G12 Life Group Notes–March 7, 2010–6:30 a.m. Pastor Goudeaux

Open in Prayer Song Testimonies Prayer of Three
Witnessing Closed Cell

Speaker: Assistant Pastor Richard Braxton

DECISION – > CHANGE –> TRANSITION –> TRANSFORMATION

• God is trying to break us. When we are broken and changed from our selfish ways, then God can use us.
• Brokenness is the key to enabling change.
• Brokenness is God’s requirement for maximum usefulness.
• Brokenness does not break your spirit or soul, but your will.
• God has a will. Satan has a will. We have a will.
• We need to follow God’s will.
• When you operate in your will, it is characterized by self-righteousness, and self-centeredness.

Psalms 51: 8-13
8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. 13Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

• God wants us to be in position. We speed up the process when we are in position.
• When we are broken, we are teachable.
• We need to confess we have a clean heart. A clean heart is the beginning of being broken.
• The more we follow God’s Word, the easier it is to have fun.
• When you are self-centered, you say, “It’s me doing it.”
• God is looking for an opportunity to break us.
• We should desire for God to use us.
• The more we submit to our man and woman of God, the more our men/women will submit to us.
• Men/women who are unbroken are jealous of those who are broken
• We need a spirit within us that is fixed, confident, and committed to our church.
• We are in our faith walk for the long haul. We must persevere.
• As we are broken, we can be used by God.
• When we are fellowshipping with the Holy Spirit, He is helping us in our areas of weakness.
• God wants to expose our weaknesses so those areas will be strengthened and lined up with the Word of God.

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