Show Yourself Alive | Jentezen Franklin

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kingdom connection recently i preached a

message that i believe

sums up this year that we’ve all gone

through

we have been through something that

we’ve never faced before

i believe this message is going to tell

you how to respond

and set yourself up for what god wants

to do

in 2021 in your family in your life and

in your future

let’s go right into this service this is

a word from the lord it’s time

to show yourself alive watch what god

is going to do

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if you have your bibles look with me in

the book of genesis chapter 15.

then he said to abram or abraham know

certainly that your descendants will be

strangers in the land

that is not theirs and they will serve

them and they will afflict them

for 400 years and also the nation whom

they serve i will judge

and after this or afterward they shall

come out

with great possessions they’re going to

go through

something something’s going to happen

and after this

they’ll come out with great possessions

and then i want you to go over to the

new testament just a couple of verses

in acts chapter one i’ll go straight

down to verse three

to whom he presented himself

alive after there it is again after this

he presented himself alive after

his suffering by many infallible proofs

being seen by them

during the 40 days speaking of the times

pertaining

to the kingdom of god i want to talk to

you

about this text in the book of acts and

this story in the old testament because

it speaks to our lives today i want to

preach about it’s time

to show yourself alive it’s time

to show yourself alive jesus after he

was crucified

showed himself to be alive again

in genesis 15 we see the pattern

from the word of god patterns in the

word of god

help us understand the ways of god if

you want to

understand the way god’s moving today go

back and look at the patterns

in the scripture god never changes and

the bible said the things that were

written before

time were written for our learning the

word of god

shows us the pattern of the way of god

in other words if you want to know how

god’s going to do now

go back and look at what he did in the

past well here’s what he did he told

abram in genesis 15 or abraham he said

i want to give you a heads up he said

your seed before joseph his seed ever

went down to egypt he said your seed is

going to end up in egypt in bondage

serving in other people

and he said they’ll stay there exactly

400 years

and at the end of 400 years they’re

coming out

and they’re coming out with great

possessions they’re not coming out like

they came

like they went in they’re coming out and

i’m going to load them down

with all that i have for them because

i’ve got a plan

and it’s on a timed schedule in other

words god said the time is already set

that before you get into it and before

your seed goes into it i’ve already set

a time when they’re coming out

i want you to understand god said that i

put a limit on trouble

i have already determined how far

trouble will go in your life and it will

not go a day or a moment longer

than what i said and if there was a

beginning there’s always an

end the bible said in the book of job

and he ought to know he went through it

he sets an end to the darkness he said

it has a beginning point

and it has an ending point god sets the

limitations

not the world god sets the limitations

not coveted not the president

not the united states or the united

nations

or the world health organization god

sets the limits and god says there is a

time

when we as a nation and we as a world

are gonna come out of these dark days

and come out of this mess and i’m i’ve

already set

the day when it’s coming and all you got

to do is look at the patterns and know

that there’s come in a day and your job

is when you start

seeing it happen start showing yourself

alive

jesus said destroy this temple and they

thought

that he was talking about herod’s temple

but he was talking about his body

because he knew was about to go to the

cross

and he said destroy this temple and in

three days

out there it is again there’s a

beginning it’s going to be a rough

little period here i’m about to go

through the crucifixion

nail my hands to the cross beat my back

with the wheel

put the crown of thorns on my head it’s

gonna look bad it’s gonna look like i’m

battered and i’m beaten and i’m defeated

they’re gonna put

grave clothes on me and they’re gonna

seal my tomb

but three days destroy this temple and

in three days

i will rise again that’s the pattern

that’s the pattern poor old job he

thought it was the end he didn’t have

the advantage of reading the scripture

but god said devil i found me somebody

down there that would trust me not just

in the high times

and satan said read it this is all in

the bible a conversation between satan

and god

and satan said you know he’s only

serving you because you blessed him

he’s only serving you because you’ve got

him protected and his family’s so

blessed

those beautiful daughters and all the

good things that are happening in his

life

but you just let me touch him you let me

touch his health

you let me touch his wealth you let me

touch his little world

you let me mess his family up you let me

mess with his marriage

you let me rip him to pieces you let me

hit him not one time

but i want to hit him again and again

and it kind of sounds like

20 20. kind of sounds like this year i’m

just going to hit you again and hit you

again

and hit you let me have my way with him

and god said

you can do whatever you want to them i

love this but god here’s the limit again

god says you do whatever you want to do

to him but don’t you destroy him i do

not give you permission

to destroy him because when i get

through with him after you’ve had your

moment in your day

i’m going to raise him up and what did

god do

he blessed job double

what he had before your job

is to stay alive and show yourself alive

and not give up and not quit everybody

give the lord

a praise break right where you are right

now

god sets limits on our trouble

god sets expiration dates on our grief

and our sorrow and our pain and

our what we’d call bad luck and bad

spell and

bad season god says i’m even working in

that

and i’m thinking ahead i’m not through

blessing you i’m not

through raising you i’m not through

i’m not through

god sets time limits he set an

expiration date when it’s all going to

be over

and our job is to make it to the

expiration date

there’s an end to all of this do you

believe what i’m preaching

there’s an end these are kind of gloomy

days and kind of

i’m so sick of wearing masks i’m so sick

of trying to

stop the curve and and kill the virus

and all of that

but these days are coming to an end

we’re about to see a breakthrough and we

don’t need to lose heart now

we need to show ourselves alive we need

to get back in church and show ourselves

alive

we need to get back in his word and show

ourselves alive

jesus was led to the wilderness for 40

days

it’s got a time frame and for 40 days

three different occasions satan himself

came

to jesus and hit him and hit him and hid

him

when you understand that and you

understand that

that it’s not what you’re going through

it’s what

you’re going to come out of it with that

you need to

to focus on jesus went through the

attacks

but calvary was a different experience

every other experience he went through

it was just a tax and it really didn’t

affect him

but calvary scarred him calvary martin

calvary would make a memory that would

never be the same again

and i believe that it’s impossible to go

through

2020 and not be scarred

emotionally mentally physically

relationally in homes as a church

it’s scardus as a ministry

as a as a family it’s scardus

everybody under the sound of my voice

you have been

whether you recognize it or not this

year

has taken a toll and it’s not like the

other trials

the other trials you might have went

through and there’s times

when we go through things and you know

jesus said when he was hanging on the

cross

he said lord into thy hands i commit my

spirit

listen to this very carefully when you

go through crucifixion be careful

who touches your spirit into your hands

you’re the only safe place i can put my

spirit

when nothing’s going right in my life i

can’t put my spirit in anybody’s hands

except the lord’s but

i love the fact that after he was

crucified

the scripture said that he showed

himself alive

he didn’t show up he said the number one

thing i’ve got to do

now that i’ve been through it now that

i’ve been scarred

is i’ve got to show myself a lie i want

to show people that i made it

i want to show people that i’m still

standing i want to show why because it’s

a pattern

because they’re going to go through

years like we’ve been through

they’re going to go through things that

they never dreamed they would go through

and some things

touch us and some trials we go through

they really don’t

it’s kind of like daniel in the lion’s

den you know he was in the lion’s den

but the lions never scratched him they

never called him they never bit him he

went through it but it really didn’t

bother him but this trial of calvary

was different this one touched jesus

this one martin and i think that that’s

kind of like what we’ve been through

this year

i think that every person that i’m

talking with

has been through something not one thing

but

multiple hits

and i heard the lord say it’s time

to show yourselves alive

it’s not time for a pity party it’s not

time for depression

and discouragement and despair it’s time

to talk life it’s time to say

i am going to come alive

again you say well i don’t feel worthy

to praise him to be honest

because during covet i’ve fallen away

pastor

during covet i backslid i’ve lost ground

i’m not worthy i don’t feel clean i

don’t feel pure

it’s time to recognize that there is and

afterwards

there’s an after this after the test

after the struggle

after the trial and you wouldn’t be

listening to me

if you were totally gone you’re still

god’s child

why are you watching why are you

listening why are you in church

i don’t care how bad you fail i don’t

care what you went back to

it’s time if there’s anything in you

that’s gravitating toward the cross

you need to show yourself alive with a

mighty praise

with i’m still alive i’m still here

it didn’t take me out i’ve been down but

i’m not staying down i’m getting up

everybody praise him at every campus

online give him praise come on church

somebody in the balcony refused to

preach another minute

until we show ourselves alive

i didn’t ask if you can shout in good

times can you

shout in the middle of a mess and

steal god give god the glory and the

praise

hallelujah hallelujah

hallelujah you know when you start out

in something

you start out from a from a perception

and

from a position of strength okay we’re

going into this you know how you get in

a fight and you kind of

well we got to get into this now let’s

go this we can’t

this is it and you feel good it’s kind

of like what happened to job

you know the first messenger came second

messenger came with bad news

third messenger and felt like his world

was falling apart but he still held it

together

he said the lord gives the lord takes

away blessed be the name of the lord

he said i’m going to start this trial

off right i’m going to kick it off with

a praise

and that’s a good that’s a good way to

let me tell you how to start a trial

st if you sense you’re going through one

kick it off

with going back to worship i’m going

back to it he said he said the lord

gives the lord takes away blessed be the

name of the lord

but then something happened it’s like

it’s like you keep reading

and you keep reading and it’s like you

know he

he starts out and he’s strong

and he’s powerful and then you find him

over there in job chapter 2

and he’s sitting on top of pottery

that’s been broken

an ash heap and the bible said it was

pottery that was broken

and he takes a piece of that pottery

that’s been broken

and he starts scraping the sores on his

body it’s the only thing that’ll give

him relief

he’s lost everything and he’s got a

piece of pottery

that’s pitiful torn his clothes

off rent his clothes shaved his head

sitting on top of ashes with a broken

piece of pottery

which is a sermon within itself because

sometimes when you’re going through a

trial

the only thing that can bring you

comfort is something that’s already been

broken

the only one who can really help you is

someone who’s been through something

that broke them

and it’s something about the fact

they’ve been through the brokenness too

that brings comfort to you so god will

use your broken places

but then you keep reading the story and

it’s like he’s moving and he moves

from this worship to kick the thing off

the trial off

and you move into chapter 10 and he

starts saying i’m weary

of life bitterness of soul he says

my my my laughter is gone and he said i

look for god and i go

forward and he’s not there and i can’t

find him

in verse 10 something happens he

describes how

he wishes that he was never born and all

this he’s losing hope it’s just wearing

him down and that’s what the devil’s

doing he’s just

wearing us trying to wear us out but

he’s a liar

and i’m here today to say we’re going to

show ourself

alive we’re still praising we’re still

praying

we’re still trusting we’re still

believing my faith has not got

any less it’s actually got more focused

on what

matters and that’s jesus

by the time he gets to the end of it he

knows the way

that i take in verse 9 and 10

and after this when he has tried me

i shall come forth as gold

he’s hit me he’s tried this

he’s tried that it didn’t work

but there’s always a reason

to show yourself alive and when he

prayed for his friends

god turned his captivity and god blessed

him with double

on october 1974 in zaire africa which is

today’s congo africa george foreman went

against

a young up-and-coming boxer by the name

of muhammad ali sixty thousand filled

the stadium in the

massive heat of that african sun

one billion people watched by television

as george foreman the high favored

huge muscle cut ripped

fighter who was the heavy favorite to

win

would go in the ring with muhammad ali

he was known as the louisville lip

because he was a trash talker

and he went in to fight

he was called the louisville limp

because

before the fight started he would get in

press conference

press conferences and he would say

things like this

you think the world was shocked when

nixon resigned

wait till i whip george foreman’s behind

then he came up with a real famous line

float like a butterfly

sting like a bee george you can’t hit

what you can’t see man he was

talking this and talking this so the big

fight starts

and as predicted it looks like george

foreman dominates the first round the

second round

he must have hurt everybody’s thinking

this muhammad ali

because he’s going back on the ropes and

he’s just leaning back and

he’s using the gloves to cover his face

and his forearms are

trying to cover the rest of his body and

george forming this

massive man with arms that look like big

logs

he’s just pounding away pounding away

pounding away and every once in a while

muhammad ali would grab him and pull him

up and he would say

george they told me you could hit george

they

and it would enrage george foreman and

he would

fall go even more in that humidity and

that heat and he was

swinging with everything it looked like

he was staggering but muhammad ali would

later

let everybody in on his strategy he said

i was planning it and i was faking it

and i was leaning on the ropes and he

said it’s what i called

rope-a-dope he said i was leaning on the

ropes

and george was the dope and he said i

knew that if i could

get him to hit me hit me hit me hit me

that as big as he is i’m gonna wear him

out

and wear him down and then my moment

will come

well those of you young people who are

wondering what happened

you’re too young to know anything anyhow

but all of us old people we know exactly

what happened

it was it was going bad they actually

were talking as they were calling the

fight

some of the uh howard cosell who you

don’t know who that is he’s a guy who

had a wig and

he was tall and and and he he was he was

he was a critic of muhammad ali

sometimes and and he would

he started talking he said he he looks

like he’s going to kill

muhammad ali he could actually i’m very

concerned

he could actually die and muhammad is

just doing this and leaning on the ropes

leaning on the ropes

and every round for five rounds and this

is what happened

according to george foreman

he said i thought he was just

another knockout victim for me

until the seventh round i hit him

in the jaw so hard i

thought it would kill him and he said

within a few minutes

he kind of bounced off those ropes and

grabbed me

and he said these words in my ear

in the seventh round he said

is that all you got george

and he said i can’t explain it but he

said i’m giving you his words

he said i realized this ain’t what i

thought it was he said in that moment

something just left me and i realized

i’m not

dealing with some little weakling he

might be stronger

than what i thought and when i think

about the eight months of restrictions

when i think about the pandemic and

social distancing and

and flattening the curve and staying

away and then on top of that

we had what started out as legitimate

peaceful protests turn into

riots and violence and burning and

looting and then on top of that three

hurricanes

in the same year and tornadoes

and on top of that a crazy election

and people all angry at one another and

hating on one another and after all of

that

we thought by now we could at least eat

some turkey

and we got some governors who are saying

you can’t even

worship in many states they won’t even

let

and at some point you almost feel like

saying

is that all you got devil is that the

best you can do

it’s time for me to show myself a lot by

the way

muhammad ali knocked him out in the

eighth round

and i got a feeling our eighth round is

coming

i got a feeling that we need to show

ourselves alive

because some great things are coming for

god’s people give him a shout

and show yourself alive this morning

let hell know he can’t win

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