Intro

• Experiences teach me to rely on God
  • 2 Corinthians 1:9 “This happened so we might learn to trust not in ourselves, but in God.”
    You’re never going to know that God is all you need until He’s all you have.
• Experiences help to accomplish god’s purpose
  • Philippians 1:12 “Whatever has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel.”
    TRUTH: SOME EXPERIENCES ON EARTH WON’T BE EXPLAINED UNTIL HEAVEN

Using your pain & Victories for God

• Review your experience
  • Galatians 3:4 “Have you suffered so much for nothing !”
• Do something with what you learn
  • Pain & victories are great educators
  • HARD KNOCK UNIVERSITY RULES
  • IF you flunk the test the first time you just keep taking the test until you pass it.
  • Just about the time you think you’ve graduated God makes up a new course.
  • JESUS MATURITY IS FINDING THE LESSONS EVERYDAY
• Learn from the good and bad experiences of others
  • Warning: experiences are helpful and God does use them in your life, but they are not infallible. Experiences can be misleading. misinterpreted. Experience is not always reality.
  • “ YOUR STANDARD IS ALWAYS GOD’S WORD”
• Use your experiences to encourage and help other people
  • 1 Thes. 5:11 “Encourage one another and help one another”

GOD MADE YOU UNIQUE
He did it so your life would matter.
Use your unique to help others. That’s called ministry.