Pastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhDFamily Worship Center

Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Part One: Recycling

Into Something Good

Your past inherently becomes part of your future. An un-recycled past

discourages your efforts, haunts your dreams and interferes with your

relationships. An un-recycled past is like a time bomb waiting to go off and stink

up the present and even destroy your future. You choose a frightful destiny in failing to properly recycle your past. PM

Dragging Your Past Garbage…

• Hurt people hurt people.• Dragging the past into your

relationships sabotages your future.• You can ignore and deny all day

long but it doesn’t make it go away. You bring you with you.

Recycled BUILDING Material

Recycled BUILDING Material

Recycled BUILDING Material

Recycled BUILDING Material

God can turn your garbage into Beautiful BUILDING Material.

Something Beautiful

Bill & Gloria Gaither © 1971

Something beautiful,

something good;

All my confusion He

understood;

 

All I had to offer Him was

brokenness and strife,

But He made something

beautiful of my life.

 

If there ever were dreams that were lofty and noble,

they were my dreams at the start;

And the hopes for life's best were the hopes that I harbored down deep

in my heart;

But my dreams turned to ashes, my castles all crumbled, my fortune

turned to loss; So I wrapped it all in

the rags of my life, and laid it at the cross.

CHORUSSomething beautiful,

something good, all my confusion, He understood; All I had to offer Him was

brokenness and strife,but He made something

beautiful of my life. 

Something Beautiful

Bill & Gloria Gaither © 1971

Something beautiful,

something good;

All my confusion He

understood;

 

All I had to offer Him was

brokenness and strife,

But He made something

beautiful of my life.

 

Part Two: Recycling Your Past

Just like choosing to recycle your garbage, YOU choose whether

to recycle your experiences

Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

We know οἴδαμεν (oidamen) from experience.

Romans 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Work together –

The Greek word

συνεργεῖ (synergei)

Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Synergy – from two Greek words meeting “together –

energy”.

Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Synergy – From Attic Greek meaning to create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.

Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Spiritual Synergy - YOU and God together putting both of your energies into; you by truly surrendering and

yielding to the Holy Spirit and God by powerfully renewing and repurposing

your pain into power.

Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Work together –

By themselves or in your own power, painful past experiences are potential

time bombs.

You need God.

Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Order in Greek for emphasis…

“We know moreover that to those loving God, all things work together for good, to those according to purpose.”

Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

The process for this synergy is based on you really loving

God.

Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are

the called according to His purpose.

TLB – fitting into His plans instead of just adding on God to yours.

Recycling Your Past•Using your pain for healing

others.•Moving from victim to healer.• Being a vessel for life instead of

being a carrier of death.

Prayer commitment form – Heavenly Father I am completely

surrendering my life to you. Please take and recycle my past. Use it for your

glory. I yield my life to You Holy Spirit for your renewal

and repurposing. I love You Lord and thank you for recycling my life.

 Signed ____________________________

Date __________