Restarting the Podcast + Year of Turnaround | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

0:01 Speaker 1: Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world

0:05 Speaker 1: is a crazy place and it just seems to get

0:08 Speaker 1: crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and take a break.

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0:41 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John GIFTA.

0:49 Speaker 2: Hello everyone, It's wonderful to be here back on the

0:52 Speaker 2: Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta podcast after a

0:55 Speaker 2: pretty long time and be able to resume this podcast. Uh,

0:59 Speaker 2: the we used to be. We used to record sermons

1:03 Speaker 2: and also have some nice Christian interviews and things like that,

1:09 Speaker 2: with over a thousand episodes in the first season, and

1:12 Speaker 2: then we faced a lot of technical challenges for the

1:15 Speaker 2: past almost a year, so I had to try out

1:19 Speaker 2: different things and then finally here I am, and I'm

1:22 Speaker 2: so excited to be here back, and I pray that

1:25 Speaker 2: you will journey with me through this podcast, and I

1:28 Speaker 2: pray that it will continue to be a blessing to

1:31 Speaker 2: you and your family as you continue to be led

1:35 Speaker 2: by the Word of God. As I'm led to share

1:37 Speaker 2: these things. To just sum it up, I want to

1:41 Speaker 2: just start by wishing you and your family very blessed

1:45 Speaker 2: and meaningful twenty twenty five. And I pray that the

1:48 Speaker 2: Lord will continue to lead you, direct your steps and

1:52 Speaker 2: take you to the new levels of the destiny that

1:55 Speaker 2: He has planned for your life. And when I was

2:00 Speaker 2: praying about this year, the word that the Lord put

2:03 Speaker 2: in my spirit was that it's going to be the

2:05 Speaker 2: hear of turnarounds. I just want to let you know

2:09 Speaker 2: this is not just an ordinary word, but this is

2:12 Speaker 2: something I believe it is so powerful because a lot

2:16 Speaker 2: of us are going through seasons. Maybe you may be

2:19 Speaker 2: facing areas in your life where the situation is so bad.

2:23 Speaker 2: Maybe you're praying for a turnaround, a breakthrough, a miracle.

2:27 Speaker 2: You're saying, you know what, situation is just not turning around.

2:31 Speaker 2: Maybe some unanswered prayers in some areas. Maybe you want

2:35 Speaker 2: to see a family member get saved. Do you want

2:37 Speaker 2: to see your ministry or your business to take off.

2:40 Speaker 2: You've been waiting for your dreams to take root, or

2:44 Speaker 2: for the right connections, the right people to step into

2:46 Speaker 2: your life. And you're saying, no matter what I do,

2:49 Speaker 2: things seem to be going under. You may be praying

2:52 Speaker 2: and believing and waiting on the Lord for a long

2:54 Speaker 2: period of time. Maybe you're praying for days, weeks, months,

2:58 Speaker 2: or even kids for that matter. But I want to

3:01 Speaker 2: just challenge you that you know God has not forgotten you.

3:05 Speaker 2: God is faithful to his promises. God is faithful to

3:08 Speaker 2: his word. And that's the assurance that you and I

3:10 Speaker 2: can bank upon as we step into this new year.

3:13 Speaker 2: You know the confidence that, yes, my God is faithful

3:17 Speaker 2: every word that he has promised. People might have let

3:19 Speaker 2: you down. People might have disappointed you. People's words might

3:23 Speaker 2: have just gone down the drain. But I want to

3:25 Speaker 2: tell you that God's word will never ever fail. He

3:29 Speaker 2: is faithful to his word. He is faithful to his promises.

3:32 Speaker 2: He said in his word, you know, heaven and doubt

3:34 Speaker 2: will fade away, but my word will remain forever. That's

3:37 Speaker 2: the assurance that you and I can carry that. You

3:40 Speaker 2: know what, if He has promised good plans for your life,

3:43 Speaker 2: he will make those good plans to come to pass

3:45 Speaker 2: in your life. If He has promised that he will

3:48 Speaker 2: show up in answer your prayers, he will definitely answer

3:52 Speaker 2: your prayers. He will definitely meet your needs. He will

3:55 Speaker 2: definitely bring the right person across your path. He will

3:58 Speaker 2: definitely make sure that you know every vision he has

4:02 Speaker 2: shown you, every dream he deposited within you. He is

4:06 Speaker 2: faithful to guard the word and to fulfill the promise.

4:10 Speaker 2: That's the assurance I want to give you. And I

4:12 Speaker 2: just want to let you know that God knows how

4:15 Speaker 2: to turn things around. God knows how to turn the

4:18 Speaker 2: tables around. He knows how to shoot people across. The

4:20 Speaker 2: other day, I was just going through a hilly pathway.

4:26 Speaker 2: You know, it was like the God section, and you

4:29 Speaker 2: know we had to go in a certain direction, but

4:33 Speaker 2: the road was laid in such a way was it

4:35 Speaker 2: was like it was going in the opposite direction. But

4:39 Speaker 2: what happened was at one point there was an appen

4:42 Speaker 2: bend and the direction today turned around completely. Now that's

4:47 Speaker 2: the word I want to give you, guys, that you

4:49 Speaker 2: know your life may go in just the opposite direction

4:51 Speaker 2: of what you expect, what you believe, what you've been

4:54 Speaker 2: praying for. But God knows how to bring the turn

4:57 Speaker 2: around in your life today. That's the assurance of to

5:00 Speaker 2: leave with you that even if your life seems like

5:03 Speaker 2: nothing is changing, he knows how to turn the tables around.

5:06 Speaker 2: He knows how to shoot people across, he knows how

5:08 Speaker 2: to connect the dots. In fact, in the scripture you

5:11 Speaker 2: can talk about so many examples. When it's Joseph, his

5:15 Speaker 2: life was always in the negative. He saw so many

5:17 Speaker 2: negative things happen. His whole family did not believe in him.

5:21 Speaker 2: His brothers where against him. They were going to the

5:26 Speaker 2: extent of selling him as a slave to a foreign nation. Eventually,

5:30 Speaker 2: in becoming a slave, he is wrongly accused, he's put

5:33 Speaker 2: in prison, and he's forgotten, and he goes through so

5:37 Speaker 2: much of negativity. But in spite of all of that,

5:39 Speaker 2: there was a turnaround in his life. Eventually from mediocrity,

5:43 Speaker 2: God hi staff taking him to the second highest position

5:46 Speaker 2: in the most population in the world of that time,

5:48 Speaker 2: in name Egypt. Or when you think about the moment

5:51 Speaker 2: when God was silent for a long period of time,

5:53 Speaker 2: the silent ages between the Old Testament and the New Testament,

5:58 Speaker 2: and nothing seemed to be happening, But what happened? Suddenly

6:01 Speaker 2: the angel appears, Angel Gabriel appears and gives the word

6:07 Speaker 2: to Zakari and there is a bit initially and then

6:09 Speaker 2: to Mary. Yes the thing right, Like when you think

6:12 Speaker 2: about the way God led for Zacharai and Elizabeth to

6:16 Speaker 2: get John and then eventually to become the Forea and

6:19 Speaker 2: for Christ, here's the reason, you know, here's the thing.

6:22 Speaker 2: You know, even if your life seems like nothing is happening,

6:25 Speaker 2: nothing is turning around. God knows how to turn that

6:28 Speaker 2: He was around. You know, he knows how to shift

6:30 Speaker 2: people across, he knows how to connect the dots, he

6:33 Speaker 2: knows how to make away with there seems to be

6:35 Speaker 2: no way even if your situation seems impossible, like with

6:38 Speaker 2: the case of Zacharai and Elizabeth, they were too old,

6:41 Speaker 2: but God made it impossible in their life. And when

6:44 Speaker 2: you think about Abraham, he was too old, but he

6:47 Speaker 2: was faithful to the promise that God had given him.

6:49 Speaker 2: So that's the word. I want to challenge you guys

6:52 Speaker 2: today that you know every word that God has given you,

6:56 Speaker 2: every promise he has given you, every vision, he has

6:59 Speaker 2: shown you, every day dream he deposited within you. He

7:02 Speaker 2: knows how to turn the tables around, should people across

7:05 Speaker 2: connect the dots and take you to your final destination.

7:08 Speaker 2: So as we step into the new year, I want

7:10 Speaker 2: you to have this assurance that we serve a God

7:13 Speaker 2: of turnarounds and He's definitely going to turn things around

7:16 Speaker 2: in your life. So I pray and continue to wish

7:19 Speaker 2: you and your family are very blessed. Twenty twenty five.

7:21 Speaker 2: Stay plugged in, and I pray that these episodes and

7:25 Speaker 2: sermons and the word that the Lord is putting in

7:28 Speaker 2: my heart to share with you guys will be a

7:30 Speaker 2: blessing to you and your family. God bless you.

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