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  BEING WILLING TO BE NOTHING
  by Gary Wilkerson
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the importance of humility and
selflessness, drawing from Philippians 2 where Jesus made Himself
nothing and took on the form of a servant. The speaker warns against
seeking exaltation through false humility, highlighting the need to
genuinely humble ourselves before God. The key message is that by being
willing to make ourselves nothing, we open the door for God to use us as
vessels for spiritual awakening and revival, giving glory to His Word
and work rather than seeking personal recognition.

Topics: "Humility", "Selflessness"
Scripture References: Philippians 2:7, Matthew 23:12, James 4:10, 1 Peter 5:6, Proverbs 22:4

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DESCRIPTION
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This sermon emphasizes the importance of humility and selflessness,
drawing from Philippians 2 where Jesus made Himself nothing and took on
the form of a servant. The speaker warns against seeking exaltation
through false humility, highlighting the need to genuinely humble
ourselves before God. The key message is that by being willing to make
ourselves nothing, we open the door for God to use us as vessels for
spiritual awakening and revival, giving glory to His Word and work
rather than seeking personal recognition.

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CONTENT
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Verse 7, back to Philippians 2, it said, But he made himself nothing,
taking on the form of a servant, being born of the likeness of man.
Therefore God has highly exalted him. Now again, we have to be careful,
that balloon thing is like, okay, I'm going to humble myself so that,
and now you've got the balloon up here saying like, look, I want to get
exalted.

So we don't do this to say like, okay, I'm going to try to be humble so
I can be exalted. That's just the opposite again of this kingdom, this
yeast that fits into the new kingdom of God. But this phrase just stuck
out, just drove me crazy, like, he made him, Jesus made himself nothing.

And I felt like the Holy Spirit said to me, Gary, if you're willing to
make yourself nothing, I'll use you to bring spiritual awakening and
revival and move of God wherever you go. And that's not boasting, that's
just, that's God's natural form of exalting His Word, His work, His way.
It doesn't exalt the ambassador, the messenger.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/GfS778pDTSo.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/gary-wilkerson/being-willing-to-be-nothing/
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