{"id":1440,"date":"2009-11-03T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:27:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:27:31","slug":"life-experiences-prepare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/life-experiences-prepare.htm","title":{"rendered":"Your Life Experiences: A Preparatory Part of Your Ministry Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ExperienceYour life experiences are a piece of the puzzle that makes up your ministry profile<\/a> that God uses to prepare\u00a0you for serving and give\u00a0you perspective in it.\u00a0 What you believe about God will help determine how you handle your life circumstances … past, present, and future.<\/p>\n

Will you wallow in self-pity over what has happened or rise victorious and let Him use what has happened to you to minister to others?\u00a0 Will you question His love and doubt His plan for your life or will you trust in His sovereignty and rely on His faithfulness?\u00a0 Will you use your life circumstances as an\u00a0excuse for not serving or will you step out in faith relying on His grace and power?<\/p>\n

Bible Verses to Assure Us that Our Life Experience Prepare Us for Ministry<\/h2>\n

Read the following Scripture and consider how this kind of God is capable of using both the good and bad of your life to His glory as you serve Him.<\/p>\n

Ps. 139:1-16a –\u00a0 He is fully aware of what is happening with us. Nothing that happens escapes His notice.\u00a0 He is omniscient, all knowing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ps. 139:16 – He pre-determined our days.\u00a0 He is sovereign.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ps. 139:17-18 – He cares so much about us, He is constantly thinking about us. He is loving.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rom. 8:28 – He always works on our behalf.\u00a0 He is good and wise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rom. 8:31-39\u00a0 – He holds on to us no matter what happens.\u00a0 Nothing can separate us from Him.<\/span><\/p>\n

2 Cor. 1:3-4\u00a0 –\u00a0 He doesn’t remove trouble from our lives but is with us through it, giving us all we need to rise above.\u00a0 He is the provider.<\/span><\/p>\n

Resources to Help You Work Through Reactions to Your Life Experiences:<\/p>\n

Books on letting go of the past<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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