II Cor. 6:1-10
Song of Sol. 2:9 “My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.”
If God can use:
A bird to tell Noah that there is some dry land,
A rooster to tell Peter that he needed to repent
A worm to tell Herod that he better let God be God
A donkey and talk to Balelume
then surely He can use me to tell you (title)
Prosperity = Fortune, goodness
Adversity = Misfortune, trouble
I am not here to tell you that you will be completely free from trouble or adversity.
I am going to tell you that the Church has always been under adversity.
And the Church is still the Church
Because God is still God!
In April of 2000 some family members advised against starting a Church.
Some local preachers didn’t want us to start a Church.
But we knew it was God’s will and we did start it.
In 2002 some family members advised against starting a School.
Some local preachers didn’t want us to start a School.
But we knew it was God’s will and we did start it.
In 2002 we left the store fronts and bought 2 proprieties the same day from 2 different folks.
Some advised against it.
But we knew it was God’s will and we did buy it and you are sitting in it this morning.
In 2005 we added a 3rd property (the trailer and lot).
In 2007 we added the connecting foyer.
In 2008 we added the porch.
In 2009 we are staging for a great revival!
The Prosperity of Adversity
Paul said, “sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.”
We have had some hard times, but we have had some great Church.
We have had some trying times, but we have had Spirit filled meetings.
I believe God has set his approval upon Promise Land and
Now we are ready to reap a great harvest.
Tell) Little Pentecostal girl who had to sleep in a rat infested room. During the night she was awoken by the noise of many rats. She prayed, “Jesus, please take the rats away.” She fell back asleep and when she awoke later that night there was a peace and a clam. No rats… she herd the growl of big old tom-cat.
We’ve been rat infested, and Jesus has come in a let loose a big O’ tom-cat.
We are going to have revival like you have never seen before.
God is on our side,
We not only are going to survive, we are going to have great victory along the way.
We are going to make it.
We are going to have Church like you have never seen!
Prosperity of Adversity
What I am trying to get across to you here this morning is,
That there are some compensations in life:
There are some joys in our sorrows
There are some crowns in our crosses
There are some mercies in our miseries
There is some love in our losses
There are some appointments in our disappointments
There are some compensations in our contradictions
Thank God today that my FAITH is greater than it has ever been!
I believe God is ready for us to reap the prosperity of adversity!
If you want it, it is here.
If you want it, you can have it.
Ecc. 11:1 “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.”
Don’t you get it:
When we cast our bread upon the waters and it returns unto us,
It will be in a sandwich
And you won’t have to guess where the meat is!
Isa. 40:31 “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
We’ve (Promise Land) been waiting 9 years for this.
I’ve been waiting the entire 18 years of my preaching ministry for this.
2009 is the year of change.
The year of reaping the prosperity of adversity!
Zach. 4:6 “…Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.”
JOB - Example.
Lost in adversity: 7,000 sheep; 3,000 camels; 500 yoke of oxen; 500 mules.
Gained in prosperity: 14,000 sheep; 6,000 camels; 1,000 yoke of oxen; 1,000 mules.
Gal. 6:7-9 “7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
Prosperity of Adversity
Heb. 13:5 says that He will never leave us nor forsake us.
Isa. 59:19 “So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.”
When the devil comes in, if we will lift Jesus up… He will drive the devil out.
I Peter 5:7-8 “7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”
He is not a lion, like a lion - The real lion is Jesus Christ.
The old devil. he’s got an
Cain for every Abel.
Ishmael for every Isaac
Esau for every Jacob
Korea for every Aaron
Den for every Daniel
Herod for every John the Baptist
Anti-christ for Jesus Christ
And he’s has been telling us that we ain’t going to amount to nothing.
That we aren’t going to truly evangelize this city.
However, I am here this morning to tell you:
We are going to reap the prosperity of the adversity that the devil has put upon us!
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Let me show you the truth of the prosperity of adversity:
Jesus Christ!!!
He is risen!
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How about you?
What have you been through?
The Prosperity Of Adversity
