A Father's Eulogy: Where Are You In Your Life, The Pit, The Prison, Or The Palace

A. YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT EVERYONE GETS STUCK IN A PIT IN LIFE

1. THE LORD JESUS SYMPATHIZES WITH US IN OUR SORROWS (HEB 4:15)

2. THE LORD JESUS HAS COMPASSION TOWARD HIS PEOPLE (ISA 40:11)

3. THE LORD JESUS IS ABLE TO BEAR OUR BURDENS (1 PET 5:7)

TRANS: BELIEVE IT OR NOT, GOD IS AWARE OF YOUR SITUATION, AND HE ALSO DOESN’T MIND YOU ASKING HIM, WHY ARE THESE THINGS HAPPENING TO ME

B. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOUR MIND ISN’T STUCK IN A PRISON MENTALITY

1. JESUS IS ABLE TO DELIVER US FROM ALL OF OUR FEARS

2. JESUS WILL COMFORT US THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH

3. JESUS PROMISES THAT NOTHING WILL SEPARATE BELIEVERS FROM HIS LOVE

TRANS: ONCE YOU TRUST GOD TO SHOW YOU HOW TO HANDLE YOUR SITUATION, GOD WILL GIVE YOU PEACE, IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR STORM OR SITUATION

C. YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT REGARDLESS OF YOUR PAST, YOU CAN MAKE IT TO THE PALACE THROUGH GOD’S GRACE AND SALVATION (GEN 45:1-7)

1. GOD’S GRACE WAS SUFFICIENT WHEN THE WIDOW’S SON DIED

(LUKE 7:13-15)

2. GOD’S GRACE WAS SUFFICIENT WHEN JAIRUS’ DAUGHTER DIED

(LUKE 9:50, 54-56)

3. GOD’S GRACE WAS SUFFICIENT WHEN LAZARUS DIED (JOHN 11:43-44)

TRANS: IN ORDER FOR YOU TO BE SAVED FROM YOUR PIT OR PRISON, YOU JUST HAVE TO WANT TO BE SAVED

D. JESUS IS WAITING TO GET YOU OUT OF YOUR PIT, GET YOU OUT OF YOUR PRISON, AND BRING YOU TO THE PALACE, WHICH IS HEAVEN

REMEMBER, JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK YOUR LIFE IS LIKE A PRISON OR STUCK IN THE PITS, THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU’RE NOT BLESSED. JUST LIKE JOSEPH AND JUST LIKE CHESTER WILLIAMS, GOD STILL HAS A PURPOSE AND PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.

THEY SAY THAT THE APPLE DOESN’T FALL TOO FAR FROM THE TREE. MOST OF THE TIME THAT STATEMENT IS MADE IN REFERENCE TO SOMEONE WHO DID SOMETHING BAD. BUT TODAY, WE CAN USE THAT REFERENCE FOR SOMETHING GOOD. YOU SEE:

FOR A DAUGHTER TO TURN INTO AN INCREDIBLE MOTHER AND RAISE 4 BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN AND NOT TURN HER BACK ON THEM, THE APPLE DOESN’T FALL TOO FAR FROM THE TREE

FOR A SON TO TURN INTO A REAL MAN AND RAISE A WONDERFUL DAUGHTER, AND SHOW A YOUNG LADY THAT REAL LOVE IS SHOWN THROUGH A COMMITMENT OF MARRIAGE, THE APPLE DOESN’T FALL TOO FAR FROM THE TREE

FOR ANOTHER SON TO TURN INTO A MAN OF HONOR, AND BE THE FIRST IN HIS FAMILY TO GET A COLLEGE DEGREE, THEN DEDICATE HIS LIFE TO PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, THE APPLE DOESN’T FALL TOO FAR FROM THE TREE

AND FINALLY FOR A SON TO TURN INTO A SERVANT AND GO FROM THE HOOD TO THE WHITE HOUSE, THEN DEDICATE HIS LIFE TO SPEAKING POSITIVE MESSAGES TO THE YOUTH OF TODAY, THE APPLE DOESN’T FALL TOO FAR FROM THE TREE

THANK YOU DADDY, FOR PLANTING SEEDS IN OUR LIVES, THAT HAVE GROWN AND BLOSSOMED, TO SOMETHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED, GOOD CHILDREN WHO ARE PRODUCTIVE IN SOCIETY.