Although you don’t look like what you’ve been through, don’t forget the God who transformed you. Chiiiiile, how are you acting when you come across a place where God came to your rescue? Let this be a reminder to not think small of the miracles He’s done in and through you. ___________________________________ Watch the full “Keep The Faith” Sermon on the TD Jakes Ministries Youtube page. REGISTER for WE24: womanevolveconference.com Stay plugged into the Woman Evolve community: www.womanevolve.com www.womanevolve.tv download the app from any mobile device’s app store, first 7 days are FREE! Want to support this ministry? Text GIVE to (833) 611-9066 or click here FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIALS: Instagram: Women Evolve and Sarah Jakes Roberts Twitter: Woman Evolve and SJakesRoberts Facebook: Woman Evolve and Sarah Jakes RobertsWoman Evolve TV app!
so God protected you in the car
accident but did you let that change the
way that you see
God and his love towards you that I went
ahead of you that I slowed you down that
I made you late on purpose that I let
the car be damaged but you walk away
unscathed because I
just did you let it change the way that
you see God so when you’re walking in
the unknown territory you don’t act like
you’re brand new in this thing because I
know God is protecting me see when God
protects you sometimes we act like he
did it on accident and he may not do it
again but when you understand the
faithfulness of God you understand that
I performed that Miracle not just so
that you could feel good and go back to
thinking the way you once thought I
perform that Miracle so that it could
change the way that you look at me and
change what you expect from me and
change how you speak about me and change
how you speak about yourself and change
how you speak about your possibilities
the miracle ought to shake some things
up in your life you’re right they
weren’t happy for you you needed that
Miracle to shake some things up in your
life sometimes you don’t know who your
friends are until you see the miracle
sometimes you don’t know what your
potential is until you see the miracle
and some
people don’t allow the
miracle to change your
[Applause]
[Music]
sight
in the Old
Testament they had us beat with
this Whenever there was a miracle in the
Old Testament they marked the spot of
the
miracle abrah said I’m going to call
this place
Gyra because this is the place he
provided how dare you drive by that
intersection that should have taken you
out and not take a minute and say I call
this place protection
cuz this is the place how dare you walk
into that house and not give God a
praise because this is the place that he
provided you got to Mark the Spot some
of you got a little too comfortable with
your Miracles how dare you not look at
that child crazy as they are Wayward as
they are and not remind yourself that I
prayed for this child I asked God to
help me raise this child this thing
started as a
miracle
Isaac said I call this place
Rehobeth for now the Lord has made room
for
us he was looking for a whale and he
couldn’t find a wh and anytime he found
a wh somebody else said that this was my
well but he finally found his spot he
finally found his place and when he
finally found his place he didn’t act
like he had been there I don’t care what
they say on Instagram if you act like
you’ve been there before you crazy you
need to act like I didn’t have no
business being here there was no way I
should be here and so yes I may be crazy
but I’m still thanking God for something
he did 15 years ago I’m still thanking
God somebody told me I wish you would
stop talking about your trauma how dare
I stop talking about my trauma do you
understand that there is no reason why I
should even be whoever it is that I am
but for some reason I went back and
marked that spot that the enemy meant it
for evil but God meant it for good and
you can’t make me dat him cuz he did
something for
[Music]
me he did something for me a long time
ago I know some of you are praying that
God would do something now but can we
take about 5 seconds and thank God for
something he did a long time ago God I
got dreams I got a vision but God let me
thank you for something you did 20 years
ago you saved me 15 years ago you helped
me to keep my
mind don’t let your Miracle get stale
cuz if your Miracle gets stale your
faith will get stale but if you can keep
that Miracle fresh in your mind you have
fresh oil to pull from I want to give
you a minute to breathe some CPR into a
miracle that you let tie on your watch
cuz we got to pull Faith from what he’s
on already done for where he’s calling
us
[Music]
to I thank
you I thank you God I thank you I thank
you that I didn’t lack I thank you that
the rejection wasn’t the end I thank you
God that the divorce wasn’t the end I
thank you that I really do believe that
I’m fearfully and wonderfully man I
thank you for that grandparent I think
yeah I’m mad that you took him God but I
got to be honest that I’m thankful that
you even let me have it God I thank you
that you saved me from the bullet God
I’m thankful that you kept my mind God
I’m thankful I know I look good and
maybe I smell good but don’t let the
smooth taste fool you I remember where I
came
[Music]
from oh God over and over
again we see God say in scripture I am
the god of Abraham Isaac and Jacob why
does he keep saying that because when he
mentions their name he understands that
there was issues connected to their
Journey but because he was their God and
saw them through the other side
sometimes you just need a reminder that
you are not just serving an ordinary
God this is your grandmother’s
God ah
this is your grandmother’s God who got
on knees with
arthritis because she believed in the
power of prayer this ain’t no ordinary
God he didn’t just get here you just got
here but this God was here yesterday he
was here 50 years ago these are our
ancestors God when they was out in the
field saying God I trust you to help me
get through the day and I know I can get
through today because the god that saw
them through
[Applause]
yeah if you don’t
let the miracle change
you then you’ll be begging God for
another
[Applause]
miracle cuz you don’t trust
him God got upset with
Israel because he had done so much in
the
past that they should have had no reason
to doubt
him man are fallen from the sky red sea
split open and we still in this
Wilderness going round and round cuz you
don’t trust
me
yeah can we be
honest somebody on your
row is
struggling to trust God
[Applause]
now with their body with their
family with this stage of their
life the same God
the same God that protected them the
same
God that did it for Abraham Isaac and
Jacob that same
God I don’t know if he could do it for
me and so
now I want God to show up strong again
and again and again and
again instead of asking my faith to
increase
and rise to the level of his
[Applause]
faithfulness I need my
faith to rise to the level of his
faithfulness isn’t
that what got Israel in
trouble their
fear that he would change his mind
mind that maybe he would bring
me this
far and then not take me any further
than
here maybe
my best days are behind
me
settling when God still called you to
Journey
settling When God says I still want to
order your
steps
settling maybe I can’t be no more healed
than this maybe I can’t break maybe I
can’t shift it for my generation maybe
I’m settling into an
identity because it requires too much
Faith to believe that God is working all
things for my
good
Jesus
I think that part of the
reason why God allowed for David to
become
king it’s not cuz he was
perfect it’s not because he knew how to
work a
slingshot God allowed David to become
king Samuel tells us because he was a
man after God’s Own
Heart David knew how to see
God and when couldn’t see him David knew
how to search for
God
oh sometimes we don’t see God cuz we’re
not searching for
him but David knew how to take the time
to search for
God shall I go up he would say before
engaging in battle I got to search for
God so we saying it even when I don’t
see it you’re working and that’s true
but sometimes we don’t see God working
because we’re so busy working things out
our way that we are focused on our hands
instead of his
hands I love Hebrews 11
and6 I think it encapsulates what it
means to be a man after God’s Own Heart
or a one man after God’s Own Heart yes
one man come on now Hebrews 116 it’s not
unfamiliar he says but without faith it
is impossible to please God
for he who comes to God must believe
that he is and that he is a rewarder of
those who diligently seek Him seek him
that’s
eyes that’s what I’m searching
for how that word in the Greek it means
to search
out and we get upset and we say things
like the enemy is after my
finances the enemy is after after my
marriage he’s after my business he’s
after my confidence I want to propose
something to you maybe the only thing
the enemy is really after is your
sight because if he can change what
you’re looking
at if he can change what you’re
searching for then everything else will
just happen on its own because whatever
you get attention give attention to is
what is magnified in your life that’s
why P says come on and magnify the Lord
with me that means we got to shift our
focus and magnify the Lord with me
because if I’m not magnifying the Lord
whatever I am giving attention to is
what I am magnifying so you wonder why
you keep experiencing rejection after
rejection are you experiencing it or are
you searching out for it are you
experiencing pain after pain or are you
searching out for it because wherever
you set your eyes you’re going to
experience magnification and so
sometimes the only way that you can
begin to restore your faith is if you
restore your
sight I got to start searching for God
that’s what I started doing a few weeks
ago I was searching for this thing and
searching for that thing and I was
trying to figure this out and trying to
come up with the strategy and I said you
know what I’m going to do I’m going just
start searching for God God if you show
up in any way at all today I don’t care
if it’s somebody who said girl I like
your dress I’m going to say God I’m
fearfully and wonderfully made cuz I am
so desperate to see God show up in my
life that I am willing to move through
the mess and the M of what is happening
in my world so that I can lay hold of I
know that thing came from God I hear God
saying seek and you’ll find me if you
start searching for me I don’t care how
dark it is I don’t care how obscure your
situation is if you start searching I’m
going to show up 2 Chronicles tells us
that when his people were in a situation
he said you don’t have to worry about
how you can get out of this there is one
solution If my people who are called by
my name will humble themselves and seek
my face if you would stop seeking
everything else and take a minute to
seek my face if they turn from their
Wicked Ways and seek my face I’m going
to show up not because they were so
perfect but because they started
searching for me in the midst of it all
God if you’re here I want you to know
that I’m searching somebody’s going to
go home searching for God somebody’s
going to go to the job instead of
searching for someone to piss you off
searching for some if they say one thing
to me I’mma go off on here I’m going
start searching for God matter of fact
I’m going bring God into the midst so
when someone starts searching for God
they’ll run into me I know you thought
that was going to get under my feathers
but I got a refill of the Holy Ghost and
so now when you start searching for me
you actually ran into to God I want to
be so hidden in Christ that when he is
raised up I’m raised up too
yeah I hear God saying somebody’s
searching for God they don’t realize
that they’re actually searching for you
somebody’s searching for God but what
they’re really searching for is for the
god in you to stand up and become a
light in the dark world and God says as
long as everybody’s searching and
nobody’s becoming then we’re going to
end up in this secular situation where
nobody can get hope but all it takes is
one person who is willing to say you
know what I found God and I won’t keep
it to myself so I’m going to throw
everything that God has given me in the
circle of my influence so that when
anybody is searching for
God they don’t have to search hard how
God’s going to do it in the marriage I
hear God saying start searching for them
in the marriage how God’s going to do it
in the business is when somebody starts
searching not for more of the same
damage not for more of the same pain not
for More Money More zeros more contracts
more
followers seek you first the
kingdom he God
saying this has been a terrifying year
and we ain’t even out of January
yet but the enemy is after your
focus the enemy is after your attention
the enemy is after your sight in Genesis
three she didn’t eat from the fruit
until she saw that the fruit was
appealing to the eyes it tells us that
when the enemy got her eyes the woman
saw that the tree was good for food she
saw it with her eyes the enemy was after
her focus and
attention I saw that the tree was good
for food that that was pleasant to the
eyes and then she partook of it because
the enemy wants your
attention
keep waiting on him to mess
up wait this ain’t going to work out
either he’s got your
attention and I hear God saying the only
way we make it to the other
side of this
obstacle is not by strategizing on how
to attack our
enemy it’s asking God to restore our
focus on
him because if he restores our focus on
him it’ll build our
faith maybe what you really need is
something different to look
at maybe what you really need is a
miracle oh God help
me Jesus performs all these
Miracles and yet only a few of them are
documented and yet the multitudes were
drawn towards him because you don’t
necess necessarily need a miracle to
happen to you for a miracle to change
you sometimes all you need is the
exposure of a
miracle to help you build your faith for
what God can do in your
life