2 Samuel 9:1-8 (KJV) And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
[2] And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.
[3] And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
[4] And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.
[5] Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
[6] Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!
[7] And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
[8] And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
2 Samuel 9:13 (KJV) So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.
VERY BRIEFLY I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT
(HOW TO GET PAST YOUR PAIN)
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
THE TEXT BEFORE IS CENTERED AROUND KING DAVID
AND DAVID DEALINGS WITH MEPHIBOSHETH IS A PICTURE OF GOD KINDNESS TO LOST SINNERS
FOR IT SHOWS THE GRACE AND MERCY OF GOD TO UNDERSERVING PEOPLE
AND IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD EACH OF US WOULD BE ON OUR WAY TO A DEVILS HELL WITH NO GOD ON OUR SIDE IF IT WAS`NT FOR THE GRACE AND MERCY OF GOD
IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD
SOME OF US NOW IS AT A STAND STILL BECAUSE OF THE PAIN OF OUR PAST
BUT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU
NOT TO LET THE PAIN OF YOUR PAST
HINDER YOU FROM PRESSING ON IN LIFE
BECAUSE MANY OF US FIND IT DIFFUCLT TO GET PASS OUR PAST PAIN
WE FIND IT HARD TO BREATH TODAYS AIR WHILE CHOKING ON YERTERDAYS TOXICANTS
AND THE REASON WHY IS
BECAUSE PAST PAIN WILL HAVE YOU SINGING THE BLUES WHEN YOU DON`T FEEL LIKE SINGING
PAST PAIN WILL HAVE YOU COUNTING SHEEPS ALL NIGHT AND WON`T LET YOU GET A WINK OF SLEEP
PAST PAIN WILL HAVE YOU CHEWING ON YOUR FINGER NAIL THINKING THEY ARE A CHOCLATE CHIP OR OREO COOKIE
BUT WHERE YOU ARE NOW IS NOT WHERE YOU HAVE TO STAY
BECAUSE IT`S SOME ONE HERE UNDER THE SOUND OF MY WEAK VOICE
THAT IS STUCK IN YOUR PAST AND IT`S HINDERING YOU FROM WALKING IN YOUR FUTURE BLESSING
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR PAST YOU START HURTING ALL OVER AGAIN
AND YOU KEEP ASKING THE SAME QUESTION ?
HOW DO I GET PASS MY PAST PAIN
BUT I`M GLAD YOU ASK BECAUSE THE TEXT GIVES US SOME BIBICAL PRESCRIPTION OF HOW TO GET PASS OUR PAST PAIN
WELL IN THE TEXT WE FIND A MAN NAMED Mephibosheth.
WHO BECAME LAME WHILE HE WAS IN HIS NURSES CARE
FOR HIS NURSE DROP HIM WHILE HE WAS IN HER CARE
AND I NEED TO PAUSE AND ASK A QUESTION
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE BESIDES ME THAT HAS EVERY BEEN DROP
DROP BY SOME KIND OF ADDICTION
OR
DROP BY A SO CALLED FRIEND WHO WAS LAUGHING IN YOUR FACE
AND STABBING YOU IN YOUR BACK
YOU SEE Mephibosheth. SHOULD HAVE BEEN KING
BUT BECAUSE HE GOT DROP
IN OTHER WORDS
HE HAD TO SUFFER FOR SOMEONE ELSE`S MISTAKE
AND SOME OF US –AND OUR CHILDREN OR SUFFERING FOR THE FOOLISH CHOICES WE MADE IN THE PAST
WE GOT INVOLVED IN SOME STUFF THAT’S STILL CAUSING US PAIN TODAY
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BUT IF YOU WANT TO GET PASS YOUR PAST PAIN
YOU HAVE TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND TO FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE HURT YOU IN YOUR PAST
YOU SEE
SOME OF YOU IS HURTING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU WON`T FORGIVE SOMEBODY WHO DID YOU WRONG IN THE PAST
YOU SEE HOLDING ON TO ANGER WILL KEEP YOU IN YOUR PAST
AND THE ONLY REASON YOU STILL HAVE THE PAIN IS BECAUSE YOU KEEP HOLDING ON TO IT
AND WHEN WE LEARN TO FORGIVE WE CAN MOVE PASS THE PAIN
Philip. 3:13 (KJV) Brethren, I count not myself to have Aprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
IF THEY LIED ON YOU –
CALLED YOU EVERYTHING EXCEPT A CHILD OF GOD ----
IF POOKIE BROKE YOUR HEART AND LEFT YOU HIGH AND DRY YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE POOKIE AND MOVE ON----
BECAUSE AS LONG AS YOU KEEP HOLDING ON TO YOUR PAST
YOUR PAST WILL KEEP HOLDING ON TO YOU
WELL THE
2ND BIBICAL PERSCRIPTION I SEE IN THE TEXT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO GET HONEST ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE
[4] And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.
YOU HAVE TO GET HONEST ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE
YOU SEE LO-DEBAR IS WHERE YOUR PAIN IS
LO-DEBAR IS A BATTERED PLACE
A PLACE WHERE NOBODY CAN GET TO YOU AND YOU CAN GET TO NOBODY
YOU CAN GET LOST AND LEFTOUT IN LO-DEBAR
AND YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THAT YOU ARE LIVING IN LO-DEBAR
CRYING AND AIN`T NOBODY HEARING YOU
COMPLAINING AND AIN`T NOBODY LISTENING
HAVING A PITY PARTY AND AIN`T NOBODY DANCING BUT YOUR TEARS
YOU HAVE TO HONEST ABOUT WHERE YOU AT
LO-DEBAR IS THE HOME OF BAD ATTIDUDE
AND THE SHERIFF OF LO-DEBAR IS SIN
IN OTHERS WORDS YOU HAVE TO GET HONEST WITH YOURSELF
AND TAKE OFF THE FAÇADE
AND QUIT TRYING TO LOOK LIKE SOMEBODY YOU`RE NOT
QUIT ACTING LIKE SOMEBODY YOU`RE NOT
AND QUIT TRYING TO BE SOMETHING YOU`RE NOT
AND GET HONEST WITH YOURSELF
YOU HAVE TO
BE HONEST ABOUT BEING INSECURE
BE HONEST ABOUT YOUR NEED FOR ATTENTION
BE HONEST ABOUT YOUR CONTROLING AND CONIVING ATTIDUDE
BE HONEST ABOUT YOU WANT TO BE ALL THAT IN A BAG OF CHIPS
YOU HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF
THAT YOU ARE LIVING IN LO-DEBAR
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WELL NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAS CAUSE YOU PAIN IN THE PAST
NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHERE YOU AT
WELL THE 3RD BIBICAL PERSCRIPTION I SEE IN THE TEXT IS
THAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT THE KING IS LOOKING FOR YOU
YOU MIGHT BE IN LO-DEBAR BUT THE KING IS LOOKING FOR YOU
YOU SEE THERE
SOMEBODY HERE THAT THINKS THAT IT`S NO HELP FOR YOU IN LO-DEBAR
BUT LET ME HELP YOU
YOU DO REMEMBER AS KIDS WHEN WE USE TO PLAY (HIDE AND SEEK)
AND I STOP BY BETHESDA THIS MORNING TO TELL SOMEBODY
IT DOSE`NT MATTER HOW BAD YOUR SITUATION IS THE LORD IS LOOKING FOR YOU
IT DOSE`NT MATTER WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE
THE L-O-R-D THE LORD IS LOOKING FOR YOU
NO MATTER WHAT YOUR HANG UP IS
NO MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN YOUR PAST
THE LORD IS LOOKING FOR YOU
SO WHAT IF YOU USE TO BE A DRUG DEALER
SO WHAT IF YOU HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM
SO WHAT IF YOU HAVE STICKY FINGERS
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DONE THE LORD IS LOOKING FOR YOU
(GIVE YOUR NEIGHBOR A HIGH 5 AND TELLING THE LORD IS LOOKING FOR YOU
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WELL NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE THOSE WHO HURT YOU IN YOUR PAST
AND BE HONEST ABOUT WHERE YOU AT
AND REALIZE THE KING JESUS IS LOOKING FOR YOU
WELL THE FINAL BIBICAL PRESCRIPTION I SEE IN THE TEXT
IS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND TO COME WHERE THE KING IS
EVEN THOUGH THE KING IS LOOKING FOR YOU
BUT YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE KING UNTIL YOU MAKE UP YOUR MIND TO GO TO WHERE THE KING IS
AND EVEN THOUGH HE WAS LAME IN HIS FEET HE CAME TO THE KING
AND YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT WHEN HE CAME TO THE KING ALL THAT HE Had LOST THE KING RESTORED IT
BECAUSE THE KING MADE HIM A PERMANT MEMBER OF THE KINGS COURT
WHEN HE CAME TO THE KING --HEALING CAME WITH HIM
WHEN HE CAME TO THE KING --JOY CAME WITH HIM
WHEN HE CAME TO THE KING --PEACE CAME WITH HIM
WHEN HE CAME TO THE KING --LOVE CAME WITH HIM
WELL I HERE SOMEBOBY SAYING REVEREND HE WAS CRIPPLE HOW DID HE GET TO THE KING
I`M GLAD YOU ASK
YEA -HIS FEETS WE`RE LAME AND HIS BODY WAS BROKEN
BUT HIS KNEES WAS WORKING JUST FINE
AND I NEED TO TELL YOU THAT
IF YOU CAN`T WALK –CRAWL
IF YOU CAN`T CRAWL—SCOOT
IF YOU CAN`T SCOOT --FIND YOU 4 FRIENDS AND PUT THEM ON ALL 4 CORNERS OF YOUR MAT AND GET TO THE KING
AIN`T GOD ALRIGHT
I SAY AIN`T GOD ALRIGHT
WANT HE MAKE AWAY FOR YOU
ANYBODY KNOW HIM AS A BURDEN BEARER –HEAVY LOAD CARRIER ---HEART FIXER AND A MIND REGULATOR
WHO DIED ON A MOUNTAIN CALLED CALVARY
PLACE IN A BORROWED TOMB
BUT EARLY ----EARLY THAT 3RD DAY MORNING HE GOT UP WITH ALL POWER IN HIS HANDS
