{"id":2456,"date":"2012-03-22T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2012-03-21T12:05:22","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T19:05:22","slug":"can-god-use-me-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/can-god-use-me-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CAN GOD USE ME?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2 Timothy 4:2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"justify\"><em><span style=\"color: #c40000;\">\u201cPreach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage\u2014with great patience and careful instruction.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The answer to the title of today\u2019s Daily-E-Votional\u2014<strong>CAN GOD USE ME?<\/strong>\u2014is a resounding <strong>YES!<\/strong> Not only can He use you, He wants to use you. The only thing standing in the way is\u2014are you ready?\u2014YOU!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">As I allow my mind to wander across the years, I am struck by those who have been able to minister under dire circumstances.\u00a0 A missionary I knew was rushed to a hospital with a ruptured appendix. While recuperating in a two-bed hospital room, he was able to share his testimony with the patient in the other bed and lead him to the Lord.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">During the cold war years there were many Christians who were imprisoned due to their belief in Jesus Christ. Rather than collapsing in a heap and feeling sorry for themselves, many used prison as an opportunity to preach the gospel.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In our own life we have endured occasional tests and trials. As we surrendered our situation to the Lord, He opened doors of ministry that we could never have entered in any other way.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">It is not necessary for us to be perfect before He can use us\u2014just forgiven. It is not necessary for us to complete a course of study to be used\u2014just available. It is not necessary for us to be of a certain age to be used\u2014just willing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Many of you are enduring trials and tests right now. Please do not allow what you are experiencing to paralyze you from being used. Step forward and volunteer to serve in God\u2019s army. Neither age nor physical limitations will disqualify. <strong>\u201cGod doesn\u2019t just call the qualified; He qualifies the called.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>&#8212;Pastor Cecil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Timothy 4:2 \u201cPreach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage\u2014with great patience and careful instruction.\u201d The answer to the title of today\u2019s Daily-E-Votional\u2014CAN GOD USE ME?\u2014is a resounding YES! Not only can He use you, He wants to use you. The only thing standing in the way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-timothy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}