05-28-2020, 10:19 AM
BETTER LIFE MESSAGE
DATE : THURSDAY MAY 28, 2020
TOPIC: TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR PAIN
TEXT : Romans 8:28 “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.”
Difficult season is not new to life, it is part of our day to day life. No one ever gets to the topmost top without going through some tough and challenging situations.
Ask anyone that you will love to be like about their life’s journey, they will tell you out of a sincere heart that, they have been tempted severally to giving up their dreams as a result of seemingly insurmountable challenges and difficult moments.
God may not be the sponsor of your pain but He allowed it to bring the best out of you. In every star there is a hidden scar. In every every Glory there is a story. ‘No story, no glory, no tests, no testimonies.’
Buried inside of your pain is your gain. The mess of your life that is causing you pain and shame today, is a message that will bring you gain tomorrow, if you only know how to handle.
Do you know that light actually came out darkness? - 2Cor 4:6 “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
The truth is that, your pain will either ruin your destiny or it will bring you great gain that 100years of labour cannot achieve, it all depends on how you handle it.
Pain precedes gains and it is actually the labour room where gains are given birth to. Ask a sincere nursing mother that is full of joy today about her experience in the labour room, her response will be ‘personal experience is better than mere explanation’ - John 16:21 “A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.”
There is a seed of divine destiny in every pain. Consider the pains that Joseph and David had to go through before their public enthronement. Romans 8:28-30
The case of Mary JOHNSON whose only Son was shot dead by a 16years old drunk readily comes to mind, she said this animal ‘Oshea Israel’ (the murderer) must be caged for life but later had to forgive him and ensure his eventual release from the prison, gave him an apartment in the same building where she lives and now jointly run a Ministry for the prisoners and those with similar experience – 2Cor 1:3-4 “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God”
HOW TO TURN YOUR PAIN TO GAIN
I. BE CONVINCED OF YOUR SALVATION – John 3:3-6
II. PUT YOUR FOCUS ON GOD AND NOT ON MEN – Hebrews 12:2, Psalms 34:5
III. SEARCH AND STUDY RELEVANT SCRIPTURES – 2Timothy 2:15, Isaiah 34:16,
IV. MEDITATE AND THINK THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES, TESTIMONIES OF OTHERS AND NOT ON YOUR PAIN – Psalms 1:2-3, Joshua 1:8, Philipians 4:8-9
V. ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS, FORGIVE OTHERS AND PARTICULARLY FORGIVE YOURSELF – 1John 1:8-9, Mark 11:24-26, Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 3:13, Hebrews 12:14-15
VI. FIND ENOUGH REASONS TO THANK, PRAISE AND WORSHIP GOD IN THE MIDST OF YOUR PAIN – 1Thessalonians 5:18, Ephesians 5:20
VII. ASK GOD FOR WISDOM ON THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE – James 1:5, Proverbs 4:7
The difference between those turning their pain to gains and those going down with their pain are essentially that of ignorance of what to do, time usage, perceptions, response to pain and who they turn to.
IF YOU WILL NOT GIVE UP ON GOD, HE WILL SURELY TURN EVERYTHING FOR YOUR GOOD BY GIVING YOU A TESTIMONY THAT WILL MAKE YOUR JOY TO BE FULL – Romans 8:28, Luke 21:13
PRAYER POINT: FATHER, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, SMITE WITH THUNDER AND FIRE WITHOUT MERCY ALL HUMAN AGENTS OF THE DEVIL TRADING THE GLORY OF MY DESTINY AND LET THEM COLLAPSE AND DIE THEREBY
TURNING MY PAIN TO GAIN – Psalms 11:6, Luke 21:13, Genesis 50:20
SEE YOU AT THE TOPMOST TOP.
REMAIN EVER BLESSED.
JESUS IS LORD.
PST ISRAEL AKINSANYA
pstisraelmeg@gmail.com
DATE : THURSDAY MAY 28, 2020
TOPIC: TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR PAIN
TEXT : Romans 8:28 “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.”
Difficult season is not new to life, it is part of our day to day life. No one ever gets to the topmost top without going through some tough and challenging situations.
Ask anyone that you will love to be like about their life’s journey, they will tell you out of a sincere heart that, they have been tempted severally to giving up their dreams as a result of seemingly insurmountable challenges and difficult moments.
God may not be the sponsor of your pain but He allowed it to bring the best out of you. In every star there is a hidden scar. In every every Glory there is a story. ‘No story, no glory, no tests, no testimonies.’
Buried inside of your pain is your gain. The mess of your life that is causing you pain and shame today, is a message that will bring you gain tomorrow, if you only know how to handle.
Do you know that light actually came out darkness? - 2Cor 4:6 “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
The truth is that, your pain will either ruin your destiny or it will bring you great gain that 100years of labour cannot achieve, it all depends on how you handle it.
Pain precedes gains and it is actually the labour room where gains are given birth to. Ask a sincere nursing mother that is full of joy today about her experience in the labour room, her response will be ‘personal experience is better than mere explanation’ - John 16:21 “A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.”
There is a seed of divine destiny in every pain. Consider the pains that Joseph and David had to go through before their public enthronement. Romans 8:28-30
The case of Mary JOHNSON whose only Son was shot dead by a 16years old drunk readily comes to mind, she said this animal ‘Oshea Israel’ (the murderer) must be caged for life but later had to forgive him and ensure his eventual release from the prison, gave him an apartment in the same building where she lives and now jointly run a Ministry for the prisoners and those with similar experience – 2Cor 1:3-4 “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God”
HOW TO TURN YOUR PAIN TO GAIN
I. BE CONVINCED OF YOUR SALVATION – John 3:3-6
II. PUT YOUR FOCUS ON GOD AND NOT ON MEN – Hebrews 12:2, Psalms 34:5
III. SEARCH AND STUDY RELEVANT SCRIPTURES – 2Timothy 2:15, Isaiah 34:16,
IV. MEDITATE AND THINK THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES, TESTIMONIES OF OTHERS AND NOT ON YOUR PAIN – Psalms 1:2-3, Joshua 1:8, Philipians 4:8-9
V. ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS, FORGIVE OTHERS AND PARTICULARLY FORGIVE YOURSELF – 1John 1:8-9, Mark 11:24-26, Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 3:13, Hebrews 12:14-15
VI. FIND ENOUGH REASONS TO THANK, PRAISE AND WORSHIP GOD IN THE MIDST OF YOUR PAIN – 1Thessalonians 5:18, Ephesians 5:20
VII. ASK GOD FOR WISDOM ON THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE – James 1:5, Proverbs 4:7
The difference between those turning their pain to gains and those going down with their pain are essentially that of ignorance of what to do, time usage, perceptions, response to pain and who they turn to.
IF YOU WILL NOT GIVE UP ON GOD, HE WILL SURELY TURN EVERYTHING FOR YOUR GOOD BY GIVING YOU A TESTIMONY THAT WILL MAKE YOUR JOY TO BE FULL – Romans 8:28, Luke 21:13
PRAYER POINT: FATHER, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, SMITE WITH THUNDER AND FIRE WITHOUT MERCY ALL HUMAN AGENTS OF THE DEVIL TRADING THE GLORY OF MY DESTINY AND LET THEM COLLAPSE AND DIE THEREBY
TURNING MY PAIN TO GAIN – Psalms 11:6, Luke 21:13, Genesis 50:20
SEE YOU AT THE TOPMOST TOP.
REMAIN EVER BLESSED.
JESUS IS LORD.
PST ISRAEL AKINSANYA
pstisraelmeg@gmail.com