From Setbacks to Comebacks: Your Life's Great Unveiling! | John Giftah | Inspirational Christian Sermon

0:01 Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world is a crazy place and it just seems to get crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and take a break. This is Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. We're a hub for inspirational Christian sermons, practical keys for Christian living, and Christian discussions and interviews. You'll be inspired to live the life that you were created for. Your host is a top ranking podcaster, best selling author, world record holder, aerospace engineer, life coach, evangelist and founder of John Gifta International.

0:43 Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. Hello everyone, It's wonderful for me to be here back on the Fuel for the Soul with John gift Up podcast after a gap of almost four weeks after I completed a thousand episodes of the podcast. It's been a refreshing journey for me where I just wanted to take some time off and just spend time in the presence of the Lord and just asking for direction and just moving as for the flow of the Holy Spirit, because you see, sometimes you need that break. You know.

1:20 I'll maybe talking about this in future episodes as well, but one of the things I want to talk to you today is that, you know, when we think about our own life, sometimes we look at our life and say, John, you know, I'm not seeing anything great happening, anything good happening. I've gone through a lot of unfair things. Maybe growing up you didn't have a good childhood. Maybe you had some experience that most people in the world would not have gone through. Maybe you grew up, you know, in a dysfunctional home, or you went through some unfair incidents happening, or an experience like maybe you know, a calamity or a natural tragedy, or maybe a thorist attacker thing that you went through.

2:00 And you're saying, John, you know what my start of my life it is hasn't been good. You know, there are so many hurdles and so many things that push me under. And you know, I can't expect anything good coming out of my life, John, I don't see a bright future. But no, I want to share this with you guys today because I believe this is such a powerful word. Even as we're in this Christmas season and we're moving towards, you know, remembering the day when Jesus was born for the salvation of mankind.

2:31 I want to share something with you. You know, we all know one thing when we think about the word Bethlehem. What comes to your mind the fact that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Right. If you see Matthew Chapter two was one it says Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea. Right, So there's there's no doubt about it. Jesus, the sacred of the world was born in Bethlehem. When you see in the scripture the first time the word Bethlehem is mentioned, the first mention of the place of Bethlehem was actually in Genesis thirty five, verse nineteen, where Rachel died and was buried in Bethlehem.

3:09 Okay, Rachel died and she was buried in Bethlehem. See the first time Bethlehem mentioned, The first time Bethlehem is introduced to us in the scripture is having a negative notation and notation to it. It's a moment when somebody died. It's a moment of tragedy. It's a moment of you know, something unfair. It's a moment of you know, deep sorrow and grief. And here you see that the very place that is known for grief, that is known for something bad, that is known for something that you don't want to speak about.

3:43 A loss of a loud one is the place where you see something beautiful coming out. You see the savior of the world coming into the world. Think about this. The very place of grief turns out to the place where the man who is going to carry all our grief is going to be born. The very place of sorrow is the place where the man who's going to be called the Man of sorrows because he's going to carry the sins of the whole world, is going to be born. Think about this today, that your life today as a whole, may seem like it's in a very bad shape.

4:19 You're saying, John, my beginning has been bad, has been hard. But I want to challenge each one of you under the sound of my voice, that this is your day, this is your moment, This is your time for you to say, you know what, I'm not going to let this stop me. I'm not going to let this keep me hunder. I'm going to choose to depend on God, choose to look up to the Lord, because I believe that God is going to bring beauty off of these ashes. I believe that God is going to turn the tables around. I believe that what the enemy meant for harm, God is going to turn it for good.

4:52 If you believe I believe in the name of Jesus Christ, that you will receive what the Lord has in store for you. In Jesus Name God. You've been listening to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta, we hope you were blessed and inspired to live the life that God has for you. Make sure to subscribe to the John Gifta YouTube channel for regular uploads of sermons, skits, interviews and more. Follow John Gifta on Instagram for regular inspirational posts, and don't forget to check out the best selling books written by John Gifta, Who Am I which will help you understand your identity and the latest number one best seller Unveil your Purpose, helping you discover your purpose and to start walking in it.

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