Romans 8:18 (KJV)
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time
are not worthy to be compared with the glory which
shall be revealed in us.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to
them that love God, to them who are the called according to
his purpose.
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us,
who can be against us?
VERY BRIEFLY WITH THE HELP OF THE
LORD AND THE GUIDIANCE OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT AND THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS
I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE
THOUGHT
(HOW TO HANDLE LIFE TRIALS)
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
THE WRITER OF OUR TEXT IS NONE OTHER
THAN THE
REVEREND DR PREACH BROTHER PAUL
PAUL THE SON OF A PHARISEE
WHO WAS REARED IN THE CITY OF TARSUS
THE CAPITAL CITY OF CILICY
ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY TARSUS
WHERE HE LEARN THE TRADE OF A TENT
MAKER
WENT ON TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
JERUSALEM WHERE HE STUDIED UNDER THE
GREAT GAMALIEL RECEIVED A DOCORATE
DEGREE IN JUDISIM
EARLY CHURCH HISTORY REVEALS THAT
PAUL COULD QUOTE THE 1ST 5 BOOKS OF
THE BIBLE VERSE BY VERSE
COULD EVEN SPEAK IN 14 LANGUAGES AND
HAD MASTERED 7
BUT HE HAD 1 PROBLEM WITH ALL THAT
EDUCATION
HE STILL DID`NT KNOW WHO JESUS WAS ON
THE DAMASCUS ROAD
AND AIN`T IT GOOD NEWS THAT WE SERVE
A GOD WHO CAN TAKE WHAT THE DEVIL
HAS MEANT FOR BAD AND MAKE IT WORK
OUT FOR YOUR GOOD
PAUL WRITES THIS LETTER TO THE ROMANS
WHILE ON A LAY OVER IN CORINTH
AND IN THE 8 CHAPTER OF THIS LETTER
PAUL GIVES US A SPIRITUAL PERSCRIPTION
ON HOW TO HANDLE THE TRIALS OF LIFE
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
PAUL HAS EXPERIENCE HIS FAIR SHARE OF
TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS TO BE BLIND ON
THE ROAD OF DAMASUS
HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS TO WALK WITH A
LIMP AND HAVE A THORN IN HIS FLESH
THAT HE CALLED THE VERY MESSENGER OF
SATAN
HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS TO BE BEATEN
WITH RODS ,DESERTED BY FRIENDS ,SHIP
WRECK
HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS TO LIED ON TALK
ABOUT CHEATED AND MISTREATED AND
CALLED EVERYTHING EXCEPT A CHILD OF
GOD
NOW AS WE TAKE A CLOSER EXAMINATION
8
th
CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF ROMANS
IT REVEALS THAT THE REASON WHY PAUL
WAS HAVING TRIALS
WAS THAT HE WAS BUSY DOING
SOMETHING FOR THE LORD
SPIRITUAL WARFARE COMES TO THOSE
WHO ARE BUSY ON THE BATTLE FIELD FOR
THE LORD
SEE IF ALL YOU DO IS COME TO CHRUCH ON
SUNDAY
THE DEVIL GOT YOU WHERE HE WANT YOU
WON`T COME TO
SUNDAY SCHOOL
BIBLE STUDY OR PRAYER MEETING
THEN THEY HAVE THE NERVES TO TELL
YOU
WELL AT LEAST I`M COMING TO CHURCH
BUT IT`S NOT ABOUT COMING TO CHURCH
BUT IT`S ABOUT BEING THE CHURCH
BECAUSE WHEN LIVES START CHANGING
SATAN GET `S MAD
WHEN ALCHOLICS THROW AWAY THERE
BOTTLES
WHEN DRUG ADDICTS PUT DOWN THERE
PIPES AND QUIT SMOKING BLOUNTS
WHEN HUSBANDS QUIT BEATING THERE
WIVES
WHEN PEOPLE GET OFF OF FACEBOOK AND
GET IN THE GOOD BOOK
SATAN GETS MAD AND SPIRITUAL;
WARFARE BEGINS
AND THE TRIALS START COMING
BUT IN THE TEXT BEFORE US PAUL GIVES US
SOME INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO HANDLE
THE TRIALS OF LIFE
AND THE 1ST THING PAUL TELL US IS WE
HAVE THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE
IN OTHER WORD
YOU CAN`T LOOK AT YOUR SITUATION
FROM A PHYSICAL POINT OF VIEW
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FROM A
SPIRTUAL POINT OF VIEW
BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A
PHYSICAL POINT OF VIEW
YOU FOCUS ON THE HERE AND NOW
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A
SPIRTUAL POINT YOU FOCUS ON THE THERE
AND THEN
Romans 8:18 (TLB)
18 Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory
he will give us later.
PAUL REVEAL TO US IT`S ALL A MATTER OF
PERSPECTIVE
BECAUSE IN THE MIDIST OF WHAT EVER YOU
ARE GOING THROUGH
YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT GOD IS STILL ON
THE THRONE
AND HE HAS THE WHOLE WORLD STILL IN HIS
HANDS AND
THAT GOD IS STILL A WAY MAKER
1 Corinthians 10:13 (KJV)
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is
common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer
you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the
temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able
to bear it.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE
YOU ARE ABLE TO GIVE GOD SOME PRAISE IN
THE MIDIST OF WHAT EVER YOU ARE GOING
THROUGH
YOU ARE ABLE TO COUNT IT ALL JOY
BECAUSE IT`S NOT WHAT I`M GOING THROUGH
THAT GIVES ME JOY
BUT IT`S THE GOD YOU SERVE WHO WILL HELP
YOU OVERCOME ANY PROBLEM ,TRIAL OR
TRIBULATION YOU MAY BE GOING THROUGH
AND THAT THIS TO SHALL PASS
HOW YOU KNOW IT`S GONNA PASS
PSALM 30 :5 PART B SAYS
THAT WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT BUT
JOY COMES IN THE MORNING
(GIVE YOUR NEIGHBOR A HIGH 5 AND TELL THEM
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE
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BUT NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE
RIGHT PERSPECTIVE
BUT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT GOD HAS A
PURPOSE FOR ALLOWING YOU TO GO THROUGH
YOUR TRIALS
Romans 8:28 (KJV)
28 And we know that all things work together for good to
them that love God, to them who are the called according to
his purpose.
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
THINGS JUST DON`T HAPPEN
BUT GOD DOES ALLOW THINGS TO HAPPEN
ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE
CAN I BORROW A SKINNY MINUTE AND TELL YOU
WHAT I`M TALKING ABOUT
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID`NT KNOW WHY
THE HAD TO CROSS THE RED SEA
–BUT GOD HAD A PURPOSE
DANIEL DID`NT UNDERSTAND WHY GOD WOULD
ALLOW HIM TO THROWN INTO THE LIONS DEN
-BUT GOD HAD A PURPOSE
NAAMAM DID`NT UNDERSTAND WHY HE HAD TO
DIP 7 TIMES IN THE DIRTY NILE RIVER
BUT GOD HAD A PURPOSE
AND SOMETIMES ON THIS CHRISTIAN JOURNEY
WE FIND OURSELVES ASKING GOD WHY THIS OR
WHY THAT
AND IT`S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT
GOD DOES NOT
OWE US AN EXPLANATION BUT IN HIS WORD HE
WILL GIVE US A REVELATION
AND IN THE MIDIST OF IT ALL
WE HAVE TO REALIZE IT`S FOR OUR GOOD
WHAT EVER THE SITUATION
WHATEVER THE TRIAL
WHATEVER THE PROBLEM MAY BE IT`S FOR MY
GOOD
AND GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR IT
PAUL SAYS ---WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS
NOTICE WHO HE`S TALKING TO –THE BLOOD
BOUGHT SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD
NOTICE WHAT HE`S TALKING ABOUT ---ALL
THINGS
NOT SOMETHINGS BUT ALL THINGS WORK
TOGETHER FOR OUR GOOD
AND THEY WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE
WHATEVER THE PROCESS IS
IT`S PERFECTING GOD`S PURPOSE IN YOU
THROUGH SICKNESS
THROUGH PAIN
THROUGH THE UP`S AND THE DOWNS
THROUGH THE GOOD AND THE BAD
THEN HE TELL US HOW TO MAKE IT WORK FOR
OUR GOOD
AND THAT IS WE MUST LOVE THE LORD
TO THEM WHO ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS
PURPOSE
AND THAT PURPOSE IS TO BRING GLORY TO THE
KINGDOM OF GOD
BUT NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE
RIGHT PERSPECTIVE AND A PURPOSE BUT ALSO
HAVE TO BE CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT POWER
SOURCE
IN VERSE 31 PAULS SAYS
WHAT SHALL THEY SAY THEN IF GOD BE FOR
YOU THEN WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU
IF GOD BE WITH YOU THEN YOU HAVE ALL THAT
YOU NEED
IF GOD BE WITH YOU –
IN SICKNESS –YOU HAVE A DR IN THE SICK ROOM
IN TROUBLE—YOU HAVE A LAWYER IN THE
COURT ROOM
A COMPANY KEEPER –IN A LONELY HOUR
YOU GOT WATER WHEN YOU`RE.. THRISTY
AND BREAD WHEN YOU `RE ..HUNGRY
YOU GOT THE LILY OF THE VALLEY AND THE
BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR
YOU GOT THE ONE WHO IS WORTHY OF ALL
PRAISE
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WELL I GOTTA CLOSE HERE BUT AS I CLOSE
I`M REMINDED OF A STORY ABOUT SISTER
PRAISE
SISTER PRAISE FOUND HIMSELF IN A SITUATION
WHERE
SHE HAD MORE BILLS THAN MONEY
SO SHE PAID ALL HER BILLS BUT SHE DID`NT
HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY ANY GROCERIES
SO EVERYWHERE SHE WENT
SHE WOULD ALWAYS GIVE GOD THE PRAISE
BECAUSE SHE HAD THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE AND
REALIZE GOD HAD A PURPOSE AND SHE STAYED
CONNECTED TO THE POWER SOURCE
SO SISTER PRAISE WAS TESTIFYING ABOUT THE
GOODNESS OF GOD
SHE THANKED GOD FOR BEING A PROVIDER
SHE THANK THE LORD FOR BLESSING HER TO
PAY HER BILLS
SHE EVEN THANK GOD THAT SHE DID`NT HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY GROCRIES BUT SHE
KNEW THAT THE LORD WOULD PROVIDE
BUT IN THE SERVICE THERE WHERE 3 YOUNG
BOYS DECIDED TO PLAY A TRICKON SISTER
PRAISE
SO THEY WENT BOUGHT SOME GROCERIES AND
PUT THEM ON SISTER PRAISE PORCH
RUNG THE DOOR BELL AND WENT HID BEHIND
SOME BUSHES
AND WHEN SISTER PRAISE OPEN THE DOOR SHE
STARTED PRAISING GOD FOR THE GROCIRES
AND THE LITTLE BOYS TOLD HER THE LORD DID`NT SEND THEM TO YOU WE
BOUGHT THEM
SISTER PRAISE TOLD THE BOYS BABY I DON`T KNOW WHO BOUGHT THEM BUT I
DO KNOW WHO SENT THEM
AIN`T GOD ALRIGHT
