{"id":2861,"date":"2014-05-10T10:12:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-10T10:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=2861"},"modified":"2014-05-10T10:12:03","modified_gmt":"2014-05-10T10:12:03","slug":"%e2%80%9cwithout-me-ye-can-do-nothing-%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=2861","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWithout Me ye can do nothing.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cWithout Me ye can do nothing.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John 15:5 Pastor Henry Mahan<\/p>\n<p>I suppose the most difficult thing any believer has to learn is that  \u2018Without Him we can do nothing.\u2019 This is our creed but not our  experience! We will never be effectually used for God\u2019s true glory until  it becomes our experience. God will never use men that are proud enough  to think themselves necessary or capable. He will throw away the vessel  which begins to boast in itself or allows others to boast in it.  Whatever is our strength in the flesh is sure to become our weakness in  the spirit \u2014 whether it be our intelligence, our morality, our length of  service, our doctrine, our courage or whatever. Gideon feared the  Midianites because of the small number of his soldiers, but the Lord  said, \u2018Your soldiers are yet too many for me.\u2019 I wonder if we will ever  become weak enough, empty enough, and ignorant enough for God to use us  for His glory! The logic of the Lord is strange to the natural mind.  \u2018For when I am weak, then am I strong\u2019 (2 Corinthians 12:10). \u2018Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me\u2019 (2 Corinthians 12:9).  The Lord must go back to the seashore and raise up some fishermen. \u2014  We\u2019ve all become masters and doctors, wise men in theology and great  counselors. I disqualify myself for God\u2019s use when I become qualified.  My fine talents and lofty credentials become hindrances rather than  helps. I thought to prepare myself for great things, only to learn that  it was the rough voice in the wilderness He planned to use, not the  polished preacher; it was the weak, impulsive shepherd with the sling He  planned to use, not the mighty warrior with his armor of wit and  arsenal of facts, doctrines, and learning. It may not be too late for  some, but most are too proud to become expendable. If we don\u2019t pour  contempt on ourselves \u2014 God will!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWithout Me ye can do nothing.\u201d John 15:5 Pastor Henry Mahan I suppose the most difficult thing any believer has to learn is that \u2018Without Him we can do nothing.\u2019 This is our creed but not our experience! We will never be effectually used for God\u2019s true glory until it becomes our experience. God will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-henry-mahan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2861"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2863,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2861\/revisions\/2863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}