The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
back it up with bible
John 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His work.
1 Corinthians 1:26-29 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in His presence.
Zechariah 4:6b Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
2 Corinthians 3:5,6a Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament.
Ephesians 3:20 [Jesus] is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to [His] power that worketh in us.
Philippians 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
1 Thessalonians 5:24 Faithful is He that calleth you, Who also will do it.
core christianity
Can God Still Use Me?
ABRAHAM was too old...
ISAAC was a daydreamer…
JACOB was a liar.....
LEAH was ugly...
JOSEPH was treated badly....
MOSES couldn’t speak well....
GIDEON was afraid....
SAMPSON had long hair and was a womanizer....
RAHAB was a prostitute.....
JEREMIAH and TIMOTHY were too young....
DAVID had an affair and had someone killed....
ISAIAH preached naked....
JONAH ran from God....
NAOMI was a widow....
JOB went bankrupt and lost everything he had.....
The DISCIPLES fell asleep while praying
PETER denied Christ ....
MARTHA worried about everything....
MARY MAGDALENE was possessed....
The SAMARITAN WOMAN was divorcee-more than once....
ZACCHEUS was too small....
PAUL was too religious....
TIMOTHY had an ulcer....
and LAZARUS WAS DEAD!!!
The next time you feel that God can’t use you remember the above people. No more excuses, allow God to use your life for His
Good Pleasure! (Charles O Isbell)
previously published
You are so valuable! You are worth so much! You are so priceless to Jesus that your worth couldn’t possibly be estimated! You’re off the charts! Jesus only has one of you, and you are so very precious and dear and special to Him. And He has special plans for you! He’s been moving and working little by little in your life, day after day, year after year, very specially and particularly, ever since you were a tiny baby until this very day. He has a very special plan for your life with lots still ahead--big things and little things and very wonderful things that you couldn’t even imagine now!
So don’t give up! Don’t let that ol’ Punk tell you that you aren’t worth anything or that you aren’t useful or that you aren’t beautiful and all those things, because you are! He’s just scared spitless that if you keep going for the Lord and growing and becoming a mighty loving force for Jesus, that you’re going to give him lots of trouble and help defeat his plans!
So hang in there…and fly up on the wings of faith and love and positiveness and encouragement out of the Enemy’s reach and into God’s beautiful, wonderful future on the winds of His Word and promises. I love you, and I’m counting on you! (From Jesus with Love 1)
make it personal
What is one way you want to use me today? What is one way you want to use me in the future?
