DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT - FRIDAY: Can God Use You?

"Many do not recognize the fact as they ought, that Satan has got men fast asleep in sin and that it is his great device to keep them so. He does not care what we do if he can do that. We may sing songs about the sweet by and by, preach sermons and say prayers until doomsday, and he will never concern himself about us, if we don't wake anybody up. But if we awake the sleeping sinner he will gnash on us with his teeth. This is our work - to wake people up." -- Catherine Booth.
-----------------------------------------------------------
And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me." -- Isa 6:8.

Many Christians suffer from an inferiority complex for many reasons, and feel that because of their past, God can’t use them. Jesus came to set us free... So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. -- John 8:36. Next time you feel like God can't use you, just remember...

NOAH was a drunk... ABRAHAM was too old... ISAAC was a daydreamer... JACOB was a liar... LEAH was ugly... JOSEPH was abused... MOSES couldn't talk... GIDEON was afraid...SAMSON had long hair, and was a womanizer... RAHAB was a prostitute... JEREMIAH and TIMOTHY were too young... DAVID was an adulterer and a murderer... ELIJAH was suicidal... ISAIAH preached naked... JONAH ran from God... NAOMI was a widow...JOB went bankrupt.

JOHN the Baptist ate bugs... PETER denied Christ... The DISCIPLES fell asleep while praying... MARTHA worried about everything... MARY MAGDALENE was demon possessed... The SAMARITAN WOMAN was divorced....more than once!!... ZACCHEUS was too small... PAUL was too religious... TIMOTHY had an ulcer.... and LAZARUS WAS DEAD!!!! --Author Unknown.

Here I am Lord use me!

"I am tired of hearing the words 'I can't'. Jeremiah said, 'I am a child'; but the Lord didn't pat him on the back and say, Jeremiah, that is very good, I like that in you; your humility is beautiful.' Oh no! God didn't want any such mock humility. He reproved and rebuked it. I do not like the humility that is too humble to do as it is bid. When my children are too humble to do as they are bid, I pretty soon find a way to make them. I say, 'Go and do it!' The Lord wants us to 'go and do it'." -- Catherine Booth.

Loving Father, I thank you that Jesus set me free and that I am free indeed! Help me by the power of your Holy Spirit, to utilise my freedom, for your glory! Use me Lord, in Jesus wonderful name I pray! Amen!