Raising Dry Bones

Are you rejoicing ? ...
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

Raising Dry Bones
Ezekiel 37: 1-14
1 Ezekiel’s strange vision ...
Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.
1 Ezekiel’s strange vision ...
Ezekiel 37:2 Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry.
1 God’s question ...
Ezekiel 37:3 And He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?“ So I answered, "O Lord God, You know."
1 God explains the meaning ...
Ezekiel 37:11 Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, 'Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!'
1 Action time ...
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
1 Hear the word !
Ezek 37:4 He said to me, "Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!
1 God’s promise ...
Ezek 37:5-6 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: "Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. 6 I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord."

1 God is faithful ...
Ezek 37:7-8 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them.


1 Still missing ... Life
Ezek 37:9 Also He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord God: "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live."
1 Breath enters ...
Ezek 37:10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.
1 New hope ...
12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God: "Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
1 New hope ...
13 Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves. 14 I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it," says the Lord.'"
2 Dryness in your life ...
If you are feeling empty, wondering if it can ever get better ..
Your closeness to God
Marriage or family
Involvement in the church


2 The Cause of Israel’s dryness...
Ezekiel 36:17-18 "Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity. 18 Therefore I poured out My fury on them for the blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had defiled it.
2 The Cause of Israel’s dryness...
Ezekiel 14:5 “that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols.”
Ezekiel 20:16 they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, … for their heart went after their idols.
2 What is the cause in your life ?
Disobedience
Distance from the sun …

2 Dryness in your life ...
Revelation 3:17-19 Because you say, 'I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing' — and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked —
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.

2 Dryness in your life ...
Revelation 2:4-5 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place — unless you repent.
Seeing Niagara Falls ...
Raising Dry Bones
Ezekiel 37: 1-14