<strong>TITLE: WHEN THE HAND OF GOD IS ON ME</strong>

<strong>EZEKIEL 8:1-6</strong>

<strong>INTRODUCTION</strong>
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	<li>Increased Intimacy with God</li>
	<li>What is the hand of God?
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	<li>Hand = <em>yäd </em>= open hand</li>
	<li>Hand = strength / power</li>
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	<li>What does it mean for the hand of God to be on me? <u> </u></li>
	<li>We do not decide when, where and how the hand of God is on us <u> </u></li>
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<strong>GOD TAKES CONTROL</strong>
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	<li>He stretched out what seemed to be a hand</li>
	<li>Took me by my hair</li>
	<li>The Spirit lifted me up into the air</li>
	<li>And carried me to Jerusalem</li>
	<li>When the hand of God is on me, God takes control…</li>
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<strong>GOD REVEALS HIMSELF</strong>
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	<li>Ezekiel 8:2, 4 <u> </u>
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	<li>From His waist down, like the appearance of fire</li>
	<li>From His waist up, like the appearance of brightness, like the color of amber</li>
	<li>The glory of the God of Israel <em>was</em> there, like the vision in the plain</li>
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	<li>Ezekiel 3:22, 23 <u> </u>
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	<li>Then the hand of the Lord was upon me there, and He said to me, “Arise, go out into the plain, and there I shall talk with you.”</li>
	<li>So I arose and went out into the plain, and behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I saw by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face.</li>
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	<li>Ezekiel 1:27, 28
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	<li>From His waist up, I saw the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it</li>
	<li>From His waist down, I saw the appearance of fire with brightness all around</li>
	<li>There was the appearance of the brightness all around, like the</li>
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appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day
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	<li>When the hand of God is on me, God reveals Himself… <u> </u></li>
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<strong>GOD DESIRES THAT I JOIN HIM</strong>
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	<li>God desired that Ezekiel see what He saw…</li>
	<li>God desires that we see what He sees… <u> </u></li>
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<strong>CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK: THAT I WILL DESIRE GOD’S HAND ON ME</strong>