TROUBLE HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE

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How can somebody make you quit what God called you to do? Your purpose and your destiny. Don't run away from trouble. With God, you will make it through. The I can do all things Philippians 4:13 that everybody thinks is anything I put my mind to.

Everything I decide, I will get it. No, that is true. That is because of faith. But the Lord Jesus endured suffering so that we can also endure what? Suffering. The Bible says, if we suffer with him, then we shall be what? Glorified with him. But we think suffering is no part of the deal, but suffering is part of the deal because we become stronger. We don't suffer just for the sake of suffering.

There is a divine purpose to it. You are able to carry the weak. You are able to uphold those who cannot uphold themselves. There is a divine purpose to it. We have seen people, believers, deleting themselves because the pressure is too much. That should never be us. We should be showing the world how to deal with pressure.

We should be showing the world how to endure. That pain may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. We know that this is just temporary. Even our troubles are temporary. Nothing lasts forever. Even our problems won't last forever. The number one lie today's believer walk in. We have this idea that difficulty and trouble are not supposed to be our experience. There are things that happen, but in our mind, we have concluded that I will never go through that. I'm going to say that one more time. There are things that we go through and we see others going through and we say, oh, I will never go through that one. But if you understand something about life is that life has a lot of unexpected things that can happen. What ensures that you come out of that unscathed is strength. Will troubles come? Yes.

The Bible guarantees that trouble will come. He says many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord will deliver them from it all. He sent his word and delivered them from all their troubles. So, we know trouble will be in this world as long as Jesus doesn't come and give us a new heaven and a new earth, there will always be trouble.

Somebody type there will always be trouble.

There will always be trouble.

I can't hear you.

There will always be trouble.

I can't hear you.

There will always be trouble.

Now, this is not confessing that we are going to be troubled. It is a reality whether we confess it or not. It's going to happen. Jesus said in this world you will have many troubles. The Lord Jesus confirms that. But why is it that people are breaking? I've seen Christians break left, right, and center all the time. Their faith used to be so strong in the Lord and then one day it's like their faith became nonexistent. They used to believe God that he was going to lift them and do certain things. All of a sudden one night things completely changed. That was no longer the case anymore.

Their faith and their belief was gone for good. Then most think it is the devil that has caused it, but I'm here to tell you it's your spiritual life that has caused it. But if you can't carry yourself, how can you carry others? The Lord is sending you new strength. There are some of you that are watching right now and you feel like you can't keep going.

You feel like the world has turned on you. You feel forsaken. You feel like nothing is going good for you. I'm here to tell you that the Lord is strengthening you for the journey ahead.

Amen.

The Lord is fortifying you you will not break.

Amen.

Because what he has prepared for you needs you to endure just a little bit longer. That the situations that you're seeing around you will not stand forever. The accusations you're hearing, the losses you're facing, the resistance that you're facing, this is a prophetic word for somebody. The Lord is strengthening you.

Amen.

Let it be so in the mighty name of

Jesus.