All of us run out of hope at some point am I right or wrong I think all of us do even that
cup is half full sanguine soul who always goes around singing the sun will come up tomorrow
even that person on occasion will reach up into the shelf for a can of hope
and find there is no hope maybe that's where you are today
maybe you're here more out of desperation than inspiration is there any hope
are you asking that question
you're running out of hope are you the single mom who's running out of hope
are you the elderly person who has buried someone you love
and your hope has left you are you the businessman who looks professional on the
inside but it's been a long time since you had a good night's sleep and you can't find peace
are you running out of hope
are you feeling like giving up are you close to despair don't do it don't
the blackest moments we live through will last only a little time
it's pretty easy sometimes to to feel beaten
that doesn't mean give up in fact it means the opposite
it means it's time for you to fight harder and I'm going to tell you right now it won't be easy
it will be hard because life is hard that's what life is
and these challenges these challenges that you face they're gonna do their best to take you down
do not let them stand up dig in line up those problems and confront them face them fight them
do not let them bring you down in fact in fact let those challenges raise you up let them elevate you
let their demands and their trials make you stronger let the adversity you face today
turn you into a better person tomorrow
so so in the future you look back at these struggles and you say to them
thank you you made me better
you cannot keep a person down who won't stay down
it's one thing to be knocked down but the problem is you won't stay down
there are already witnesses in this room who will testify it's not that I haven't been knocked down
but God keeps giving me the strength the energy the wherewithal the anointing the power
to not stay down that every time something or somebody knocks me down god keeps raising me
see ladies and gentlemen life is not about
not getting knocked down life is about not staying down
you can't quit you come too far to quit now today I refuse to quit today I refuse to give
up I've come too far to look back now amen has anyone else came too far to look back again
we have come too far God has been far too good I refuse to quit
no matter what's going on in our world today no matter what is going on in my temptations today
no matter what's going on in my family with my friends at my job in my health I refuse to quit
I'm not going to give up your situation may have changed your circumstances may have changed it
may feel like it's bigger it may feel like it's greater but friend today our God has not changed
he will never change the same God that helped you back then the same god that was with you in the
beginning the same God that showed himself strong in your situation before is with you right now
don't get this far down the road and turn around don't come this far don't overcome all those
challenges and addictions and trials and what the world has thrown at you and then at this point in
your life turn around it's not worth it someone needs to hear this you're facing challenges you're
facing addictions you're facing that affliction that temptation you need to refuse to quit you
need to refuse to give up today some of you need to remember the history of victory that god has in
your life do you remember all of those times where you said I'm not going to make it through this
and look where you're at today I remember some of the darkest times of my life I
would lay on the bed in tears I would lay on the bed sometimes without even words to pray
and satan would whisper and say this is it this is the big one this is the last time you'll ever
have to go through this because your life's going to be ending or this is going to ruin your entire
life but guess what here I stand today but by the grace of God he delivered me time and time again
and even when it seemed tough even when it seemed rough my God was faithful but see for some reason
we go through a new storm we go through a new trial and we tend to forget all of the
past and all of the times that God delivered us church today you need to remind yourself
of the goodness of God there were things in my life that should have taken me out
there were things in my life where I was going the wrong direction there were afflictions in my life
that should have killed me but by the grace of God here I am today and you have the same story
today church I want to encourage you there's been things in your life that should have taken you out
but here you sit today breathing alive able to see able to talk able to walk because of the
grace of God that's something to get excited about today we have a history of victory if God says
you can make it guess what you can make it and you will make it no matter how negative it looks today
you're going to come back it's time to get up off the mat if you've been knocked down if you've been
through something if you've been through financial setback or some kind of terrible thing has hit you
in your health and or something's happened to your family we need to believe that it's time for a
comeback it's no time to quit it's no time to give up it's no time to moan and groan we may be down
but we're not out because we serve a comeback God and I want you to know the attitude of our
God is I'm not going to give up on anybody I'm preaching to some people who have fallen behind
and the enemy's whispering to you give up the devil wants you to think it's gone forever
whatever it is that he stole from you it's gone forever but it is not gone forever because God
is planning you a comeback that if there's breath in our lungs he's not finished with us
yet no matter how old you are no matter how bad you've missed it no matter how bad things look
don't worry God's not finished yet if you haven't seen the breakthrough God's not
finished yet if you haven't seen the miracle if things haven't turned around for the good
don't worry God's not finished see God's not setting us up to leave us halfway finished
he's not setting us up to not finish what he started no he wants to bring us to a flourishing
finish which means that our best days are right in front of us some of us in this room maybe we've
had failed businesses failed marriages maybe we've made some bad mistakes and we think to ourselves
God's done with me God can't use me he's not going to use me in ministry again he's not going to give
me another business I declare bankruptcy you need to stop accepting those self-limiting beliefs
those self-limiting lies those God limiting lies we serve a God who's never finished when there's
breath in our lungs God can turn things around he can get you on the right track and I think many
of us in this room have accepted limits that God didn't put on us we put on ourselves we've
accepted caps that other people have said over this you can't do that you're too young you're too
old God's done with you you messed up you screwed up you missed it you'll never get out of this
we've got to break those limitations off because we've accepted that we can't we won't and because
we won't we'll never realize that we actually can today is the day to stir up that hunger to
say with god all things are possible I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me