<strong>TEXT: EZEKIEL 37:1-14</strong>

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

<strong>GOD TAKES CONTROL</strong>
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	<li>The hand of God was on Ezekiel <u> </u></li>
	<li>God carried Ezekiel away, by the Spirit<u> </u></li>
	<li>God set Ezekiel down in a valley filled with dry bones. <u> </u></li>
	<li>God led Ezekiel all around among the bones that covered the valley <strong>[<em>God </em></strong></li>
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<strong><em>wanted Ezekiel to See What He Saw</em></strong><strong>] </strong>
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	<li>When the hand of God is on me, God takes control… <u> </u>
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	<li>God will take me to where He wants me to go…</li>
	<li>God will show me what He wants me to see…</li>
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<strong>GOD REVEALS HIMSELF</strong>
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	<li>First, the revelation was Visible <u> </u></li>
	<li>Second, the revelation is Verbal <u> </u></li>
	<li>Today, the revelation is Venerable (<a href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=define+revered">revered</a>, <a href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=define+honored">honored</a>, <a href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=define+esteemed">worship</a>) <u> </u>
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	<li>God asked Ezekiel a question that only God could answer, “Can these bones live again?”</li>
	<li>Ezekiel was forced to venerate (reverence, honor) God</li>
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	<li>God will reveal Himself to us by causing us to venerate (reverence, honor and worship) Him for who He is</li>
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<strong>GOD DESIRES THAT I JOIN HIM</strong>
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	<li>First, God desired that Ezekiel see what He saw… <u> </u></li>
	<li>Second, God desired that Ezekiel says what He says… <u> </u></li>
	<li>Today, God desired that Ezekiel did what He wanted done… <u> </u>
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	<li>Prophesy to the bones, “God told me to tell you…” <strong>[God wanted Ezekiel to Say What He Said</strong>”</li>
	<li>“Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!’”</li>
	<li>“God told me to tell you, ‘Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. I will put sinews on you and bring flesh on you, cover you with skin, put breath in you; and you shall live’”</li>
	<li>Goal: “Then you shall know that I am the Lord”</li>
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	<li>God desires that we do what He wants done <u> </u>
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	<li>First, God desires that I see what He sees…</li>
	<li>Second, God desires that I say what He says…</li>
	<li>Then, God desires that I do what He wants done…</li>
	<li>Understand, God’s plans generally do not make sense to us</li>
	<li>Why? Because they are God-sized plans</li>
	<li>Goal: “Then you shall know that I am the Lord”</li>
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<strong>CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK: THAT I WILL DESIRE GOD’S HAND ON ME </strong>