It sounds like a huge contradiction to be “as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing,” but it really is the definition of life. You are either going through trial, coming out of a trial or about to go through one. We are all familiar with adversity, but there is a pattern in scripture that may be less familiar. God specializes in bringing good out of bad … in “The Prosperity of Adversity.”
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God has an after this for your life
you’ve been through years of adversity
after this after the divorce after the
bankruptcy after the layoff after the
depression after the accident after the
moral failure God always has and after
this God has an after this for you the
prosperity of adversity is next on
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today I want to preach on the prosperity
of adversity sorrowful but rejoicing
poor but making others rich having
nothing yet possessing all things that
folks is the prosperity of adversity
it’s time to begin
I believe I hear in my heart the Lord
saying it’s time to begin to reap the
prosperity of adversity prosperity means
to be successful to be prosperous to
have good success the word adversity
means misfortune suffering trouble and I
was thinking about and I thought about
how that we’ve all been food both of
those times in our lives if you haven’t
you will there are seasons of adversity
and they’re seasons of prosperity and I
think as a nation we’ve been through the
last I guess decade has been one of war
and one of economic challenge and one of
tremendous terrorism and and things that
have been happening that are
unprecedented
millions of people losing their homes
and being laid off the real estate
business and people’s fortunes you know
just kind of vanishing as as their homes
have lost value and and cars and things
just being taken from people grieving
and going through terrible valleys of
loneliness maybe divorce maybe the
heartbreak of an addiction that came to
the family or some some tragedy hit your
life and it just shook you to the core
we all are familiar with adversity but
what I want you to understand is there
is something there is a pattern in
Scripture that anytime adversity comes
there will come with that the prosperity
of adversity at some point and it’s
coming our way I believe now is the time
the devil’s had his way long
enough troubles had its way long enough
tough times have had their way long
enough it’s time for the prosperity of
adversity if you can believe for that
clap your hands and say yes sorrowful
yet rejoicing we’ve had our times of
sorrow how many of you have had your
seasons of great sorrow we’ve had them
but God has already set his approval on
the prosperity that’s getting ready to
be reaped in this church and in our
lives
the prosperity of adversity means that
there are some compensations in life
there are some Joy’s in our sorrows
there are some crowns in our crosses
there are some mercies in our miseries
there are some love’s in our losses
there are some divine appointments out
of our disappointments there are some
some I believe some compensations from
our contradictions my faith is greater
than it’s ever been before I believe God
has authorized that we will as a church
and as a people reap this year the
prosperity of our adversity sometimes
you just need a break sometimes you need
to quit crying sometimes you need some
good news sometimes you need something
good to happen sometimes you just need
some encouragement sometimes you just
need a door to open sometimes you just
need to get a phone call that is good
news and here’s the word of the Lord for
this hour it’s gonna come your way
you’ve made it through the storm
sorrowful yet rejoicing how because we
believe in the prosperity of adversity
give the Lord a shout of praise if you
believe
please II asked these eleven and one
said cast your bread upon the water and
after many days it’ll come back there’s
that time of you just losing it and
there it goes and there it goes and
there it goes and then but if you’ll
keep casting your bread
somebody said I cast my bread on the
water and it came back soggy you’re the
one I’m preaching to you keep casting
your Bread on the water and it’s going
to come back a sandwich and you’re not
going to have to ask where’s the meat
you’re gonna see that God has provided
exceedingly abundantly above all that I
could ask a thing it’s time to reap the
prosperity of adversity shake yourself
loose from pride shake yourself loose
from depression shake yourself loose
from hopelessness we serve a God of
encouragement and he’s in this room
today and he’s saying I’ve seen your
tears I’ve seen your sorrow now get
ready for the prosperity of adversity
somebody take a praise spray and give
God a great shout if you still stand and
give Him praise
Isiah put it this way they’ve had wait
upon the Lord shall renew their strength
they shall mount up with wings as Eagles
they shall run and not be weary they
shall walk and not faint they that wait
upon the Lord some of you been waiting
10 years some of you been waiting five
long years some of you been through
weeks and months and year after year
after year of adversity but I’m telling
you the season is changing something is
about to happen for those who will seek
God and turn to him with all of their
heart there is going to come the reaping
of the prosperity of adversity we often
direct Galatians 6 and 7 to the center
but it was written to the Saint in
connection with verse 9 but he says in
verse 6 be not deceived God is not
mocked
whatsoever a man sows that shall he also
reap and if he sews through the flesh
he’ll of the flesh reap corruption if he
sews through the spirit he will of the
Spirit reap everlasting life but that’s
not where it ends it ends with verse 9
so let us not be weary in well-doing for
in due season we will reap if we faint
not take another praise break among
pre-k’s in a minute oh I hear the
prosperity of adversity coming for those
who will not quit and I’m going to enjoy
it
I’m gonna enjoy what has come out of
years of adversity
I’m gonna walk in the prosperity on the
blessing and I’m not just talking about
material things I’m talking about the
Grace and the restored joy and the
bigger for life and the renewed vision
and the dream that is jumping again and
alive again and purpose that is real God
wants to bring the prosperity of
adversity to this people he will never
leave us he will never forsake us the
Bible said when the enemy comes in like
a flood if you keep lifting Jesus up
there will come the prosperity the
standard that comes with the adversity
you see the devil is at work we don’t
deny the adversity he’s got a cane for
every Abel he’s got an issue for every
Isaac he’s got a Daniels lines then for
every Daniel he’s got a fiery furnace
for every Shadrach Meshach and Abednego
he’s got a Herod for every John the
Baptist he’s got an antichrist for every
Christ he’s got a nice song for every
Jacob but I’m telling you that if you’ve
been fighting those kinds of situations
in your life that there’s going to come
the prosperity of adversity if we will
let God he’ll take the devil’s tool and
weapon out of his hand and use it on him
the Bible said that David took Goliath
sword and cut his head off with it
the devil’s tool was number one weapon
was death and Satan said if I could use
my best weapon against Jesus I can
defeat him but God took the devil’s
number one tool and used it and Jesus
through death conquered hell and sin and
your past
the devil said well if I can find me a
champion that will persecute the church
I will stop the church and so he raised
up a guy named Saul of Tarsus he started
killing Christians everywhere he went
but then God said well let me take the
tool of the devil and turn it on the
devil and he knocked sawed off his horse
on the road to Damascus and changed his
name to Paul and the Apostle Paul became
the greatest apostle in the New
Testament and wrote half of the book
right here
he was the devil’s number one tool and
weapon and God took it and turned it
against the enemy I’m saying to you that
same devil that’s come against you God
can take it like a tool and turn it on
the kingdom of hell and you can see the
prosperity of adversity give God a great
shout if you believe the Apostle Peter
said it like this humble yourself before
the mighty hand of God let be adversity
humble you let the adversity Drive you
to your knees let the adversity break
your cold calloused hard until you weep
again let me adversity drive you back to
the Bible let me adversity caused you to
humble yourself and if you humble
yourself in due season I will exalt you
there will come the prosperity of
adversity David was anointed king of
Israel and then Saul began to attack him
adversity came and for 15 years he lived
in caves for 15 years he lived in
tremendous poverty being being poor
having nothing but possessing all things
because he was anointed if you’re
anointed if you have the Holy Spirit if
you have the promises of God do not dis
focus on your present season there will
come the prosperity of your adversity
it’s a test it’s a trial it’s sometimes
it’s just the devil we had we were going
through something with one of our
teenagers thank God I’m out of those
years Jesus I praise you pretty much
I’m telling you there were times when I
thought our family you know you just
have to take a step it’s okay to say no
parents let me help you if you’re a real
parent you won’t let your kids run buck
wild and do whatever they want to do we
were having one of those episodes and
little Drake and little Conner they’re
my youngest and now they’re on up but
they were little bitty things and we had
one of our kids in the back bedroom and
we closed the door but the conversation
was coming through the door if you get
my drift and so and so Drake turns to
Conner and says we need to go get the
Bible so they run upstairs and she got
her pink girly Bible she has a little
pink girly Bob and Drake said no Conner
a pink Bible won’t get the job done we
need a big black Bible the devil’s
really messin healthy sometimes you
don’t need a little Pete girly Bible
sometimes you need a big old black Bible
that says devil
david was anointed but he went through
hell why am I going through the course
you’re anointed cuz your children are
anointed inhales after them they have a
destiny they have an assignment God has
a plan for their life and hail will come
after it but stand there in the
adversity in the tears in the heartbreak
stand there and watch what God will do
he’ll bring prosperity out of the
adversity if you’ll stand for what is
right somebody give God a great praise
right now whoa I feel the Lord look at
all day that years later he’s not living
in a cave now he’s sitting on the throne
he’s the king of Israel he’s
experiencing and reaping the prosperity
of his years and years and years that’s
what I felt in my spirit and years some
of you been in years and years of
adversity don’t give up David started
reaping the prosperity of his adversity
I want to give you one more illustration
I thought about Jobe Jobe experienced
the prosperity of adversity having
nothing but possessing all things job
said I have the prosperity of adversity
coming my way then came that dramatic
moment in job
the 42nd chapter is a powerful verse of
scripture that said and after this job
lived a hundred and forty years God has
an after this for your life
you’ve been through years of adversity
after this after the divorce after the
bankruptcy after the layoffs after the
depression after the accident after the
moral failure God always has and after
this God started restoring joven the
scripture said that he gave him double
that’s called the prosperity of
adversity now when he went into the
trial he had 7,000 sheep but when he
came out of it he had 14,000 sheep when
he went in he had 3,000 camels but when
he came out he had six thousand camels
when he went in he had five hundred yoke
of oxen when he came out he had a
thousand yoke of oxen when he went into
the trial and adversity he had five
hundred donkeys and when he came out he
had one thousand donkeys and you have to
decide are you going to give up in the
adversity I’m saying that the next few
weeks are vital because the Holy Spirit
is going to renew vision he’s going to
place dreams back into the hearts of his
people he’s going to restore the years
the locust and the cankerworm year after
year of adversity but we’re going to
reap the prosperity of adversity you
have to decide are you a pessimist or an
optimist you see an optimist sees the
doughnut the pessimist sees a hole
some of you have allowed the negativity
of your circumstances the sink into your
thinking and you don’t see what Paul saw
when he said I’m sorrowful yet rejoicing
I’ve lost everything but I possess all
how could he make such a statement he
saw the donut not the hole there were
two frogs that fell in a deep cream bowl
one was an optimistic soul but the other
took a gloomy view we shall drown he
cried without more adieu with the last
despairing cry
he flung up his legs and said goodbye
croaked the other frog with a merry grin
I can’t get out but I can’t give in I’ll
just swim around till my strength is
spent and then I’ll die with more
content so bravely he swam until it was
seen his struggles begin to turn to
cream on the top of the butter
at last he stopped and out of the bowl
he merrily hopped and the borrow of this
is easily found if you can’t get out
let’s just keep on swimming around
I want every business person I want
every if you’ve been through years of
just you know the money’s been down the
business has been down she’s been a
struggle struggle struggle get your
faith it’s time for the prosperity of
adversity to come to God’s people I’m
declaring this a revival of the blessing
and the Grace and the favour and the
goodness of God in the land of the
living let’s just shout a minute let’s
just shout him in it oh we praise you
Jesus I’m so glad you’re listening to
this message today and I don’t believe
it’s by chance I I remember when you
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for you father in the name of Jesus I
ask you to touch that person watching me
today that really needs your
encouragement that really needs your
healing and your power and your help and
your spirit to speak to them again I
know what it’s like to just need to know
and hear that God is still with me and
God is still for me and God still has
great things in my life coming and I
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