Romans 5:3 said and not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation, produce perseverance and perseverance, character and character, hope, see what the storm does, ladies and gentlemen, it empowers you.
It strengthens you.
That's what the storm does when you go through a storm.
When you come through that kind of experience and able to reclaim your life, you come back with a certain kind of power and you will never be the same again after that experience.
There are certain things when you go through those things.
You come up a different kind of person, different spirit, different power, different energy.
It helps you to build character.
Don't ever say when you're going through some rough time.
I'm going through a really bad tragic time. No.
I'm going through a character-building experience.
So how do you handle it when you're in the storm?
Jesus said ‘Peace be still’ when you're going through the storm.
He wasn't just talking to the wind.
He was talking to you, and he was talking to me.
He was telling our hearts to be still and know that all is well regardless of what's going on.
You got to have the faith to judge not according to appearances.
You got to have the faith…
I want to talk to you about going through tough times.
As you begin to look at and face the reality that tough times don't last always…that they have come to pass, they didn't come to stay.
But during the time when you in the midst of them, it seems like it's going on forever.
And let me share with you what's most important in making it during those particular times.
Number one, you have to get grounded.
It's very important that you find ways to ground yourself.
Bishop TD Jakes said, if you've got a problem that man or money can solve, you don't have a problem.
And as I begin to look back and see how I made it through that stormy period in my life, that I had to begin to first of all, I had to get a grip I had to get grounded.
I had to find ways in which I could dislocate myself from what I was engaged in in terms of the things I was worrying about.
See you next week.
