Are you who you want to be

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Are you who you want to be?

• Pastor Charley Hill
• Church at Carbondale
• February 3 2008

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• Judge 61-16
• 11 The angel of the LORD came and sat down under
  the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the
  Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing
  wheat in a winepress to keep it from the
  Midianites. 12 When the angel of the LORD
  appeared to Gideon, he said, "The LORD is with
  you, mighty warrior."
• 13 "But sir," Gideon replied, "if the LORD is
  with us, why has all this happened to us? Where
  are all his wonders that our fathers told us
  about when they said, 'Did not the LORD bring us
  up out of Egypt?' But now the LORD has abandoned
  us and put us into the hand of Midian."
• 14 The LORD turned to him and said, "Go in the
  strength you have and save Israel out of Midian's
  hand. Am I not sending you?"
• 15 "But Lord," Gideon asked, "how can I save
  Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I
  am the least in my family."
• 16 The LORD answered, "I will be with you, and
  you will strike down all the Midianites
  together."

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SOAP Life Journal 1/30 Acts 6 S(cripture) Stephe
n a man full of grace and power did great wonders
and miraculous signs among the peoplev15 all who
were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at
Stephen and they saw his face was like the face
of an angel and they were amazed.

• O(bservation)
• Stephen under pressure revealed Gods grace and
  power to the point that even his enemies saw God
  in him

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SOAP Life Journal 1/30 Acts 6 A(pplication) I
could, under the pressure I feel, be full of
Gods grace. Since His grace is unmerited favor
that produces peace. And Gods power produces
results under pressure from the world or
circumstances. The peace that comes from Gods
grace could make it so that people see God in me.
P(rayer) Holy Trinity Father, Jesus and HS.
Today make me completely full of your grace and
the peace that comes from that. Today show your
power for results. Amaze me and people who see me
so they think they have seen you.
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• Are you who you want to be?
• What does call you?