Forgive - Forget & Press On

Have you ever suffered defeat and disappointment?  Who hasn't?  I'd like to share a powerful scripture with you that is loaded with hope.  2 Corinthians 4:7-14 says:   "7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 8 We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed —  10 always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death is working in us, but life in you. 13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak, 14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you."NKJV

Have you ever been:

• Hard pressed?  It  means you are between a rock and a hard place. You don't feel like you have any where to turn.
  
• Perplexed?  This means you are in doubt, embarrassed, overcome with uncertainty through betrayal or failure.
• Persecuted?  This means people are out to destroy you.
• Struck down?  This means people are trying to kill you.

Well you are in good company!  So was Jesus and thankfully He is the God of resurrection. 

Forgive - Forget & Press On
This morning the Lord gave and Brenda a word of restoration and hope Christ the King Shine Church.  We took a look at some of the great leaders in history (Washington, Lincoln, Churchill and Jesus) and saw how rejection, defeat and failure forged their character such that they were prepared to be God's answer for the nations.  

Washington teaches us a powerful lesson in Valley Forge.  He retreated there on the verge of total defeat and failure.  It was in the midst of his darkest hour than he retreated, rested, restored, re-trained, re-supplied, reformed, and then redeployed.  The key to start that process is to forgive, forget and press on.

Thankfully God sent Jesus with an anointing to comfort, console, heal, bind up broken hearts and to equip those who would be repairers of the breach and restorer of cities to dwell in.  He has given us the "oil of joy" (healing ointment) for mourning and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness (that dark cloud of depression that descends upon you).    

Want to be encouraged and ministered to?  Click the MP3 below and discover what God said through His word!

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