There is no excuse anymore to preach the Gospel

[altya]

The next time you think you have an excuse why God can't use you, in the ministry, remember the following people:

Noah was drunk,
Abraham was too old,
Isaac was a daydreamer,
Jacob was a liar,
Leah was ugly,
Joseph was abused,
Moses was a murderer (like David and Paul),
Deborah was a woman,
Gideon was afraid,
Samson had long hair,
Rahab was a prostitute,
Jeremiah and Timothy were too young,
David pretended to be mad, had an affair and ran away from his own
son,
Elijah was suicidal,
Isaiah preached naked,
Jonah ran away from God,
Naomi was a widow,
Job was bankrupt,
John the Baptist ate locusts,
Peter was impulsive and hot-tempered,
John was self-righteous,
the disciples fell asleep while praying,
Martha worried about everything,
Mary was so Jesus minded she was no earthly good,
Mary Magdalene was demon-possessed,
the boy with the fish and five rolls of bread was too unknown (and
still is),
the Samaritan woman was divorced - more than once,
Zacchaeus was too small,
Paul was too religious,
Timothy had a stomach ulcer, and
Lazarus was dead.
And
Alta can’t speak English so well

 

[Gerry]

I would like to add a long narrative to this, but I will resist. I will say only "Well said". There is never an excuse.

 

[allieisme]

amen!

that was an awesome list, thanks altya

allison

 

[AnnaRS1003]

awesome! I am forwarding this to my pastor!

 

[Athlon4all]

some of that stuff is funny to be honest when ya think of it. Great stuff!! Thanks Altya

 

[AngelAmidala]

Great post!
Thanks for sharing that with us.

 

[seebs]

Originally posted by altya

Samson had long hair,

I always thought this was, in and of itself, conclusive proof that long hair on men is not itself offensive to God.

BTW, for someone who "doesn't speak English so well", you did an amazing job there.

 

[darkwoof]

Great work... I would find this useful for my Christian friends who are in doubt.

 

[Blessed-one]

that's very uplifting, thanks.

 

[DaveKerwin]

thats cool!

Jonah ....

"God, surely I cannot spread your word, I`m kinda isolated right now. I don't see myself making it out of this belly."



But honestly, the only excuse we can try to make is that we are afraid. Fear stops us from speaking the truth, thats a darn shame. How about fear of eternal damnation, thats something to fear on the behalf of others.

 

[Gerry]

Isaiah preached naked,

There goes the excuse for not going to Church because we have nothing to wear.

Alta can’t speak English so well

Might have been true once, and maybe she still is not perfect, but she seems to be doing quite well now!

 

[altya]

Seems to me as if everybody in the bible had a ‘hick-up’ somewhere. They much been ordinary people like us today.

Moses stuttered.
David's armor didn't fit.
John Mark was rejected by Paul.

Hosea's wife was a prostitute.
Amos' only training was in the school of fig-tree pruning.
Jacob was a liar.

David had an affair.
Solomon was too rich.
Abraham was too old.

David was too young.
Timothy had ulcers.
Peter was afraid of death.

Lazarus was dead.
John was self-righteous.
Jesus was too poor.

Naomi was a widow.
Paul was a murderer.
So was Moses.

Jonah ran from God.
Miriam was a gossip.
Gideon and Thomas both doubted.

Jeremiah was depressed and suicidal.
Elijah was burned out.
John the Baptist was a loudmouth.

Martha was a worrywart.
Mary was lazy.

 

[Gerry]

Seems to me as if everybody in the bible had a ‘hick-up’ somewhere. They much been ordinary people like us today.

Yes! I agree! In fact it seems almost if God picked all the "rejects" of thier day, and made them Superstars for His Glory. Maybe the lesson is to encourage us.

I know from all your writings and teachings, that David is an all time favorite of yors and I tell you He is of mine also. But when you look at his life and his hideous death, you are sometimes hard put to see a man God could use.

Yet no matter what David did or said, God was always there to convict, forgive, restore and USE for His Glory.

I take heart in knowing if God can forgive some of these characters and use them it is written proof He can use me also, if I wil only submit to Him. Praise God for this Truth revealed.

 

[Chris†opher Paul]

Excellent post!

 

[eldermike]

What a wonderful, uplifting message.

Blessings

 

[altya]

Thanks eldermike

 

[Gerry]

Yes! Very "uplifting"! Seems there may even be hope for me!