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  GOD'S MESSENGERS
  by Elisabeth Elliot
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Summary: God sends people into our lives to test our faith and love, and
to bring us to a deeper understanding of His love and protection.

Topics: "Gods Love", "Spiritual Discipline"
Scripture References: Psalm 64:1

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Elisabeth Elliot preaches on how God can use those who annoy or offend
us as His messengers, pushing us to seek His help for kindness, love,
and patience beyond our own capabilities. She emphasizes that even our
enemies can drive us to cry out to God, who will go to great lengths to
draw us closer to Him. Quoting Hebrews 12:3,4,6, she encourages not
losing heart in facing opposition, reminding that the Lord disciplines
those He loves.

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How can this person who so annoys or offends me be God's messenger? Is
God so unkind as to send that sort across my path? Insofar as his
treatment of me requires more kindness than I can find in my own heart,
demands love of a quality I do not possess, asks of me patience which
only the Spirit of God can produce in me, he is God's messenger. God
sends him in order that he may send me running to God for help.

The Psalms are full of cries to God about enemies--but it was the
enemies that drove the psalmist (for example, in Psalm 64) to cry. If he
had had no enemies, he would have had no need of a Protector. God will
go to any lengths to bring us to Himself.

"Think of him who submitted to such opposition from sinners: that will
help you not to lose heart and grow faint....You have not yet resisted
to the point of shedding your blood....The Lord disciplines those whom
he loves" (Heb 12:3,4,6 NEB).

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/elisabeth-elliot/gods-messengers/
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