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  LEAVING ITS MARK
  by John Henry Jowett
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes God's power to transform our weaknesses
into strengths, enabling us to leave a lasting impact on the world.

Topics: "Spiritual Transformation", "Gods Empowerment"
Scripture References: Proverbs 3:5, Isaiah 41:14, Romans 8:28, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Philippians 4:13

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DESCRIPTION
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John Henry Jowett preaches on the transformative power of God, using the
analogy of a worm being turned into a threshing instrument with teeth.
He emphasizes how God can take our weaknesses and vulnerabilities and
empower us with His Spirit to leave a lasting impact on the world.
Jowett encourages his listeners to take heart, knowing that God can make
them stronger than their circumstances, enabling them to overcome
challenges and extract grace even from disappointments. By surrendering
to God's will and relying on His strength, we can navigate through
difficulties with unwavering determination, as God fulfills His promises
to transform us.

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CONTENT
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"_Fear not, thou worm Jacob, I will make thee a threshing

instrument with teeth._"

--ISAIAH xli. 8-14.

Could any two things be in greater contrast than a worm and an
instrument

with teeth? The worm is delicate, bruised by a stone, crushed beneath a

passing wheel; an instrument with teeth can break and not be broken, it

can grave its mark upon the rock. And the mighty God can convert the one

into the other. He can take a man or a nation, who has all the impotence

of the worm, and by the invigoration of His own Spirit He can endow them

with strength by which they will leave a noble mark upon the history of

their time.

And so the "worm" may take heart. The mighty God can make us stronger
than

our circumstances. We can bend them all to our good. In God's strength
we

can make them all pay tribute to our souls. We can even take hold of a

black disappointment, break it open, and extract some jewel of grace.
When

God gives us wills like iron we can drive through difficulties as the
iron

share cuts through the toughest soil. "I will make thee," saith the
Lord,

"and shall He not do it?"

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/john-henry-jowett/leaving-its-mark/
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