Pat Schatzline - Unqualified: Where You Can Begin to be Great

Introduction

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Chapter 1

Ah, Sovereign Lord!

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Chapter 2

How Could God Use Me?

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Chapter 3

The Messiahs Misfits

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Chapter 4

You Are Not Plan B

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Chapter 5

Royalty Sometimes Comes Broken

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Chapter 6

The Separation

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Chapter 7

Rehiring the Holy Spirit

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Chapter 8

Wilderness Wanderers

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Chapter 9

The Eight Insatiable Absolutes of the Unqualified

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Chapter 10

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Chapter 12

Get Your Feet Ready

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Chapter 13

You Are Gods Hashtag

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I have never started anything that I was qualified for, but the more unqualified,the better! Even Jesus in the garden felt unqualified!

Philip Cameron, missionary evangelist and founder of Stellas House orphanages,Montgomery, AL

N OW IS THE time for the unqualified to rise and lead. Why? Because what we havebeen doing has not worked. The unqualified are the ones who understand they cannotaccomplish anything without the help of God. Furthermore, throughout history Godhas never tapped the professional religious to lead a Holy Spirit awakening. Itsalways been the ones first ignored by culture, systems, and the religious order ofthe day who were nominated for those jobs. Whether it was a fugitive who led thepeople of Israel to the Promised Land, a harlot who rescued the spies, a young shepherdwho killed a giant, or a young virgin who was visited by an angel, God has chosenthe ones not on the radar to accomplish His next work.

I believe God does this to show that the wisdom of man can never override the insightof God. What man calls forgotten, God calls forged. God is a scene interrupter!He loves to interrupt the scene so everyone has to sit back and say, Only God!

This Is Who God Is

As I began writing this chapter, I received a text on my phone from someone verydear to my wife, Karen, and me. The text was sent from pastor Phyllis Sawyer fromCalvary Assembly in Decatur, Alabama. Karen and I had worked for Pastors George andPhyllis as youth pastors prior to launching as evangelists in 1997. They have alwaysbeen a rock that we have turned to for direction and wisdom.

Phyllis was in a time of prayer and fasting when she wrote the text. As I studiedher words, my eyes were filled with tears. The message was simple but profound. Hereis what she wrote:

He is...

Our God is never changingHe is unique, and who can make Him change? And whateverHis soul desires, that He does. Job 23:13

Our God is the first and lastThus saith the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer,the Lord of hosts; I am the First and I am the Last; besides Me there is no God.Isaiah 44:6 [KJV]

Our God is King forever and everThe Lord is King forever and ever; the nationshave perished out of His land. Psalm 10:16

Our God is the beginning and the endI am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginningand the End, the First and the Last. Revelation 22:13

Our God is THE WORDHe was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name iscalled The Word of God. Revelation 19:13

Today, my friend, He is our All! He is EVERYTHING we want and need! He is! He is!He is!

My God is the one who steps on mountains and makes them crumble! [Habbakuk 3:6.]

I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me? [Jeremiah32:27.]

My prayer for you today is that you discover a revelation that is just your revelationof who and what God is in you and for you.

This text really says it allour God is! The text declares God is sovereign. Whenwe begin to understand the sovereignty of God, we become candidates for the miraculous. When God calls you into His kingdom work, the greatest hindrance you will face isnot whether someone opens doors for you or gives you a hand up the ladder of ministry.No, the greatest hindrance to your call is the belief that you can make it happenyourself.

We must understand that our nation is deeply in need of a reformation. We are nowliving in a time when truth is considered hate speech, and very soon in many placesthe only intolerance that will be acceptable is bigotry toward those who declareGods Word and refuse to condone ungodly lifestyles.

The atmosphere we now live in is enough to make Gods leaders discouraged and weary.But we must not grow weary in well doing, for it is at a time like this that we musttrust the Lord. I believe with everything in me that if the lordship of God is notdeclared and acted upon in America, then our nation is doomed!