Perseverance in Faith: Embracing Grace After Failure

``Maybe I'm talking to somebody who's made a bad mistake. Maybe you stumbled in your faith along the way. Maybe somewhere along the line, you gave up your walk with God because things got too challenging. Maybe things got too hard, and it wasn't like you wanted to be. You've got to learn how to sometimes pray it through. Rise up and get back in the faith. Begin to walk for God again. You see, this is one thing I like about the Word of God. Paul said, only look who's with me. Take Mark and bring him with thee, for he is profitable to me for the ministry. He went from a bad mistake to being profitable to the man of God. [00:25:58] (43 seconds)  #AuthenticServiceMatters

Did you say no to the world? Did you stop the world from flowing into your mind and begin to put on the helmet of salvation? Did you do anything like that? No, I did not. Well, that's why things kept coming into your mind. And the more things you let in your mind, the more mental problems you're going to have. You've got to learn to guard your mind. You've got to learn to bring every thought to the captivity of Christ. When the world starts throwing things out, you're all this negativity. You've got to give it to God and say, God, I'm going to trust in you. [00:32:04] (28 seconds)  #TrustAndRelease

I used to, and I used to have problems. I used to be stressed. I used to be overwhelmed. But I've learned over the years, take it to God in prayer. Allow God to help. When things happen, somebody said, how can you deal with so many things? I learned a long time ago, I can only handle so much and I have to call on my God. Lord, in the name of Jesus, I need to take care of this and take care of that. Lord, I need help with this. to give it to God, and then when there's a problem, and I've given it over to God, I let him take it. I know a lot of people, when they give a problem to God, they take it right back. I'm not doing that. If he can't work it out, neither can I, and so I have to learn to have a reality in God. [00:32:39] (41 seconds)  #ActiveFaithOverObservation

If you're just observing, you're not going to have a reality in God, and the devil's just going to walk all over you, all kind of problems and situations, and so if you've stumbled in your faith because you were just an observer, you're just casually coming to church, being a church attendee, and you made a bad decision as problems began to come in, and you're expecting one thing, and it didn't happen that way, and you quit serving God, I want you to know that was a bad decision, but you can rise up from that bad decision and serve God with all your heart, all your mind, and allow God to do something that you've never thought possible. [00:33:28] (33 seconds)  #SurrenderForBlessing

Somebody is getting ready to get blessed, not because of just some preacher praying over them, but because they surrendered their life to God and said, yes, Lord, and as they begin to give their all to God, he reaches all the way down. He heard that prayer. He knows exactly what Jesus said. You said, yes, God, he's going to pick you up, clean you up, put you on solid ground. [00:34:16] (20 seconds)  #PowerInGodsPresence

Brother, this month, this evening, I want to encourage somebody, if you failed, if you made a bad decision, rise up, pray, and get back in the faith. You see, when John Mark came to the realization, this is no game. He saw that devil facing up with Paul, and it was not going to back down until Paul pulled out the power of God on him and caused him to be blind, have him walk around for somebody to lead him. It got real, and he began to realize, wait a minute. Relieving was the wrong answer. Quitting was the wrong answer. What I should have done is called on the power of God myself. [00:34:36] (40 seconds)  #NoOtherPlaceButGod

So many times people run when challenges come. They run when problems happen. They run when there's all kind of things going on. I've learned I can't go anywhere else. I'm like Peter. Where else can we go? There's nowhere else I can run to. There's no other God. There's no other Lord. There's no other Savior. There's no other place I can be than right where God has me, and so therefore, I need Jesus. to bless me right where I'm at. If I leave, that's a terrible mistake. [00:35:23] (31 seconds)  #FaithfulBeyondFeelings

If you've made a bad mistake, if you've done something wrong, don't just sit there commiserating. I made a mistake. I did wrong. Take action. Right now, today, call on the name of Jesus and say, God, I'm ready to get back up. I'm ready, God, to go back and do what I need to do. I told somebody something. I said something wrong. We had a fight. I'm willing, God, to go and apologize. I'm willing, God, to go whatever it takes. I'm willing, God, to get that job again. I'm willing, God, to go to my family member. God, I want to change. Somebody said, is there life after a mistake? There is life after a mistake. If you're willing to take action, own it, and then change things. God, help me. [00:48:44] (45 seconds)  #LifeAfterMistakes

To all those that have done something wrong, to those that have stumbled in their faith before God, to those who maybe are not feeling as strong as they should have been because you did this or you made a mistake, let it go. There is no time machine to go backwards and take that day over. All you can do is from this point on, serve God with everything within you. Pray. God, I'm sorry. Pray. God, pick me back up. And then ask God to put you back where he wants you to be and watch what God will do. [00:49:53] (30 seconds)  #PrayRiseServe