"Grace in Surrender"

Sunday Sermon 19Nov11
Pastor Anthony Lee
"Grace in Surrender" (Luke 1:26-38)

"The world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and in a man who is fully and wholly consecrated to him"
-Henry Varley

A shoes salesman heard these words and eventually came to be a great preacher--this man was D.L. Moody.

Do you believe that God can use you, an ordinary person?

Lessons from Mary's life (Luke 1:26-38)

Extraordinary saints
1. ...begin as ordinary people
-God intends for the saints greatness; doing small things with great love.
-When Adam and Eve were made, they were destined to rule the earth.
-Abraham was an ordinary nomad; he became the father of nations
-Elijah was a "man just like us"; he became an extraordinary prophet
-Jeremiah was a young man who was uncertain if he could live up to God's calling; he became a mighty prophet
-Peter and John were ordinary fisherman; they became the church's forefathers.

We start ordinary, but God makes you extraordinary. God loves to use someone like you for His glory, through ordinary acts of obedience.

"Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things."
-Lawrence D. Bell

2. ...surrender totally to a loving and powerful God.
-..."for nothing is impossible with God" is better translated as "all words (rhema) from God will never be powerless."
-Rhema (Gk. Seasonal living word)

Has God spoken a rhema word for you? His word is never powerless.

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