You've Got to Make It
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You’ve Got to Make It
You’ve Got to Make It
New LifeGate Partners 2019
New LifeGate Partners 2019
Barringer, Gaddy. Bazar, Nate, Langford, Goodwin, Cook, Baldimus maximus (Billy)
Mens ministry work day: Thank You
35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.”
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1 So they arrived at the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gerasenes.
For somebody today that is your word.
that’s what you need to hear right now. I’m talking to somebody who has a word from God.
Maybe he told you he was going to save your children. your ministry was going to another level of influence and effectiveness.
you were going to meet that spouse that you’ve been believing for. Maybe he told you that he was going to bless and prosper you financially and that you’re going to get out of debt.
your ministry was going to another level of influence and effectiveness. you were going to meet that husband or wife that you’ve been believing for. Maybe he told you that he was going to bless and prosper you financially and that you’re going to get out of debt.
You’ve got a word from God.
So say it with me....I’ve got a word
But now here’s the problem, your word is being challenged.
How many of you know that your word is being challenged?
Between your word and the other side of your word, you’re going to have to fight
I wanna help somebody today.
I want to tell you a powerful truth:
“The devil has enough power to challenge your word, but he doesn’t have enough power to change your word.”
Jesus said, let us go. I love that because that means we’re in this together.
His divine presence is guaranteed. His presence that makes a difference. He doesn’t promise us life w/o problems. But he promises us divine presence in the midst of our problems.
That Divine Presence is essential.
To be honest , there are people who start with you, they say “I’ll be there for you.”
But when things get bad all of the sudden they vanish
But Jesus: He was there before you had any money, before your position, before you had a beautiful house, before the new car. He was there when you were in the projects, and you were walking to work or riding the bus.
Somebody knows what I’m talking about. Like the time when you were trying to decide should I pay my electric bill or should I get some groceries? Yeah, he was there then. He promised no matter what comes your way in life that he will be there with you and for you.
37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling.
Noticed those words… A great storm, arose. That means it came up out of nowhere, with no warning, no advance notice. Everything was going good, smooth sailing, then Bam all of a sudden it’s in your face.
like the doctors report saying I’m sorry there’s nothing we can do for you.
Your spouse out of the clear blue sky they hit you with those words, I want to divorce.
you went to work to find out you’re laid off
in the real world storms come and sometimes they come up with no warning.
Let me say this: There are 2 types of storms.
Having lived for many years in a place that was prone to tornadoes you to learn the difference between a common every day type storm and a supercell storm.
An every day type of storm may have a little wind, rain, some Thunder, lightning maybe even some Pea size hail.
But a supercell can bring softball size hail, produce wins over 100 miles an hour and spin off multiple tornadoes and it’s almost always filled with lightning
A supercell is self perpetuating, in other words the longer it lasts the stronger it gets.
The Bible says it was a great storm.
Those words, great storm, means it is distinguished as more than just a regular storm.
It was a bad storm.
It was what we might refer to as a supercell.
I believe I’m talking to someone right now who is in a storm, and it’s not your every day storm it’s not just a little wind and rain and Pea size hail
it’s a supercell and it’s a bad one.
And judging by your circumstances it looks hopeless.
The doctor says it’s hopeless.
banker, lawyer, marriage counselor says it’s hopeless.
The lawyer.
marriage counselor says it’s hopeless.
Your enemy says it’s hopeless and even your friends are starting to agree.
But I am so happy to tell you today it is never hopeless as long as there’s a God in heaven there is hope.
37 But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water.
Their boat was now filled with water.
Church the devil wants to drown you.
Drown you in debt, sickness, fear, despair.
Drown you in depression confusion.
But I have a word from the Lord for you, you are unsinkable.
Tell the devil you can’t drown me I am unsinkable. Everything around me may go down but you can’t drown me.
Church your word your destiny makes you unsinkable.
The destiny in you is greater than the storm around you.
So what do you do when you’re in the middle of your storm?
You go back to your word.
Your word will get you through.
The disciples said Peter get back in this boat, but you can’t walk on water have you lost your mind?
But Peter said I’ve got a word.
Jesus said come and if I have a word I’m unsinkable.
Church word is all you need.
It doesn’t take the whole chapter
the whole book
not even the whole sentence
just the word one word from God is all you really need.
Word will do for you what money, education and friends can’t do. The word will open doors that were closed in your face. It will cause things to turn in your favor. The word will hold you up on everything else is falling down.
Let us go over to the other side.... Before I ever got in the storm I got a word.
and
19 God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?
I got a word: But God never said there wouldn’t be obstacles, and things that rise up against me.
He never said there wouldn’t be attacks on my marriage. He never said sickness wouldn’t attack my body. He never said your children would be the perfect angels, that they would never rebel or get on drugs or go to prison.
He never said people wouldn’t lie on you, and stab you in the back, and steal from you.
He never said you’d never have a broken heart, or There wouldn’t be times when you cry yourself to sleep.
But what he said was let us go, let’s go, we’re together in this, you’re not alone.
Let US go OVER to the other side
Over
Over This
You’ve got to get over it.
If you’re going to get to the other side there are some things you have to get over.
Somebody lied on you, get over it.
Somebody abused you, mentally emotionally sexually physically and you hate them you’re holding unforgiveness in your heart towards that person or persons, you have to get over it.
Your destiny depends on it.
To get to the other side you have to get over it. Don’t let what somebody did to you or didn’t do stop your destiny, it’s not worth it they are not worth it. No man or woman is worth your destiny. No amount of money is worth your destiny.
get to the other side you have to get over it. Don’t let what somebody did to you or didn’t do stop your destiny, it’s not worth it they are not worth it. No man or woman is worth your destiny. No amount of money is worth your destiny.
Come on Church it’s time to get over it.
The Bible says the boat was now filled with water.
Church… Nothing from the outside can hurt you, in other words nothing from the outside can stop your destiny it’s what you let in that has the potential to drag you down.
The boat was now filled with water.
I’m talking to somebody who has let bitterness and resentment and unforgiveness get into your boat.
You let anger, jealousy and critical spirit into your life.
And the only way to get to the other side is to get over it, to get it out.
Your life depends and destiny depends on it.
Get it out before it kills you, or drags you down,
destroys your marriage, kills your ministry,
before you say something or do something that you cannot undo.
I don’t know who I’m talking to but God said you better get it out.
38 Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?”
Jesus was in the back asleep on a pillow
How could Jesus be sleeping, resting, be at peace, in the same storm/circumstances that were causing the disciples to freak out?
The answer is:
He believe the words that He spoke, He believed the words that came out of His own mouth.
He declared, we are going over to the other side, and he believes that the word he spoke Was more powerful than anything he had to go through to get there.
He was sleeping on the word. resting on the word, counting on the word.
You have to learn how to rest on the word. But you also need to know how to fight with the word.
18 I am setting before you this instruction, Timothy my child, in accordance with the prophecies spoken long ago about you, in order that by them you may fight the good fight,
one of the most powerful weapons you have is your prophetic word.
But be honest about it, that word doesn’t do you any good buried in a sock drawer.
Or in a binder with 140 other properties.
You have to put that word in your mouth and declare it.
That’s what the Bible means by this:
first that they’ll shall decree a thing and it shall be established unto the
Hey hey hey, Come on up J.J., so you can play play and we will pray pray and then rest the day day away.
I need to tell somebody today that you need to quit sitting around waiting for some prophet to come by and give you a word. Of course I believe in prophecy and personal property
But God wants you to know that you are a prophet of your own destiny.
I can prophesy over you till I’m blue in the face
but if you don’t stir up your faith and open your mouth and prophecy to your own conditions nothing is going to change.
So I say to you, wake up. You’ve got to wake up the prophet, that sleeping prophet in your own spirit.
Church, please take these words to heart, and take them personally.
You’ve got to make it.
It’s critical that you make it.
Why?
Because there is somebody on the other side of your storm whose life depends on you making it.
There is somebody who is bound and you are the one who is going to set them free.
Someone is sick, and you're and bring healing to them.
Someone is suicidal and you're the one who is going to speak the word in season and restore hope to them.
Somebody is going through the greatest storm of their lives and you're going to share how you made it through, and they're going to make it because you didn't quit.
I've got to make it; you've got to make it.
I've got to make it not just for myself but also for my children, and my brothers and sisters that are following behind.
The Bible says that there were other boats… little boats that were with them.
What is that saying to me? That is telling me that somebody is following you; somebody's watching you.
You've got to make it, not just for yourself, but others also.
For somebody who is still in enemy territory under Satanic captivity.
Somebody's been praying and you're the answer to their prayer.
You can't go under, you can't drown, you can't quit, and you can't give up. Somebody needs you.
When Jesus got to the other side: immediately he was met by a man possessed by devils. That tells me that this man needed the disciples to make it to him. This man needed Jesus to make it, he needed the disciples to reach him so Jesus could set him free.
You've got to make it; somebody's life depends on it.
Somebody's marriage depends on it. Somebody's ministry depends on it. Somebody's sanity depends on.
I know you're going through hell but you're going to make it, you're in the middle of the worst storm of your life but you're going to make it.
Everything you see , feel and hear is threatening to take you down but you're going to make it.
And when you get to the other side your testimony is going to be a lifeline to somebody who feels it's impossible, who feels their dream their vision their hope will never come to pass. You've got to make it somebody's waiting on you.
Now before you close this Sermon I want you to prophesy and declare Life over yourself.
Declare to yourself… I’m going to make it, I’ve got to make it. I can't go down I can’t go under. I’ve got to make it. People are depending on me. Somebody needs me.
Church, you’re going to make it.
That’s why I wrote this Sermon.
This is your personal prophecy.
You’re going to make it.
I won't let you quit,
I won't let you give up, and I won't let go.
We're together in this.
You've got to make it.