Why I Limp

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I WALK WITH A LIMP.

They say it’s arthritis, but more likely, it’s from years of wrestling with God.

“Grown up pastors walk with a limp,” writes Jerod Wilson. “They’ve had their feet knocked out from under them at some point and discovered that God is still good all the time. Grown up pastors know that the gospel is the only power to save, and that it is of first importance, so in their maturity they’ve grown weary of putting on airs or putting on shows or putting on millstones.”

I’m still growing up.

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God First? Or Chores, Work, Kids & Everything Else?

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DOES GOD OCCUPY FIRST PLACE IN YOUR LIFE?

Vladimir Lenin was the leader who implemented Communism in the Soviet Union. In the early 1900s, he met with a small group of people in London and set down 4 “Totals” for the cause of Communism:

1. Total acceptance of the cause
2. Total dedication to the cause
3. Total discipline in the cause
4. Total action for the cause.

That’s what it looks like to totally love God.

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Useless for God?

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DO YOU SERIOUSLY THINK GOD CAN’T USE YOU?

Moses had anger issues, stuttered, and murdered a man, yet he was God’s chosen vessel to deliver his people from their enemies.

Also, remember that Noah was a drunk…

Abraham was too old…

Jacob was a liar…

Leah was ugly…

Joseph was abused…

Gideon was fearful…

Samson was a backsliding womanizer…

Rahab was a prostitute…

Jeremiah was too young…

David was an adulterer, a murderer, and a negligent father…

Solomon forgot God…

Elijah was depressed and suicidal…

Jonah was a bigot and ran from God…

Naomi was a widow…

Job lost everything…

Matthew worked for the I.R.S….

Peter denied Christ…

The disciples were clueless, argumentative, prideful, had little faith, and failed Jesus at his darkest hour…

Martha had her priorities all wrong…

The Samaritan woman had lived with five men out of wedlock…

Zacchaeus was a cheat…

Paul was a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man…

LAZARUS WAS DEAD! 

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