Don`t Let Your Situations Get The Best Of You

Luke 22:31-32

31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

VERY BRIEFLY I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT

(DON`T LET YOUR SITUATIONS GET THE BEST OF YOU )

MY BROTHERS AND MY SISTERS

IN LIFE WE FIND OURSELVES IN MANY SITUATIONS

YOUR SITUATION MAY BE ONE THING AND MINES MAYBE ANOTHER

BUT WE ALL ARE DEALING WITH SOME KIND OF SITUATION

AND I STOP BY ____________________ ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN JUST TO ENCOURAGE YOU THIS MORNING/EVENING

DON`T LET YOUR SITUATION GET THE BEST OF YOU

SO WHAT IF YOU HAVE BEEN WOUNDED

YOU DO KNOW THAT

JESUS IS STILL IN THE HEALING BUSSINESS

SO WHAT IF IT SEEM LIKE YOU ARE WALKING IN DARKNESS

JESUS IS STILL THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

SO WHAT IF YOUR MONEY IS LOOKING FUNNY

JESUS IS STILL JEHOVAH JIREH AND HE WILL PROVIDE

ANYBODY KNOW HE IS A PROVIDER

AND IF YOU KNOW HE IS A PROVIDER

YOU OUGHT NOT LET YOUR SITUATIONS GET THE BEST OF YOU

IN THE TEXT BEFORE US

JESUS IS HAVING A PEP TALK WITH PETER

AND HE GIVES PETER A GLIMPES OF A SITUATION THAT WAS WAITING DOWN THE ROAD FOR HIM

AND HE SHARES THIS WITH PETER

BECAUSE HE DID`NT WANT PETER TO THROW IN THE TOWEL AND GIVE UP

SO HE TELLS HIM

Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

IN OTHER WORDS

JESUS TELLS PETER

WHEN TROUBLE COMES --------(AND IT WILL)

WHEN YOU FACE CIRCUMSTANCES -------- -(AND YOU SHALL)

WHEN THINGS IN LIFE FALL APART ON YOU ---(AND THEY WILL)

HOLD YOUR HEAD UP

ROLL YOUR SHOULDERS BACK

AND REMEMBER THIS PEP TALK

AND DON`T LET YOUR SITUATIONS GET THE BEST OF YOU

THEN JESUS GIVES PETER A GOLDLY REMEDY HOW TO OVERCOME HIS SITUATIONS

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WELL THE FIRST THING JESUS REVEALS TO PETER

IS A PORTRAIT OF THE DEVILS AGENDA

YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

IT`S HARD TO GET HIT BY A TRAIN WHEN YOU KNOW IT`S COMING YOUR WAY

NOTICE ---NOTICE –NOTICE

HOW JESUS PAINTS A PICTURE IN PETER MIND ABOUT THE DEVIL AGENDA

HE SAYS SIMON SIMON THE DEVIL

DESIRES TO HAVE YOU THAT HE MAY SIFT YOU AS WHEAT

AND IT`S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORD DESIRE MEANS

THAT THE DEVIL WANTS TO GET HIS HANDS ON YOU

NOW THE YOU IS PLURAL

IN OTHER WORDS JESUS TELLS PETER

SATAN WANTS TO GET HIS HANDS ON YOU

TO EXPOSE YOUR FAULTS –YOUR SINS AND WEAKNESS

FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCREDITING YOUR TESTIMONY

IN OTHER WORDS PETER HE WANTS TO SHATTER YOUR LIFE INTO PIECES

AND JUST IN CASES THERE IS SOMEBODY

HERE THIS MORNING AND YOUR SITUATIONS GOT YOU INTO BROKEN PIECES

THE GOOD NEWS IS

I KNOW THE SON OF MAN

WHO SPECIALIZES IN BROKEN PIECES

AND MENDING THEM INTO A MASTERPIECE

AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET TO THE POTTERS HOUSE

YOU DON`T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A CO PAY

BECAUSE THE ADMISSION IS FREE

IN OTHER WORDS

WHEN THE SITUATIONS OF LIFE SEEMS TO BE GETTING THE BEST OF YOU

GET TO THE POTTERS HOUSE AND GIVE IT TO GOD

BECAUSE GOD IS WAY BETTER AT HANDLING OUR SITUATIONS THAN WE ARE

SO WE HAVE TO GIVE IT TO HIM

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WELL NOT ONLY DID JESUS GIVE PETER A PORTIAT OF THE DEVIL`S AGENDA

BUT THE TEXT ALSO REVEALS THAT JESUS GAVE HIM THE PRAYERS OF THE GREAT HIGH PRIEST

YOU SEE THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS

COME A LITTLE CLOSER AND DON`T TELL NOBODY I TOLD YOU THIS

BUT SOME PEOPLE GETS A JOY OUT OF SEEING YOU

DOWN AND OUT

BROKEN AND HURT

WOUNDED AND DISTRAUGHT

BUT THE GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY IS

THAT JESUS WANTS TO SEE YOU

BLESSED AND NOT STRESSED

HEALED AND NOT SICK

UP AND NOT DOWN

SO JESUS TELLS PETER SATAN WANTS TO SIFT YOU

BUT I HAVE PRAYED THAT THY FAITH

FAIL NOT

NOTICE ---NOTICE---NOTICE

JESUS DOSE`NT PRAY FOR PETER TO NEVER HAVE TROUBLE

JESUS DOSE`NT PRAY FOR THE DEVIL TO LEAVE PETER ALONE

BUT HE PRAYED THAT PETERS FAITH DID NOT FAIL

IN OTHER WORDS

JESUS KNEW THAT PETERS FAITH WOULD BE TESTED

AND HE PRAYED FOR PETER EVEN BEFORE THE TEST

AND JUST LIKE HE PRAYED FOR PETER

HE ALSO WAS PRAYING FOR YOU AND ME

THAT WHEN THE DUST SETTLES

AND THE RAIN DROPS OF TROUBLE STOPS FALLING

AND THE FLOOD GATES CLOSES

AND THE STORM CEASES