret and shameful ways. We use no trickery, and we do not change the teaching of God. We teach the truth plainly, showing everyone who we are. Then they can know in their hearts what kind of people we are in God\u2019s sight.\u201d 2Corinthians 4:2 NCV\n\n3: It\u2019s never been about me anyway\n\n\u201c\u2026our Message is not about ourselves; we\u2019re proclaiming Jesus Christ, the Master. \nAll we are is messengers, errand runners from Jesus for you.\u201d 2Corinthians 4:5: Msg \n\n4: I can use my pain to help others\n\n\u201cPraise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.\u201d 2Corinthians 1:3-4\n\n\u201cWe often suffer, but we are never crushed. Even when we don\u2019t know what to do, we never give up. In times of trouble, God is with us, and when we are knocked down, we get up again.\u201d 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 CEV\n\n\u201cAll of these sufferings of ours are for your benefit\u2026\u201d 2 Corinthians 4:15 LB\n\n5: Stay focused on eternity\n\n\u201c\u2026our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.\u201d 2Corinthians 4:17\n\nLet\u2019s Pray:\n\t-What is God\u2019s Spirit saying to you today?\n\t-How must you respond?