Episode 58: God Can't Use Me Because...

In Podcast Episode 58 “God Can’t Use Me Because…,” Kim discusses the human temptation to believe the lie that God can’t use you because….(you fill in the blank). Yet, God can use ANYONE who is a WILLING instrument.

 

The primary scripture text for this episode is Judges 11:1-28, with the focal scripture 1.

 

Now Jephthah of Gilead was a great warrior. He was the son of Gilead, but his mother was a prostitute.

 

God can’t use me because:

• I am the son/daughter of __________________;
  • 55 Then they scoffed, “He’s just the carpenter’s son, and we know Mary, his mother, and his brothers—James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas. (Matthew 13:55)
• I am a man/woman;
• I am just a child or a teenager;
  • Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity. (1 Timothy 4:12)
• I only have a ___________ education;
• I am just a (occupation);
• I can’t ________________; (See Podcast Episode 44: “I Can Because of Whose I Am” and “Overcoming the ‘But God’ Excuses”)
• I am toooo busy;
• I don’t have any money;
• I did _______________________;
• TRUTH: I am unwilling to surrender to Him.

14 God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. Say this to the people of Israel: I AM has sent me to you.” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.

 

This is my eternal name,
    my name to remember for all generations. (Exodus 3:14)

Resources:

• “Who I Am In Christ”
• “9 Ways to Help Others During the Coronavirus Pandemic” by Alexis Perrotta
• Matthew 25:31-46

 

Featured Video: “Just a Girl” by Brandon Heath

 

We can also stumble if we believe “God Can’t Use _________ Because…” Be careful of this trap also.

 

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Would you like to take a deeper dive into the book of Joshua and learn more about the Israelite story, join Kim as she teaches “Finding Courage for Life’s Battles: Life Lessons from the Book of Joshua.”

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If you have questions or comments or would like to learn more about how to follow Jesus, please email Kim at gettinghealthyall4hisglory@gmail.com.

 

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