"I Doubt God Can Use Me" Series

• A mouth to say what needs to be said

What is God calling YOU to do?

What is the NEXT STEP God wants you to take?

You have to step out to find out:

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• Salvation

“Should I…?” You have to step out to find out.

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“I Doubt God Can Use Me”

“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago” (Ephesians 2:10 NLT).

“Masterpiece”= poiema (poy’-ay-may); a product with a designated purpose, workmanship.

Who does God most often use?

4. God uses the ____________________.

“Moses said to the LORD, ‘O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.’ The LORD said to him, ‘Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say’” (Exodus 4:10-12).

5. God uses the ____________________.

“But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart’” (1 Samuel 16:6-7).”

“So he asked Jesse, ‘Are these all the sons you have?’ ‘There is still the youngest,’ Jesse answered, ‘but he is tending the sheep’” (1Samuel 16:11).

6. God uses ____________________.

“Peter replied, ‘Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!’ Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: ‘Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.’ And he went outside and wept bitterly” (Luke 22:60-62).

“Peter replied, ‘Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins…. Those who accepted the message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day” (Acts 2:38, 41).

Big Idea: You have to _______________ to _______________.

“‘Lord, if it’s you,’ Peter replied, ‘tell me to come to you on the water.’ ‘Come,’ he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus” (Matthew 14:28-29).

Personal Application

What is God calling YOU to do?

What is the NEXT STEP God wants you to take?

[Credit: Outline on LifeChurch.tv Open]