THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT
Valley of Dry Bones
I. Dry bones represent the total absence of a godly _________.
Ezekiel 37:1-14
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me
down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
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And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open
valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
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And He said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou
knowest.
A. Dry bones represent the desperate need for God’s _____________.
Psalm 63:1-2
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul is thirsty for thee, my flesh longs for you
in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
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To see thy power and thy glory, just like I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
B. Dry bones is another way of saying they have no ____________.
Ezekiel 37:11-12
Then He said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say,
Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
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Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will
open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of
Israel.
1. The life we need only comes through the ________________ of God.
Ezekiel 37:13
And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and
brought you up out of your graves,
C. If God says it, He will give us the _______________ to accomplish it.
Ezekiel 37:4-7
Again He said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the
word of the LORD.
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Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye
shall live:
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And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and
put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
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So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a
shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
D. Some will dry up or give up, but the church needs to ______________ up.
Isaiah 45:2-3
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of
brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
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And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou
mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
1. Whatever the need, the solution is in the __________ of the Lord.
Exodus 4:1-2
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice:
for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
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And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
2. Don’t be afraid or intimidated by the ______________.
Isaiah 57:14-15
Build up, Build up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling block out of the way of my people. 15
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the
high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of
the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.