University Of Adversity

UNIVERSITY OF ADVERSITY

2 Corinthians 1:8-10 (MSG)

8 We don't want you in the dark, friends, about how hard it was when all this came down on us in Asia province. It was so bad we didn't think we were going to make it.

9 We felt like we'd been sent to death row, that it was all over for us. As it turned out, it was the best thing that could have happened. Instead of trusting in our own strength or wits to get out of it, we were forced to trust God totally—not a bad idea since he's the God who raises the dead!

10 And he did it, rescued us from certain doom. And he'll do it again, rescuing us as many times as we need rescuing.

WORD OF GOD FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD

WHIILE YOUR STILL STANDING WILL YOU TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TELL THEM YOUR GLAD TO SEE THEM IN THE HOUSE

BUT IT`S SOMETHING I HAVE TO TELL YOU --I`M A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ADVERSITY

(INTRODUCTION)

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE

NO MATTER WHERE YOU BEEN

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE AT NOW

ARE WHERE YOU WILL BE IN THE FUTURE

ALL OF US WILL SPEND SOMETIME AT A PLACE CALL THE UNIVERSITY OF ADVERSITY

I KNOW THIS MAY NOT BE YOUR SCHOOL OF CHOICE

BUT ALL OF US WILL SPEND SOME TIME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ADVERSITY

THERE`S NO NEED FOR YOU TO GO BY THE ADMISSION OFFICE TO FIND OUT ABOUT SCHOLARSHIP OR STUDENT LOAN INFORMATION

BECAUSE ALL OF US HAVE A FULL RIDE THAT HAS BEEN PAID IN FULL TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF ADVERSITY

FOR WE ALL WILL HAVE TO TAKE A FEW COURSES AND A FEW SEMESTERS

WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE SOME RIGOROUS CLASSES THAT WILL BE TAUGHT BY DR PAIN AND PROFESSOR HEARTACHE

FOR WE ALL WILL HAVE TO SIT IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE LAB ROOM TO BE TAUGHT SOMETHINGS

THAT CANNOT BE LEARNED IN NO OTHER PLACE

BECAUSE THE CLASSROOM IS WHERE GOD ALLOWS US TO BE TAUGHT

HOWEVER GOD WILL TAKE US DOWN TO THE LABATORY WHERE WE WILL BE TESTED

TO SEE IF WE CAN APPLY WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM

AND THE REASON WHY IS

BECAUSE A GOOD STUDENT IS NOT A STUDENT WHO CAN JUST RETAIN INFORMATION IN THE CLASSROOM

BUT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ADVERSITY WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD STUDENT

IS WHEN YOU TAKE WHAT WAS TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM AND APPLY IT IN THE LABATORY

BECAUSE IN THE LABATORY GOD PLACES THE HEAT ON OUR LIVES TO SIFT THE GOOD FROM THE BAD

AND THE REASON WHY IS

GOD WORKS ON US TO PUT IN US WHAT HE WANTS TO COME OUT OF US

BECAUSE GOD CAN`T USE YOU RICHLY UNTIL HE WOUND YOU DEEPLY

BUT THERES A PROBLEM THAT THE UNIVERSITY IS DEALING WITH

BECAUSE THE DROP OUT RATIO IS AT AND ALL TIME HIGH

AND THE REASON WHY IS

ALOT OF THE STUDENT WHO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF ADVERSITY OR JACK UP ---SCREWED UP AND MESSED UP

AND THEY HAVE MADE UP IN THERE MINDS THEY CAN` T ENDURE THE (TRIALS) ( TRIBULATIONS) (HEARTACHES) (SETBACKS) AND (PAIN )

IN OTHER WORDS

THEY HAVE LET THE ENEMY SELL THEM A LIE

AND THEY KNOW IT WAS A LIE

BUT THEY BOUGHT IT ANYHOW

SO THEY HAVE MADE UP IN THERE MINDS THAT THEY CAN`T ENDURE THE UNIVERSITY OF ADVERSITY

BUT I HAD A TALK WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL

AND PAUL TOLD ME TO REMIND YOU

THAT WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGHTEN US

HE ALSO TOLD ME TO REMIND YOU

NOT TO GROW WEARY IN WELL DOING YOU WILL REAP IF YOU FAINT NOT

I EVEN HAD A TALK WITH ISAIAH

AND HE TOLD ME TO TELL YOU

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

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.

AND THE SHOUT OF THE DAY IS

WE CAN`T DROP OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ADVERSITY BECAUSE THINGS GET BAD

BECAUSE THE HARDER THE ADVERSITY MAY BE

THE SWEETER THE BLESSING WILL BE

THAT WHY THE OLD CHURCH USE TO SING

HE`S SWEET I KNOW

HE` SWEET I KNOW

STORM CLOUDS MAY RISE

STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW

BUT I`LL TELL THE WORLD

WHEREVER I GO THAT I`VE FOUND A SAVIOUR AND HE`S SWEET I KNOW

(TURN AND LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TELLTHEM DON`T DROP OUT )

AND ONE OF THE REASON YOU SHOULD`NT DROP OUT IS

THE UNIVERSITY OF ADVERSITY HAS SOME ALUMNI MEMBERS WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD