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I've Got Issues
Contributed by Jarvis Ellis on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: This sermon was preached to a group of teenagers and young adults during a Youth Revival.
When you take off your outer garment, that’s when Jesus can help you deal with your ISSUES…! You see when most folk have a issues/handicap or an infirmity, the run to the doctor… But if you check the credentials of the doctor… You will discover that he is someone who spent 8 years learning how to PRACTICE medicine…! Just PRACTICE IT….JESUS IS THE OFFICIAL HEALER…HE’S OFTEN IMITATED BUT NEVER DUPLICATED!!!!
But when you take off your outer garment, that’s when Jesus can touch you… And you’ll discover that He’s more than a doctor… You’ll discover that He’s a Healer…! You see the doctor can only treat your handicap… But I come to let you know that Jesus can heal you… Not just physically, but spiritually…! How many of you know that There’s Power in the Name of Jesus…?
And I’m trying to help somebody to understand that no matter how negative the situation is—there’s still something to praise God about. Because you’re alive enough to call on His name/turn to God.
I’VE GOT A REASON to talk to God and praise Him…because the negative has not consumed me….
I’m hurting—but I’m still alive
I can’t get out of it—but I’m not overwhelmed by it!!!
And somebody is in something today that you can’t get out of—but you can praise Him through it.
He’s keeping you
He’s protecting you
He’s sustaining you
He’s covering you
He’s not letting it get the best of you
So even in the middle of it—LIFT HIM UP!!! And invite him to sit down in the middle of your situation.
Because I’m a living witness—that when God shows up—it won’t be long before you get a new situation!!!
Because when the presence of God shows up….
Demons can’t handle
Enemy cannot derail
Haters cannot hinder it
People who deny it can’t do anything about it
And when God is sitting in the middle of the situation and you’re talking to God—and the demons/enemy/haters/people see that you are not by yourself, they’ve got to get to running!!!
LIFT HIM…while they talk about you/in the enemy’s camp/while you’re sick/while you’re crying….
Don’t wait until the battle’s over…but shout about it right now!!!
Why? Well Because Praise is infectious.
That is what we’ve got to do…praise God for what he’s doing for your neighbor—while your neighbor praises God for what he’s doing for you…and he’s going to bless both of you for praising Him together.
“Oh magnify the Lord with me….Let us exalt His name together….”
Everybody on your pew will wake up if you praise Him
Everybody on your job will get delivered if you praise Him
Everybody in your family will get saved if you praise Him
I’m looking for somebody who can praise Him inspite of the negative…
