You must be an available vessel, if you want God to use you.

Aaron Burden

Now, how can one be an available vessel? Just 3 criteria:

1) You must be born again. (Jn. 3:3 NIV)

ᴊᴇꜱᴜꜱ ʀᴇᴘʟɪᴇᴅ, “ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴛʀᴜʟʏ ɪ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ, ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪɴɢᴅᴏᴍ ᴏꜰ ɢᴏᴅ ᴜɴʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ʙᴏʀɴ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ.”

2) Stay away from sin and all appearances or forms of evil (2nd Tim 2:19 NIV)

"ɴᴇᴠᴇʀᴛʜᴇʟᴇꜱꜱ, ɢᴏᴅ’ꜱ ꜱᴏʟɪᴅ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅꜱ ꜰɪʀᴍ, ꜱᴇᴀʟᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪɴꜱᴄʀɪᴘᴛɪᴏɴ: “ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏʀᴅ ᴋɴᴏᴡꜱ ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴀʀᴇ ʜɪꜱ,” ᴀɴᴅ, “ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴄᴏɴꜰᴇꜱꜱᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏʀᴅ ᴍᴜꜱᴛ ᴛᴜʀɴ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴡɪᴄᴋᴇᴅɴᴇꜱꜱ.”

3) You must establish a personal relationship with He who you desire yourself to be used by Him - GOD.

Have a life of personal prayer, and reading of the Bible personally, every day.(Mk 1:34-35 NIV)

"ᴀɴᴅ ᴊᴇꜱᴜꜱ ʜᴇᴀʟᴇᴅ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴀᴅ ᴠᴀʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴅɪꜱᴇᴀꜱᴇꜱ. ʜᴇ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴅʀᴏᴠᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴅᴇᴍᴏɴꜱ, ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ʟᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴍᴏɴꜱ ꜱᴘᴇᴀᴋ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴋɴᴇᴡ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ. ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴇᴀʀʟʏ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ, ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ᴅᴀʀᴋ, ᴊᴇꜱᴜꜱ ɢᴏᴛ ᴜᴘ, ʟᴇꜰᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏᴜꜱᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰꜰ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ꜱᴏʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʜᴇ ᴘʀᴀʏᴇᴅ."‭Psalms 1:1-3 NIVʙʟᴇꜱꜱᴇᴅ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴡᴀʟᴋ ɪɴ ꜱᴛᴇᴘ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴏʀ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜱɪɴɴᴇʀꜱ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴏʀ ꜱɪᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴʏ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴏᴄᴋᴇʀꜱ, [2] ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴅᴇʟɪɢʜᴛ ɪꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴡ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏʀᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴏ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴛᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴏɴ ʜɪꜱ ʟᴀᴡ ᴅᴀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ɴɪɢʜᴛ. [3] ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ɪꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴛʀᴇᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ꜱᴛʀᴇᴀᴍꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ʏɪᴇʟᴅꜱ ɪᴛꜱ ꜰʀᴜɪᴛ ɪɴ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴏꜱᴇ ʟᴇᴀꜰ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜᴇʀ— ᴡʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅᴏ ᴘʀᴏꜱᴘᴇʀꜱ.

These 3 steps are subjugated into 1 process - "Being an available vessel."

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