It Ain't Over Yet
Steve Wagers
2 Corinthians 4:8, Habakkuk 3:18, Job 13:15
It was a cold, rainy April day in Chicago. I sat on the 3rd base line in the Wrigley Field seats, with 4 layers of clothing, 2 pair of gloves and a toboggan, watching the Cubs/Braves. By the 5th inning, the Cubs were getting hammered 9-1. We had to leave to get ready for the revival service that night, and we knew the game was over any way.
By the time I finished getting ready in my hotel room, the game was tied at 13-13. When I got in the car to head to service, the Cubs had come back to win, in 10 innings, 14-13.
Yogi Berra: ''IT AIN'T OVER 'TIL IT'S OVER!''
Many scenes, stories, situations in the Word of God where it appeared to be over.
Joseph - Pit to Prison
Moses - Red Sea
Esther - Before the King
Hebrew children - In the fiery furnace
Daniel - In the lion's den
Jesus - In the tomb
Yet, as we read these stories, we're reminded that IT'S NOT OVER 'TIL GOD SAYS IT'S OVER! Don't give up, give out, or give in, because It Ain't Over YET!
1) When SURROUNDED by DIFFICULTY
(2 Corinthians 4:8)
A) The PROBLEMS He FACED (8-9)
Paul's ministry was marked by persecution, pain, problems.
Paul knew what it was to be FORSAKEN/FORGOTTEN
He was beaten, stripped, left for dead, shipwrecked, thrown in prison, and ultimately beheaded for preaching the Gospel.
Tertullian: ''The blood of martyrs is the seed of the church.''
According to the World Evangelical Encyclopedia, since of the death of Christ, 43 million Christians have become martyrs by giving their lives for the cause of Christ. More than half of those deaths occurred in the last century. More than 200 million believers, over half of them children, face persecution on a daily basis. Every day, more than 300 ...
Steve Wagers
2 Corinthians 4:8, Habakkuk 3:18, Job 13:15
It was a cold, rainy April day in Chicago. I sat on the 3rd base line in the Wrigley Field seats, with 4 layers of clothing, 2 pair of gloves and a toboggan, watching the Cubs/Braves. By the 5th inning, the Cubs were getting hammered 9-1. We had to leave to get ready for the revival service that night, and we knew the game was over any way.
By the time I finished getting ready in my hotel room, the game was tied at 13-13. When I got in the car to head to service, the Cubs had come back to win, in 10 innings, 14-13.
Yogi Berra: ''IT AIN'T OVER 'TIL IT'S OVER!''
Many scenes, stories, situations in the Word of God where it appeared to be over.
Joseph - Pit to Prison
Moses - Red Sea
Esther - Before the King
Hebrew children - In the fiery furnace
Daniel - In the lion's den
Jesus - In the tomb
Yet, as we read these stories, we're reminded that IT'S NOT OVER 'TIL GOD SAYS IT'S OVER! Don't give up, give out, or give in, because It Ain't Over YET!
1) When SURROUNDED by DIFFICULTY
(2 Corinthians 4:8)
A) The PROBLEMS He FACED (8-9)
Paul's ministry was marked by persecution, pain, problems.
Paul knew what it was to be FORSAKEN/FORGOTTEN
He was beaten, stripped, left for dead, shipwrecked, thrown in prison, and ultimately beheaded for preaching the Gospel.
Tertullian: ''The blood of martyrs is the seed of the church.''
According to the World Evangelical Encyclopedia, since of the death of Christ, 43 million Christians have become martyrs by giving their lives for the cause of Christ. More than half of those deaths occurred in the last century. More than 200 million believers, over half of them children, face persecution on a daily basis. Every day, more than 300 ...
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