{"id":4285,"date":"2019-06-03T03:55:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T03:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassowary.unitingchurch.org.au\/?p=4285"},"modified":"2019-06-03T03:55:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T03:55:56","slug":"bringing-life-to-dead-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cassowary.unitingchurch.org.au\/?p=4285","title":{"rendered":"Bringing life to dead places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><i><strong>Let the weak say&#8230;. \u201cI am strong\u201d<\/strong>.<\/i><i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/text\/ESV\/Joel3%3A10\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel 3:10<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">God has called us to make dead things alive. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/text\/ESV\/Ezekiel37\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ezekiel 37<\/a>, the prophet was asked if the dry bones could live. In the dialogue and events that followed, God showed Ezekiel and His people a powerful principle that is vital for us today.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">God\u2019s method of bringing life to these very dry bones was through Ezekiel prophesying \u201clife\u201d to the whole situation. Ezekiel had to speak to the bones. He had to prophesy to the wind. As he did, things changed and life came.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">You and I also must continually speak to dead areas in our lives and circumstances. A main method of God bringing change to a situation is for one of His children to speak His promises over people and circumstances. \u201cGod, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/text\/ESV\/Romans4%3A17\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Romans 4:17<\/a>).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It starts with each of us prophesying life over ourselves. Joel gives us a good place to start in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/text\/ESV\/Joel3%3A10\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel 3:10<\/a>, \u201cLet the weak say, \u2018I am strong.\u2019\u201d Start now a life long habit to call \u201cthose things which do not exist as though they did\u201d in your life. <\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><i>Igniting Faith in 40 Days p3<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>by Steve Backlund<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let the weak say&#8230;. \u201cI am strong\u201d. Joel 3:10 God has called us to make dead things alive. 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