2. The Making of a Ministry
Acts 9:19-31 April 14, 2019

4. Galatians 1:15–18 (ESV) But when He who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son to me, in order that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days.

5. Preparing For Service By Spending Time Alone With God

6. Preparing For Service By A Dose Of Ministerial Reality

7. 2 Corinthians 11:30–33 (ESV) If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to seize me, but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.

8. Preparing For Service Through Other Believers’ Care For Us

10. Implications & Applications:
God does everything possible to do away with the energy of our human flesh in order to teach us that without Him we can do nothing.
In the service of Christ no one is indispensable.
It takes time to build a life that is eminently usable in the program of God.
It all starts with your conversion.