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What it means to be the Lord’s instrument Exodus 17:1-7 1. Deeper into the desert 2. An oasis called Rephdim 3. Great expectations 4. Dashed hopes 5. Turning against Moses

What it means to be the Lord’s instrument Exodus 17:1-7 1. Deeper into the desert 2. An oasis called Rephdim 3. Great expectations 4. Dashed hopes 5. Turning

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What it means to be the Lord’s instrumentExodus 17:1-7

1. Deeper into the desert

2. An oasis called Rephdim

3. Great expectations

4. Dashed hopes

5. Turning against Moses

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What it means to be the Lord’s instrumentExodus 17:1-7

1. Never be surprised by criticism (v 1-3)

2. Being confident that God can use us (v 4 -6)

What is in your hand ?- Stradivarius ~ the violin maker- Mrs Salviro ~ unique & useful

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What it means to be the Lord’s instrumentExodus 17:1-7

3. Busy for God whatever our circumstances (v

6)

- After retirement what ?

- Mary the cocktail waitress

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What it means to be the Lord’s instrumentExodus 17:1-7

4. The rock and the water point us to Jesus (1 Corinthian 10:3-4)

Jesus can quench our deepest thirsts

3 And all of them ate the same miraculous food, 4 and all of them drank the same miraculous water. For they all drank from the miraculous rock that travelled with them, and that rock was Christ.

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What it means to be the Lord’s instrumentExodus 17:1-7