STRUGGLING BUT STILL WINNING
(2 CORINTHIANS 4:7-9)
VERSE 7: BUT WE HAVE THIS TREASURE IN EARTHEN VESSELS, THAT THE EXCELLENCY OF THE POWER MAY BE OF GOD, AND NOT OF US.
VERSE 8: WE ARE TROUBLED ON EVERY SIDE, YET NOT DISTRESSED, WE ARE PERPLEXED, BUT NOT IN DESPAIR;
VERSE 9: PERSECUTED, BUT NOT FORSAKEN; CAST DOWN, BUT NOT DESTROYED
WHILE YOU ARE STANDING LOOK AT SOMEBODY
AND SAY I AM STRUGGLING BUT STILL WINNING
STRUGGLING BUT I AM STILL WINNING
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS I AM REMINDED OF A STORY
A MAN CAME ACROSS A CACOON
OF THE EMPEROR MOTH
HE DECIDED TO TAKE THE CACOON HOME
BECAUSE HE WANTED TO WATCH THE MOTH
EMERGE FROM IT
ONE DAY AS HE WAS WALKING PAST THE CACOON
HE SAW A TINY OPENING IN THE CACOON
SO HE PULLED UP A CHAIR
AND HE SAT DOWN
AND WATCHED FOR SEVERAL HOURS
THE MOTH STRUGGLE
BUT COULDN'T SEEM TO FORCE
ITS BODY PAST A CERTAIN POINT OF THAT CACOON
THE MAN
DECIDING THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG
HE GOT HIS KNIFE
AND HE CUT THE REMAINING BIT
OF THE CACOON
THE MOTH EMERGED EASILY
ITS BODY WAS LARGE AND SWOLLEN
ITS WINGS WAS TINY AND SWIVELED
THE MAN EXPECTED THAT IN A COUPLE OF HOURS
THOSE WINGS WOULD SPREAD OUT
INTO THEIR NATURAL BEAUTY
BUT THEY DIDN'T
INSTEAD OF THAT MOTH
BECOMING A CREATURE FREE TO FLY
THAT MOTH SPENT THE REST OF ITS LIFE
DRAGGING AROUND ON A SWOLLEN BODY
AND SWIVELED WINGS
WHAT THE MAN DIDN'T KNOW WAS
THAT THE CONSTRICTING CACOON
AND THE STRUGGLE NECESSARY
TO GET THROUGH
THAT TINY OPENING
WAS GODS WAY OF FORCING FLUID FROM THE THE MOTHS BODY
INTO THE MOTHS WINGS
THE MERCIFUL SNIP FROM THE MAN
WAS REALLY CRUELTY TO THE MOTH
SOMETIMES STRUGGLE IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED
IT IS THROUGH STRUGGLE
THAT MANY OF US
DISCOVER OUR WINGS
IT IS THROUGH STRUGGLE
THAT MANY OF US
LEARN HOW TO FLY
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
REALIZED IT YET
BUT YOU ARE OUT EVERYDAY
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS LIFE ALL ABOUT
EVERYBODY WHETHER THE CASE IS STATED
ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT
DOES LIFE HAVE A PATTERN
ARE THERE ANY DESIGNS TO LIFE
I THINK I OUGHT TELL YOU THIS MORNING
THAT YOU WILL MISREAD LIFE
IF YOU THINK THAT LIFE IS A PICNIC
YOU WILL MISREAD LIFE
IF YOU THINK LIFE IS A PARTY
NAH--------NAH---------NAH
I WILL TELL YOU WHAT LIFE IS
LIFE IS A STRUGGLE
THAT IS WHAT IT IS
IT IS A STRUGGLE
IT IS A STRUGGLE FROM THE TIME
WE ARE BORN
UNTIL THE TIME
WE DIE
IT IS A STRUGGLE
IT IS A STRUGGLE
THAT IS WHY SOME Y'ALL CAN'T SAY AMEN
RIGHT NOW
IT'S A STRUGGLE
THAT'S WHY SOME OF Y'ALL CAN'T WAIVE YOUR HANDS
RIGHT NOW
IT'S A STRUGGLE
LIFE IS A STRUGGLE
CHILDREN ARE BARELY BORN YET
AND RIGHT AT THE POINT OF LIFE
THERE IS A STRUGGLE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH
RIGHT THERE IN THE BIRTH CANAL
THERE IS A STRUGGLE
THAT'S WHY WE ALWAYS ASK AFTER A WOMAN GIVES BIRTH
WE ALWAYS ASK HOW IS THE BABY
THEN WE ASK HOW IS THE MOTHER
AND IN SO ASKING
WE RECOGNIZE THAT
THERE HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE
AND THEN THE INFANT STRUGGLES TO CRAWL
AND THEN THE INFANT LATER ON
STRUGGLES TO WALK
LIFE IS A STRUGGLE
AND I NEED TO TELL YOU
THAT YOU WILL NEVER
UNDERSTAND LIFE
UNTIL YOU SEE IT AS A STRUGGLE
A STRUGGLE THAT IS TIED IN WITH
OUR CAPACITY TO SUFFER
SOME DAYS GOOD
AND SOME DAYS BAD
AND IT IS ALL A STRUGGLE
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
LIFE IS DIVIDED INTO 5 QUARTERS
0 TO 17 - 1st QUARTER
17 TO 35- 2nd QUARTER
36 TO 52- 3rd QUARTER
53 TO 70-4th QUARTER
71 AND UP - OVERTIME
THE AVERAGE MAN LIVES 74 YEARS
THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 8 HUNDRED 88 MONTHS
THAT IS 3THOUSAND 8HUNDRED 48 WEEKS
27THOUSAND AND 10 DAYS
THAT IS 6HUNDRED
48 THOUSAND
200 AND 40 HOURS
THAT IS 38 MILLION
8HUNDRED
94THOUSAND
4HUNDRED MINUTES
AND THAT IS 2 BILLION
22 MILLION
5 HUNDRED
8 THOUSAND
8 HUNDRED HEARTBEATS
AND IT'S ALL A STRUGGLE
AND THE REASON WE CAN WIN
IN THE MIDST OF THE STRUGGLE
IS BECAUSE OF THE TREASURE THAT GOD
HAS PUT IN EARTHEN VESSELS
1JOHN 4:4- YE ARE OF GOD, LITTLE CHILDREN, AND HAVE OVERCOME
THEM: BECAUSE GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU, THAN HE THAT IS IN THE
WORLD
THEN WHEN YOU GO TO REVEREND DOCTOR PREACH BROTHER PAUL
LETTER TO ALL WHO BE AT ROME
ROMANS 8:31- WHAT SHALL WE THEN SAY TO THESE THINGS?
IF GOD BE FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?
WE HAVE THE INDWELLING PRESENCE OF GOD
PAUL SAYS IN OUR TEXT WE ARE TROUBLED
ON EVERY SIDE
PAUL SAYS WHEN I LOOK TO THE LEFT
THERE IS TROUBLE
WHEN I LOOK TO THE RIGHT
THERE IS TROUBLE
EVEN IN FRONT OF ME
THERE IS TROUBLE
EVEN IN THE BACK OF ME
THERE IS TROUBLE
PAUL SAYS
WE ARE TROUBLED ON EVERY SIDE
BUT WE ARE NOT DISTRESSED
BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE HOPE
AND OUR HOPE IS IN JESUS CHRIST
I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIND TROUBLE
BECAUSE TROUBLE WILL FIND YOU
AIN'T IT AMAZING
HOW TROUBLE WILL
DRIVE DOWN YOUR STREET
BACK UP IN YOUR DRIVEWAY
GET OUT OF ITS VEHICLE
AND WALK RIGHT INTO YOUR HOUSE
WITHOUT EVEN KNOCKING
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIND TROUBLE
BECAUSE TROUBLE WILL FIND YOU
WELL THE SECOND THING I NOTICED
ABOUT TROUBLE
IS THAT GOD DOES HIS BEST WORK
IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLE
CAN I CALL A FEW BIBLICAL WITNESSES
WELL COME HERE MOSES
I HEAR MOSES SAY REV I HAD
A WATERY GRAVE IN FRONT OF ME
I HAD PHAROAH BEHIND ME
AND GOD TOLD ME
TO STRETCH OUT MY ROD
AND WHEN I STRETCHED OUT MY ROD
HE CAME DOWN
AND PUT THE WIND
IN A FULL NELSON
AND MADE A FREEWAY
DOWN MY RED SEA
GOD DOES SOME OF HIS BEST WORK
IN THE MIDST OF YOUR TROUBLE
WELL COME HERE HEBREW BOYS
I HEAR THE HEBREW BOYS SAY WELL REV
NEBUCHADNEZZAR THROWED US INTO THE FIERY FURNACE
BUT WHAT NEBUCHADNEZZAR FELL TO REALIZE
IS THAT JESUS IS A PRESENT HELP
IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE
AND HE CAME AND SHOWED UP
AS A FIRE FIGHTER
AND TOOK THE FLAMES OUT OF THE FIRE
AND TURNED THE FURNACE
INTO A FELLOWSHIP HALL
GOD DOES SOME OF HIS BEST WORK
IN THE MIDST OF OUR TROUBLE
SOME OF YOU STILL WANT TO ARGUE
WITH ME I SEE
WELL COME HERE DANIEL
AND I HEAR DANIEL SAY WELL REV
THEY THROWED ME INTO THE LIONS DEN
FOR PRAYING
BUT THE KING SET ME FREE
AND I WENT RIGHT BACK TO MY QUARTERS
GOT RIGHT DOWN ON MY KNEES
LET UP MY WINDOW
LOOKED TOWARD JERUSALEM
AND CALLED ON THE GOD OF JERUSALEM
THEY THROWED ME IN THE LIONS DEN
BUT JESUS SHOWED
AS A LION TAMMER
AND PUT THE LIONS ON A 24 HOUR FAST
WHILE I WAS IN THE DEN
HE DOES SOME OF HIS BEST WORK
WHEN WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF OUR TROUBLE
I KNOW SOME OF YOU ALL STILL ARGUING WITH ME
BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN THEY RAN OUT OF WINE
AT THE WEDDING FEAST OF CANA
AND MARY TOLD THE BOYS TO GO FILL
THE WATER POTS UP WITH WATER
AND WHEN THEY FILLED THE WATER POTS UP
JESUS CAME IN AND TURNED THE WATER INTO WINE
WITHOUT USING GRAPES
HE DOES SOME HIS BEST WORK IN THE MIDST
OF OUR TROUBLE
THE WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD
SHE HAD TROUBLES
12 LONG YEARS OF TROUBLES
SHE SPENT ALL SHE HAD ON HER EARTHLY DOCTORS
AND NONE OF THEM COULD DO HER ANY GOOD
BUT ONE DAY SHE HEARD THAT JESUS
WAS PASSING BY
AND SHE SAID IF I COULD JUST PRESS
MY WAY
AND I NEED TO KNOW
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT HAS A PRESS
I F I COULD JUST PRESS MY WAY THROUGH
THE CROWD AND TOUCH THE HEM OF HIS GARMET
I KNOW I WILL FIND A PHARMACEUTICAL SHOP
IN THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT
JESUS DOES SOME OF HIS BEST WORK
IN THE MIDST OF OUR TROUBLE
THEY ALWAYS SAID THAT YOU
FIND YOURSELF IN 3 PLACES IN LIFE
THEY SAY YOU FIND YOURSELF
GOING INTO TROUBLE
THEY SAY YOU FIND YOURSELF
IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLE
OR THEY SAY YOU FIND YOURSELF
COMING OUT OF TROUBLE
AND JUST IN CASE THERE IS SOMEBODY
HERE THIS MORNING THAT HAS BEEN DELIVERED
FROM TROUBLE TODAY
BUT I NEED TO ENCOURAGE YOU
TO STAY
READ UP
PRAYED UP
AND SUITED UP
BECAUSE SOME MORE TROUBLE
JUST MAYBE HEADED YOUR WAY
PAUL SAYS WE ARE TROUBLED ON EVERY SIDE
BUT HE SAY WE ARE NOT DISTRESSED
IN OTHER WORDS
WHAT HE IS SAYING
IS BECAUSE OUR HOPE
IS IN JESUS ALONE
AND YOU HAVE TO REALIZE
IN THE MIDST OF YOUR STRUGGLE
THAT YOU ARE NOT FIGHTING
TO VICTORY
BUT YOU ARE FIGHTING
FROM VICTORY
THAT IS WHY PAUL TELLS THE CHURCH OF CORINTH
IN (1 CORINTHIANS 15:57)
BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHICH GIVETH US THE VICTORY
THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
SO I STOP BY TO TELL YOU THIS MORNING
IF YOU HAVE JESUS
YOU HAVE VICTORY
AND YOU ARE WINNING
IN THE MIDST OF YOUR STRUGGLE
PAUL SAYS WE ARE TROUBLED
ON EVERY SIDE BUT WE ARE NOT DISTRESSED
PAUL SAYS WE ARE PERPLEXED
BUT NOT IN DESPAIR
PAUL SAYS SOMETIMES THE DEVIL
TRIES TO MAKE US SUFFER
FROM TEMPORARILY AMNESIA
YOU SEE SOMETIMES THE DEVIL
TRIES TO MAKE YOU THINK GOD
HAS NOT EVER DONE NOTHING FOR YOU
HE WILL TRY TO MAKE YOU THINK GOD
HAS NEVER BROUGHT YOU THROUGH ANYTHING
HE WILL TRY TO MAKE YOU THINK GOD
IS NOT A BRIDGE THAT LEANS OVER TROUBLED WATER
BUT WILL YOU TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH ME
DIDN'T HE PUT FOOD ON YOUR TABLE YESTERDAY
WON'T MY GOD DO IT TODAY
DIDN'T HE HEAL YOUR BODY YESTERDAY
WON'T MY GOD HEAL YOU TODAY
DIDN'T HE STEP DOWN WHEN YOU WAS DOWN
TO YOUR LAST DIME YESTERDAY
WON'T MY GOD DO IT TODAY
PAUL SAYS LIFE IS A STRUGGLE
PAUL SAYS WE ARE PERPLEXED BUT NOT IN DESPAIR
IN OTHER WORDS WE GOT FAITH
YOU SEE WE WALK BY FAITH
AND NOT BY SIGHT
WE ARE PREPARING FOR THE
THERE AND THEN
AND WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT THE HERE AND NOW
YOU SEE IN ORDER TO HAVE FAITH
YOU HAVE TO ACTIVATE YOUR FAITH
AND BUT YOUR BELIEF INTO ACTION
CAN I TELL YOU WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT
BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE FAITH
THERE ARE SOMETHINGS YOU LEARN TO DO WITH GOD
I SAY WHEN YOU HAVE FAITH
THERE ARE SOMETHINGS YOU LEARN TO DO WITH GOD
YOU SEE THE THE BIBLE SAY ABLE
WORSHIPPED GOD BY FAITH
AND IN THE MIDST OF YOUR STRUGGLE
YOU HAVE TO LEARN
HOW TO WORSHIP
AND GIVE GOD YOUR BEST
YOU OUGHT TO HELP ME HERE
I SAY IN THE MIDST OF YOUR STRUGGLE
YOU HAVE TO PUT ASIDE
WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH
YOU HAVE TO PUT BEHIND (YOU) OR SHOULD I SAY (SELF)
AND DON'T PUT ON THAT POOR LITTLE ME SYNDROME
YOU HAVE TO LEARN
HOW TO GIVE GOD SOME ABOUT TO PRAISE
IN THE MIDST OF YOUR STRUGGLE
WELL WHEN YOU LEARN
HOW TO WORSHIP GOD
YOU WILL LEARN
HOW TO WALK WITH GOD
IN THE MIDST OF YOUR STRUGGLE
YOU HAVE TO LEARN
HOW TO WALK WITH GOD
AND YOUR WALK WITH GOD HAS TO BE A WALK
OF FAITH
CAN I BORROW A SKINNY MINUTE
TO TELL YOU WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT
ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD
AND THE BIBLE SAY THAT THE WALK GOT SO GOOD
GOD TOLD ENOCH MY HOUSE IS CLOSER THAN YOUR HOUSE
COME ON AND LETS GO TO MY HOUSE
YOU HAVE TO LEARN
HOW TO WALK WITH GOD
IN THE MIDST OF YOUR STRUGGLE
WELL NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO LEARN
TO WALK WITH GOD
BUT YOU HAVE TO LEARN
HOW TO WAR FOR GOD
LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TELL THEM
YOU HAVE TO WAR FOR GOD
EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE HURTING
EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE BEEN LAUGHING IN YOUR FACE
AND TALKING BEHING YOUR BACK
EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE HAVE TOLD YOU
THAT YOU WILL NEVER AMOUNT TO NOTHING
BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO LEARN
HOW TO WAR FOR GOD
CAN I TELL YOU WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT
PHAROAH SENT DECREE TO KILL ALL THE MALE CHILD
BUT GOD HAD A PLAN FOR MOSES LIFE
AND GOD GOES ON THE BACK TO MOSES
ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE DESERT
AND SPEAK TO MOSES IN A BURNING BUSH
AND HE TELL MOSES TO TAKE HIS SHOES OFF BOY
BECAUSE YOU ARE STANDING ON HOLY GROUND
HE SAY MOSES BEFORE I TELL YOU SOMETHING
HE SAID I ALREADY PREPARED YOU FOR THIS DAY
HE SAID
YOU REMEMBER WHEN PHAROAH
SENT THE DECREE TO KILL ALL THE MALE INFANTS
I LET YOUR MOTHER
HIDE YOU OUT
THEN I PUT YOU IN A BUL RUSHED BASKET
THEN I SET YOU IN THE NILE RIVER
ALLOWED THE WIND TO BLOW
FROM THE NORTH
SOUTH
EAST
AND THE WEST
YOU BLOWED RIGHT IN FRONT OF PHARAOHS DAUGHTER
AND PHARAOHS DAUGHTER CALLED
MOSES SISTER MIRIAM
TO FETCH YOU OUT OF THE WATER
AND THEN THEY MADE YOUR MOTHER YOUR HOUSEKEEPER
HE SAID I ALLOWED YOU TO LIVE WITH PHARAOH
FOR YOU TO LEARN THE WAYS OF THE EGYPTIAN
HE SAY THEN ONE DAY
HE SAW AN EGYPTIAN BEATING ON A HEBREW
THEN HE KILLED HIM
AND THEN A WEEK LATER
YOU SAW 2 HEBREWS FIGHTING
AND THEY SAY
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO US
KILL US LIKE YOU KILLED THE EGYPTIAN
HE SAID THEN
YOU WENT ON THE BACK SIDE OF A RIVER
GOD HAD YOU ON PAROLE FOR 40 YEARS
BUT NOW HE IS TALKING TO YOU
AND HE IS TELLING YOU
MOSES GO TELL PHARAOH TO LET MY PEOPLE GO
YES SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LEARN
HOW TO WAR FOR GOD
AND THEN WHEN YOU LEARN HOW TO WAR FOR GOD
YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW
TO WIN FOR GOD
LOOK AT SOMEBODY AND TELL THEM YOU HAVE TO WIN
YOU SEE JOSHUA GUIDED THEM ACROSS THE JORDAN
AND WHEN MOSES HAD JOSHUA
AND THEM TO GO AND SPOT OUT THE LAND
AND ONLY HIM AND CALEB BELIEVED
BECAUSE THE OTHER 10 TRIBES DIDN'T BELIEVE
GOD ALLOWED THEM TO DIE IN THE WILDERNESS
BUT WHEN THEY GOT ACROSS THE JORDAN
THEY SEEN A FOUR TO FIVE CITY
CALLED JERICHO
MOSES AND JOSHUA WAS WONDERING
HOW THEY WAS GOING TO TAKE THE CITY
BUT GOD SPOKE TO JOSHUA
AND JUST LIKE HE SPOKE TO JOSHUA THEN
HE IS STILL SPEAKING TO US TODAY
HE TOLD JOSHUA
HE SAY JOSHUA WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO
FOR SIX DAYS
I WANT YOU TO WALK AROUND THE CITY
FOR ONE TIME A DAY
HE SAY BUT ON THE SEVENTH DAY
I WANT YOU TO WALK AROUND SIX TIMES
AND ON THE SEVENTH TIME
I WANT YOU TO TELL THEM TO BLOW THE TRUMPETS
AND WHEN THEY BLEW THE TRUMPETS
AND THE PEOPLE BEGAN TO SHOUTING
THE WALL STARTED TUMBLING DOWN
AND I NEED TO TELL YOU
THAT THE WALLS DIDN'T COME DOWN
BECAUSE THEY WAITED TO GIVE GOD SOME PRAISE
WHEN THE WALLS CAME DOWN
BUT THEY GAVE GOD SOME PRAISE BEFORE THE WALLS CAME DOWN
AND SOMETIMES IN THE MIDST OF YOUR STRUGGLE
YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO GIVE GOD SOME ABOUT TO PRAISE
HE IS ABOUT TO OPEN SOME DOORS
THAT NO MAN CAN CLOSE
HE IS ABOUT TO CLOSE SOME DOORS
THAT NO MAN CAN OPEN
HE IS ABOUT TO HEAL SOMEBODY'S BODY
I WONDER IF THERE IS ANYBODY HERE
THAT KNOWS GOD IS GOOD
STAND TO YOUR FEET AND GIVE GOD SOME PRAISE
THEN PAUL SAY I AM PERSECUTED
BUT NOT FORSAKEN
HE SAID SATAN THE ENEMY
HAS BEEN COMING AT ME AT ALL FORMS AND FASHION
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
THAT IS WHY PAUL TELLS US TO FIGHT
THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH
AND LAY HOLD TO ETERNAL LIFE
HE SAY BECAUSE THIS FIGHT IS FIXED
IT IS FIXED
LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR
AND TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR IT IS FIXED
IT IS FIXED
IT IS FIXED BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW
OR WHEN SATAN AND HIS WEAPONS
ARE GOING TO COME AT YOU
HE SAY THE FIGHT IS FIXED
HE SAY BECAUSE THIS FIGHT
ISN'T AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD
BUT THIS FIGHT IS AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES
SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES
BUT NOT ONLY IS THIS FIGHT FIXED
BUT HE SAY THIS FIGHT IS FRIGHTENING
LOOK AT SOMEBODY AND SAY THIS FIGHT IS FRIGHTENING
PAUL SAID I WAS SHIP WRECK
I WAS BEATEN WITH STONES
AND LEFT FOR DEAD
I WAS SNAKE BITTEN
HE SAID THIS FIGHT IS FRIGHTENING
BUT THEN HE CAME ALONG AND SAID
THIS FIGHT IS FIXED
WELL PAUL HOW IS IT FIXED
IT IS FIXED COUTEE
BECAUSE JESUS FIXED IT ON CALVARY
DO ANYBODY IN HERE KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT CALVARY
ANYBODY HERE KNOW THAT HE DIED
HE WAS PLACED IN A BORROWED TOMB
HE WENT DOWN TO THE DEPTHS OF HELL
PREACHED A 3 DAY REVIVAL
GOT UP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
GAVE THE BENEDICTION
AND DECLARED THAT ALL POWER
HEAVEN AND EARTH IS IN HIS HAND
AND PAUL ALSO SAYS
WE ARE CAST DOWN
BUT WE GET BACK UP
AND YOU DO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES
SATAN IS GOING TO KNOCK US DOWN
BUT WE HAVE TO GET BACK UP
YOU SEE
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
A LOT OF TIMES WE MEASURE SUCCESS
ON HOW LONG WE STAY UP
ON OUR FEET
AND THEN WE MEASURE FAILURE
ON HOW MANY TIMES WE GET KNOCKED DOWN
BUT I NEED TO TELL YOU
THAT YOU CAN'T MEASURE FAILURE
ON ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN
BECAUSE THAT IS NOT FAILURE
BUT YOU MEASURE FAILURE
BY WHEN YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN
AND YOU STAY DOWN
BECAUSE YOU SEE AS CHILDREN OF GOD
WHEN WE GET KNOCKED DOWN
BUT WE GET BACK UP
WE DUST OURSELVES OFF
AND WE GET BACK INTO THE RACE
