Dr. Pothana's Teaching

2. Sermon

3. Psalm 92: 14
They shall still bear
fruit in old age; They
shall be fresh and
flourishing

4. On
Being
70
Psalm 92:12-15

5. Psalm 92:12-15
12 The righteous shall flourish like a palm
tree, He shall grow like a cedar in
Lebanon. 13 Those who are planted in
the house of the Lord Shall flourish in the
courts of our God. 14 They shall still bear
fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and
flourishing, 15 To declare that the Lord is
upright; He is my rock, and there is no
unrighteousness in Him.

6. When the cool
evening breezes
were blowing,
the man and his
wife heard the
LORD God
walking about in
the garden.
Genesis 3:8

14.  GOD CAN USE PEOPLE OF ANY AGE.

15. God's Use of Older People
 Moses and Aaron – 80 and 83
 Joshua and Caleb – in their 80's
 Joshua lived to be 110.
 Caleb was 85 when he drove the giants
out of Hebron.
 Daniel
 Taken to Babylon as a young man
 Served 70 years

16. God's Use of Older People
 Zacharias & Elizabeth
 Luke 1:7 “ But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.”

17.  Simeon & Anna
 Luke 2:25-38 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and
devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. It had been revealed to him
by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. Moved by the Spirit, he went into
the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law
required,
 Anna was at least 84

18. God's Use of older people
in the church today
 Congregations are overseen by “elders”
 Not just years lived
 By experience of life wisdom and maturity
are gained.

19. God's Use of older people
in the church today
 Need older women – Titus 2:3-5 3 the
older women likewise, that they be reverent
in behavior, not slanderers, not given to
much wine, teachers of good things-- 4 that
they admonish the young women to love
their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be
discreet, chaste, homemakers, good,
obedient to their own husbands, that the
word of God may not be blasphemed

20. God's Use of older people
in the church today
 Elderly can provide services
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 make phone calls
 Spend time in prayer
 Teach and encourage

21. God uses people of ALL ages
 REQUIREMENTS:
 Must be prepared
 Must be willing
 Must stretch beyond yourself (out of your
comfort zone)
 The righteous can still bear fruit in old
age.

22. Philippians 2:12-15
 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have
always obeyed, not as in my presence only,
but now much more in my absence, work out
your own salvation with fear and trembling;
13 for it is God who works in you both to will
and to do for His good pleasure. 14 Do all
things without complaining and disputing, 15
that you may become blameless and
harmless, children of God without fault in the
midst of a crooked and perverse generation,
among whom you shine as lights in the world,