He Used A Stone Quotes

“The other way that rocks are smoothed is by grinding against each other. God has placed us among people who manage to rub us the wrong way. I am sure that you may feel this way about more than one person in your life. I am convinced we will always be given someone to grind on us!”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“Without a revelation of the love and nature of God we will fall desperately into the trap of selfishness and faithfulness will never make sense.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“Being faithful in your current challenge now will release you for your next challenge. God is not going to take you into something new when He still wants to help you become faithful to Him where you are now. ”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“with. When we notice that we have lost love or joy, for example, we need to ask the Lord to show us the root of the problem. How did the little fox get in? The chances are that somewhere our selfishness let him in and we need to be laying down our flesh and renewing our mind and spirit daily. Daily renewal of our mind and intimacy with the Lord will bring victory. This can easily be something that will cause utter defeat in our life if it is not dealt with regularly. If we allow a fox to defeat us, we will likely remain in defeat to other challenges. The implications here are serious. If the fruit of the Spirit is not manifesting in our lives, then the fruit of the enemy is, and our lives are not being yielded to the Lord, but rather to the flesh. The wonderful”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“think at times our situation could be compared to that of Simba in The Lion King. Simba is turned around by a lion in his life—his uncle Scar. Though he was the prince, he ends up running away. He is supposed to fight his evil uncle Scar and take his rightful place as the king, but he backs off from the confrontation. It is not long before he forgets that he was ever a king, a prince or even a lion. His friends offer little help because they are not lions. His identity is lost. The one person who is able to help him is Rafiki. Rafiki’s message to Simba is simple. He explains that Simba does not know who he is anymore, but that his father is alive in him. At first Simba does not believe this is possible. Then his dad appears to him in a vision and tells Simba, “You are MY son, and the one true king.” What an affirmation. As a result, Simba knows what he must do. He knows he must go home and fight the giant before him. He was meant to be the king. Before this though, his father tells him something that has never left me. He tells Simba, “You are more than what you have become.” In the same way, we are more than what we have become. Many of God’s people have forgotten who they are. We have forgotten that we are children of the Living God, and sons and daughters of The King. We fail to see our inheritance, which was provided through the cross. We have settled for a life that was never meant for us. The lions, Goliaths, and foreign armies have been our stopping point. And the lies of the enemy have defined us. There is a greater measure of Christ to be attained as we awaken to the voice of the Father. It is only the voice of the Father that will restore our identity. It will not be found anywhere else. Even Jesus is affirmed by His Father at His baptism: “This is my son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased” (Matthew 3:17). Our identity, like Simba’s, must be found in the Father. We are indeed more than what we have become. As we learn from David’s life and the lives of others, let us submit ourselves to the Father. Let us allow Him to re-envision us, so that we hear who we really are. Let us allow God to bring us into a place of worship and trust. In submission to Him, let us become a stone in His hands—a priesthood equipped to do His Will and to establish His kingdom. There is victory in that place!”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“Three times Jesus asks Peter if he loves him. Jesus was making a point: for as many times as we reject the Lord, he will restore us. We are therefore left with no excuse not to live victoriously for our God and King. Let us turn to Him and He will meet us exactly where we are. From that place the Lord will release us into the victories He has for our lives.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“God’s pattern is so good: first repentance, then forgiveness, and finally restoration.  Any”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“He is taking you from crawling to walking and the only way he can do it, is to stand at a distance and let you try and walk to Him. You will likely fall, and you’ll be afraid and even disillusioned because you’re Dad is not close any more, but in time you will walk. And then you will run and you will complete the race that has been set out for you.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“Again this is an image of what has been achieved through Jesus. As we saw earlier, the veil of the temple was torn when Jesus died. This was to show the world that all people could come into the presence of the living God. There are no more barriers of entry for God’s priesthood. We are all given the same open door to come into His presence.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“It is worth noting that David had some experience with a sling and a stone. God was willing and able to use David just as he was. David was all God needed, nothing more, nothing less. When we yield ourselves to God, He will use us as we are. We do not have to spend the rest of our lives looking at what God is doing in and through others. We simply have to yield ourselves to the Lord, and He will raise us up to do the impossible.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“We need to see the bigger picture of what is happening and not always highlight the negatives.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“God, and that in the relationship you are both being smoothed. Yes, it hurts, and the reality is we do not like it and often get upset. So be it. God is using that relationship to bring out our anger and frustration to help us see where we are missing His Spirit in our life.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“How you walk with the little that you have been given is all that God needs to determine if you are ready to be released in His”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“Many of God’s people have forgotten who they are. We have forgotten that we are children of the Living God, and sons and daughters of The King. We fail to see our inheritance, which was provided through the cross. We have settled for a life that was never meant for us. The lions, Goliaths, and foreign armies have been our stopping point. And the lies of the enemy have defined us.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“defined us. There is a greater measure of Christ to be attained as we awaken to the voice of the Father. It is only the voice of the Father that will restore our identity. It will not be found anywhere else. Even Jesus is affirmed by His Father at His baptism: “This is my son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased” (Matthew 3:17). Our identity, like Simba’s, must be found in the Father. We are indeed more than what we have become. As we learn from David’s life and the lives of others, let us submit ourselves to the Father. Let us allow Him to re-envision us, so that we hear who we really are. Let us allow God to bring us into a place of worship and trust. In submission to Him, let us become a stone in His hands—a priesthood equipped to do His Will and to establish His kingdom. There is victory in that place!”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“Believe it or not, the desert experience can produce incredibly intimate encounters with God. Once we’re stuck in the middle of the desert and everything is stripped from us, we tend to bow the knee and cry out to God. In His mercy, God uses these experiences to draw us closer to Him.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“If we submit to God in the desert, He will use that experience to produce beautiful things in our lives that can only grow under such extreme circumstances. We cannot underestimate the fruit that is produced in the desert.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“Psalm twenty-three has become a famous reminder of how much God wants to bless us, and how much we shall not want, because He is the shepherd. In this song of David, the psalm conjures up images of green pastures and of rest. We do not dwell much on the valley of the shadow of death that David passed through. It is more like an afterthought. And yet, in our journey with God, we will go through such times, and in going through the valley of the shadow of death, we are strengthened.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“going through tough times produces something good in us that cannot be formed under other circumstances.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“A desert experience is a period of time that we go through, where the trial is long and hard and it feels like God is far from us. Our lives seem dry and barren. While in the desert, there will be at least one time when you are unsure of whether you will make it out. The desert is characterized by uncertainty. The end simply is not in sight. There is no water and there is no shelter from the heat. All sense of direction is lost. There is nothing to indicate when it will end. But it is part of the spiritual journey that God takes us through for His greater purpose.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“Now, our obedience to God allows us to walk in the victory that He has already achieved for us. Walking out that victory will in turn bring greater defeat to the enemy around us.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“Our obedience to God will mean defeat for the enemy, even if we don’t see it at the time.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“We should not allow our reasoning to bring doubt regarding what God asks of us and even what He promises us.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“While God does indeed love to bless and reward his people, we should be incredibly careful not to take ownership of the blessing or to have an entitlement mentality.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“Our yielding will only be possible by faith. If we go back to David at the river’s edge, moments before battle, there must have been an element of fear on David’s part. Fear, which directly opposes faith, will always come at the critical point when we are called into something beyond our understanding. Our faith needs to rest in a Savior who established victory for all time on the cross and in a God who is infinitely bigger than the problems we face.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“It will be very hard for us to come into a place of worshipping God if all we do is focus on our problems all of the time.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“Only when we see people as our Dad sees them can we begin to have a true love for them. This must have been the picture in the mind of Jesus when he went to the cross. He did not focus on our faults, but rather He was able to endure the cross for the joy set before him (Hebrews 12:2). The joy set before Him was our redemption, and He approached the cross with the joy that we were soon to be members of His family.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“Godly love enables us to give selflessly and we know that the greatest expression of love is also the greatest expression of selflessness: the cross.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“Often Christians use the term “victory” without ever realizing that there is no victory without a fight.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone

“the priest, pastor, elder, bishop, prophet, teacher or whoever can go before God on one’s behalf. There cannot be personal victory in that place.”
― Andrew Mullek, He Used A Stone