the breath of life

The Breath of

Life

How are you

doing?

Dry Skin

Dry chain

Seized engine

has a broken heart.

Looks good on the outside but…

How are you doing today?

Do you feel dry, seized up, or broken hearted?

Are you ready to make a change?

Perhaps our lives resemble the

Israelites? Dead

Lifeless Dry Bones

The Breath of Life

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Dry Bones Video

Three Different Israelite Groups Taken Into

Captivity

• 606 BC• 597 BC• 586 BC (Jerusalem

destroyed)

Background

• Ezekiel had to show Israel that Jerusalem would be destroyed

• After the fall of Jerusalem he had to help them overcome their despair

Background

The book falls into 3 parts:1. Prophecies before the siege

of Jerusalem 1-242. Prophecies during the siege

of Jerusalem 25-32

Background

3. Messages after the fall of Jerusalem 33-48

The vision of dry bones in chapter 37 was a vision of

their restoration

God Wanted to Breath Life Into

the Dead Parts of Their

Lives. (V.1-10)

Why?(Vs. 11-14)

They were hungry and thirsty,

and their lives ebbed away.

~Psalm 107:5

Why Did God Release Them

From Captivity?(Ezekiel 39:25-29)

• God is compassionate• God wanted Israel to live

abundant lives• God is sovereign over life

& death• God restored His chosen

Dead, Lifeless, or Dry?

Are you…

Is your hope gone?

God wants to Breath Life

into the Dead Parts

of your lives.

Sometimes God restores us piece

by piece.• Mends brokenness

(bones)• Heals wounds (tendons

and skin)

Sometimes we may be healed

physically, but were still Lifeless

• Can these bones live?• Only God can answer

this question.

How are you

doing?

We need an outpouring and an infilling of God’s

Spirit today!

God’s (re)filling requires

maintenance on our part

Altar is open for prayer

Is it well with your soul?