Luke 22:31-32
31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
VERY BRIEFLY I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT
(DON`T LET YOUR SITUATIONS GET THE BEST OF YOU )
MY BROTHERS AND MY SISTERS
IN LIFE WE FIND OURSELVES IN MANY SITUATIONS
YOUR SITUATION MAY BE ONE THING AND MINES MAYBE ANOTHER
BUT WE ALL ARE DEALING WITH SOME KIND OF SITUATION
AND I STOP BY ____________________ ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN JUST TO ENCOURAGE YOU THIS MORNING/EVENING
DON`T LET YOUR SITUATION GET THE BEST OF YOU
SO WHAT IF YOU HAVE BEEN WOUNDED
YOU DO KNOW THAT
JESUS IS STILL IN THE HEALING BUSSINESS
SO WHAT IF IT SEEM LIKE YOU ARE WALKING IN DARKNESS
JESUS IS STILL THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
SO WHAT IF YOUR MONEY IS LOOKING FUNNY
JESUS IS STILL JEHOVAH JIREH AND HE WILL PROVIDE
ANYBODY KNOW HE IS A PROVIDER
AND IF YOU KNOW HE IS A PROVIDER
YOU OUGHT NOT LET YOUR SITUATIONS GET THE BEST OF YOU
IN THE TEXT BEFORE US
JESUS IS HAVING A PEP TALK WITH PETER
AND HE GIVES PETER A GLIMPES OF A SITUATION THAT WAS WAITING DOWN THE ROAD FOR HIM
AND HE SHARES THIS WITH PETER
BECAUSE HE DID`NT WANT PETER TO THROW IN THE TOWEL AND GIVE UP
SO HE TELLS HIM
Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
IN OTHER WORDS
JESUS TELLS PETER
WHEN TROUBLE COMES --------(AND IT WILL)
WHEN YOU FACE CIRCUMSTANCES -------- -(AND YOU SHALL)
WHEN THINGS IN LIFE FALL APART ON YOU ---(AND THEY WILL)
HOLD YOUR HEAD UP
ROLL YOUR SHOULDERS BACK
AND REMEMBER THIS PEP TALK
AND DON`T LET YOUR SITUATIONS GET THE BEST OF YOU
THEN JESUS GIVES PETER A GOLDLY REMEDY HOW TO OVERCOME HIS SITUATIONS
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WELL THE FIRST THING JESUS REVEALS TO PETER
IS A PORTRAIT OF THE DEVILS AGENDA
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
IT`S HARD TO GET HIT BY A TRAIN WHEN YOU KNOW IT`S COMING YOUR WAY
NOTICE ---NOTICE –NOTICE
HOW JESUS PAINTS A PICTURE IN PETER MIND ABOUT THE DEVIL AGENDA
HE SAYS SIMON SIMON THE DEVIL
DESIRES TO HAVE YOU THAT HE MAY SIFT YOU AS WHEAT
AND IT`S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORD DESIRE MEANS
THAT THE DEVIL WANTS TO GET HIS HANDS ON YOU
NOW THE YOU IS PLURAL
IN OTHER WORDS JESUS TELLS PETER
SATAN WANTS TO GET HIS HANDS ON YOU
TO EXPOSE YOUR FAULTS –YOUR SINS AND WEAKNESS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCREDITING YOUR TESTIMONY
IN OTHER WORDS PETER HE WANTS TO SHATTER YOUR LIFE INTO PIECES
AND JUST IN CASES THERE IS SOMEBODY
HERE THIS MORNING AND YOUR SITUATIONS GOT YOU INTO BROKEN PIECES
THE GOOD NEWS IS
I KNOW THE SON OF MAN
WHO SPECIALIZES IN BROKEN PIECES
AND MENDING THEM INTO A MASTERPIECE
AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET TO THE POTTERS HOUSE
YOU DON`T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A CO PAY
BECAUSE THE ADMISSION IS FREE
IN OTHER WORDS
WHEN THE SITUATIONS OF LIFE SEEMS TO BE GETTING THE BEST OF YOU
GET TO THE POTTERS HOUSE AND GIVE IT TO GOD
BECAUSE GOD IS WAY BETTER AT HANDLING OUR SITUATIONS THAN WE ARE
SO WE HAVE TO GIVE IT TO HIM
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WELL NOT ONLY DID JESUS GIVE PETER A PORTIAT OF THE DEVIL`S AGENDA
BUT THE TEXT ALSO REVEALS THAT JESUS GAVE HIM THE PRAYERS OF THE GREAT HIGH PRIEST
YOU SEE THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS
COME A LITTLE CLOSER AND DON`T TELL NOBODY I TOLD YOU THIS
BUT SOME PEOPLE GETS A JOY OUT OF SEEING YOU
DOWN AND OUT
BROKEN AND HURT
WOUNDED AND DISTRAUGHT
BUT THE GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY IS
THAT JESUS WANTS TO SEE YOU
BLESSED AND NOT STRESSED
HEALED AND NOT SICK
UP AND NOT DOWN
SO JESUS TELLS PETER SATAN WANTS TO SIFT YOU
BUT I HAVE PRAYED THAT THY FAITH
FAIL NOT
NOTICE ---NOTICE---NOTICE
JESUS DOSE`NT PRAY FOR PETER TO NEVER HAVE TROUBLE
JESUS DOSE`NT PRAY FOR THE DEVIL TO LEAVE PETER ALONE
BUT HE PRAYED THAT PETERS FAITH DID NOT FAIL
IN OTHER WORDS
JESUS KNEW THAT PETERS FAITH WOULD BE TESTED
AND HE PRAYED FOR PETER EVEN BEFORE THE TEST
AND JUST LIKE HE PRAYED FOR PETER
HE ALSO WAS PRAYING FOR YOU AND ME
THAT WHEN THE DUST SETTLES
AND THE RAIN DROPS OF TROUBLE STOPS FALLING
AND THE FLOOD GATES CLOSES
AND THE STORM CEASES
THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE WORD OF GOD IN OUR HANDS
A SMILE ON OUR FACES
LOOKING UP TOWARD HEAVEN FOR WHICH COMETH OUR HELP
SAYING -------ANYWAY WAY YOU BLESS ME LORD I`LL BE SATISFIED
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WELL NOT ONLY DID JESUS GIVES PETER A PORTIAT OF THE DEVIL`S AGENDA
NOT ONLY DID HE GIVE HIM THE PRAYER OF THE GREAT HIGH PRIEST
BUT THE TEXT ALSO REVEALS THAT JESUS GAVE PETER THE PURPOSE FOR HIS PAIN
YOU SEE IN THE MIDIST OF THE TEST , TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF LIFE
WE ALL TEND TO ASK THE LORD WHY SO MUCH PAIN
BUT BETTY WRIGHT ANSWERED THAT
QUESTION FOR US IN HER SONG
NO PAIN NO GAIN
AND BETTY WRIGHT TELLS US IN THE LYRICS OF THAT SONG
IF WE WANT TO EXPERIENCE GAIN IN THE MORNING
WE HAVE TO ENDURE THE PAIN OF THE NIGHT
BUT NOTICE THE ANSWER THAT JESUS GIVE PETER ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF HIS PAIN
HE SAYS ----WHEN THOU ARE CONVERTED , STRENGHTEN THE BROTHERS
NOW THE WORD CONVERTED MEANS TO RETURN OR RECOVER
IN OTHER WORDS JESUS TELLS PETER
AFTER YOU GET BACK UP ON YOUR FEET
GO TELL THE BRETHENS WHAT GOOD THINGS THE LORD HAS DONE FOR YOU
HE SAYS STRENGHTEN THE BRETHENS
AND THE WORD STRENGHTENS MEANS
TO MAKE STABLE , FIRM OR TO ESTABLISH
AND WE GET THE WORD STERIOD FROM IT AND STERIODS MEANS TO MAKE STRONGER FROM THE INSIDE OUT
IN OTHER WORDS JESUS REVEALS TO PETER
I ALLOW YOU TO FALL IN LIFE
THAT WHEN YOU GET UP
YOU WILL BE STRONGER AFTER THE FALL THAN BEFORE THE FALL
BECAUSE PETER COULD`NT HELP THE BRETHENS UNTIL THE LORD HELPED HIM
IN OTHER WORDS
PETER COULD`NT LEAD THE BRETHENS TO THE FOUNTIAN OF LIFE
UNTIL HE WENT TO THE FOUNTIAN OF LIFE HIMSELF
SO THE PURPOSE OF OUR PAIN IS
THAT WHEN THE SITUATIONS OF LIFE
KNOCKS US OFF OUR FEET
REMEMBER THE LORDS ALLOWS US TO GET KNOCK DONE
SO THAT WHEN HE HELP US GET BACK UP ON OUR FEETS
WE CAN GO AND HELP SOMEBODY ELSE
WHO HAVE BEEN KNOCK OFF OF THERES
AIN`T GOD ALRIGHT
YOU SEE IF THE LORD HAS BEEN
AWAY OUT OF NO WAY
IF THE LORD HAS BEEN
A LEANING POST YOU CAN LEAN ON
IF THE LORD HAS BEEN YOUR
ROCK IN A WEARY LAND AND A
SHELTER IN THE MISIST OF YOUR STORMS
YOU OUGHT TO GIVE YOUR NEIGHBOR A HIGH FIVE
AND TELL THEM
(DON`T LET YOUR SITUATIONS GET THE BEST OF YOU )
BECAUSE WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE GOODNESS OF JESUS
AND ALL HE DONE FOR ME
WHEN I THINK ABOUT
HOW HE HAS BEEN
A DOCTOR IN MY SICK ROOM
A LAWYER IN THE COURT ROOM HOW HE HAS BEEN MY ALL AND ALL
I`M NOT GOING TO LET MY SITUATIONS GET THE BEST OF ME
AND THE REASON WHY IS I`M NOT FIGHTING TO VICTORY
BUT I`M FIGHTING FROM VICTORY
AND THE REASON WHY IS I GOT JESUS
AND AS LONG AS I GOT KING JESUS I GOT ALL THAT I NEED
BECAUSE I GOT THE ONE WHO DIED ON A MOUNTIAN CALL CALVARY PLACE IN A BORROWED TOMB
THE ONE THAT GOT UP EARLY
OH I SAY E—A—R—L—Y SUNDAY MORNING WITH
ALL POWER ----ALL POWER ---
OH ----ALL POWER IN HIS HANDS
