GOD SPEAKS: Through You To People
Pastor Brian Schafer
February 11, 2024
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“Discipleship is helping fruit grow on other people’s trees.” - Dr. David DeVries
The Key Questions: Who are you discipling? Who is discipling you?
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God speaks, but He also wants to use YOU to speak His life, His grace, His truth, His forgiveness to other people in your life.
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1 Kings 19:4-5
“I’ve had enough, Lord,” he said, “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.”
Then he lay down under the tree and fell asleep. All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
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Elijah is at the end, ready to end it all. God has him take a nap and get something to eat.
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Take your own notes here…
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1 Kings 19:15-16
The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. Also, anoint Jehu…king over Israel, and anoint Elisha…to succeed you as prophet.”
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If God has been
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God repurposes Elijah’s life by telling him to go anoint Elisha to succeed him as prophet.
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If you are in a dark place, why might focusing more on yourself not be the solution?
We are
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This is why we…
- Do LIFE GROUPS. (sign up by clicking here)
- Do GCN Kids Ministry and GCN Youth Ministry
- Disciple others and receive discipleship. (so many people in our church are craving this in their life)
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1 Kings 19:19
So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him.
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One of the jobs of this church = cast a vision for people’s lives in our neighborhood.
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Take your own notes here…
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Who are you discipling?