Types of People God hired onto His Staff Team Over Centuries

1. Noah was a drunk - Genesis 9:21
2. Jacob was a liar - Genesis 27
3. Leah was ugly - Genesis 29:16-18
4. Joseph was abused - Genesis 37:22-28
5. Moses had a stuttering problem - Exodus 4:10
6. Gideon was afraid - Judges 6:15
7. Samson had long hair and was a womanizer - Judges 16:5-17
8. Rahab was a harlot - Joshua 2:1
9. Jeremiah and Timothy were too young - Jeremiah 1:6
10. David had an affair and was a murderer - 2 Samuel 11:2-4 and Chp 14-17
11. Elijah was suicidal - 1 Kings 19:4
12. Isaiah preached naked - Isaiah 20:2
13. Jonah ran from God - Jonah 1:3
14. Naomi was a widow - Ruth 1:3
15. Job went bankrupt - Job 1:21
16. Peter denied Christ - Mark 14:71
17. The disciples fell asleep while praying - Matt 26:40
18. Marth worried about everything - Luke 10:40-42
19. The Samaritan woman was divorced more than once - John 4:17-18
20. Zaccheus was too small - Luke 19:2-3
21. Paul was too religious - Acts 22:1-5
22. Timothy had an ulcer - 1 Timothy 22:1-5
23. Lazarus was dead - John 11

These are not exactly cream puff seminary grads. How could God use them? How can God use you?

It's through "Jesus Christ IN you."

(From Pg 61 "Transforming Church in Rural America: Breaking All the Rurals" By Shannon O'Dell)

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You are not what you do. It is who you are and what Christ did FOR you.

It is not His acceptance of YOUR work, but your acceptance of His work on the Cross for you.

My power is made perfect in your weakness. 2 Cor 2:19

God can use you, where you are right now. Now YOU just have to believe.