From Set Back To Come Back

Turn to John 11:43, as today we delve into the subject of coming alive. Say that with me, "Come alive". Again. There may be a number of things dead or comatose in your life, in our nation and in the world that desperately need to come alive. Your hopes and your future can come alive. Jesus never allowed what other people said about Him to change His opinion about Himself. Get that thought in your mind. Consider this for a moment, almost everyone in your life is more preoccupied with their life than they are your life. Therefore, what you think about yourself is more important than what the other people, who meet you, think about you.

Never forget this, it's not what people say about you that really matters in life. It's what you believe about yourself. Let me read the text in John 11:43, concerning Lazarus and his coming alive. "Now when He said these things, He cried with a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come forth!' and he who had died came out bound hand and foot with grave clothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said, 'loose him and let him go'".

Father God today, we want to release the potential in our lives to be all that we can be for the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ and the terror of every demon in hell. In Jesus' name, we pray. And all of God's children said, amen.

This is about comebacks. Comebacks are necessary because of setbacks. You can choose faith over fear. You can choose hope over despair. You can choose love over hate. You can choose forgiveness over revenge. You can choose joy over worry. There's a five-sermon series right there. The Bible says, "Rejoice in the Lord, and again, I say, rejoice". The Bible says, "The joy of the Lord is your strength". You can poison yourself watching fake news. I recommend you turn it off, and rejoice in the Lord, and feel the nearness of His presence.

Moses let anger so control his life: he killed an Egyptian. He spent forty years on the backside of the wilderness in God's anger management program. And yet, God used him to crush Pharaoh and lead Israel out of Egypt. That's a real comeback. He went from a shepherd to a leader of more than a million people in just a few days. Think of the enormity of that adjustment. But 40 years of following God equipped him for the journey. Rahab was a prostitute, but she served Joshua and Caleb. Rahab is listed in the Bible's who's who. She is recognized in the lineage of King David and Jesus Christ. That's a comeback. Stop beating yourself up over your past failures. See yourself like God sees you, beautiful.

That's how the mercy of God sees every person here, beautiful. That's how mercy sees you. The mercies of God are renewed every morning. God gives you a blank sheet, every day, for a new start. We are all scarred vessels in the hand of the master potter, Who can transform our imperfections into matchless beauty and unlimited potential, anointed with power to terrorize every demon in hell. No one is perfect. We can live our life without regret. We can live our life without limitation by the power of the Holy Spirit, without the frustration of what might have been if only! You need to walk out of your emotional, financial, marital grave. You need to live, love, laugh, and be happy. It's time for your comeback! Your life can be an exciting, victorious, triumphant life, in Jesus' name!

When your back is to is wall, you will have three points of view from which you can choose: the pessimist, the idealist, or the realist. And every one of you are one of those three things. Consider the idealist. The idealist can be in the middle of a hell hole that he or she created and believe that things are going to change without confrontation. Did you hear that last word? You cannot change what you will not confront, not in your marriage, not in your business, not in your children, not in your church, and not in America. Right now, America is in a battle for its survival. I assure you that's a fact. Our leadership is becoming socialist. And socialists are trying to initiate socialism, which is a Godless system of government that removes God and makes man God. Our public schools are teaching the critical race theory, which is communism 101. It's racial hatred. Your children do not belong to the teacher's union. They belong to you! You need to confront your school board, change your curriculum, fire the socialist educated. Let God be God and every man a liar! Take America back and do it now, because this nation belongs to you too!