Daily Devotional | A Great Turnaround

[Music] hallelujah to the lamb i'm pastor jeffrey a johnson senior i'm the senior pastor of the eastern star church in indianapolis and fishers indiana with a word of inspiration to you today from the gospel of john chapter 16 verse 33 this is jesus christ our savior speaking to us listen to what he says these things i have spoken to you that in me you may have peace in the world you will have tribulation but be of good cheer i have overcome the world it was in january 2007 somebody offered me a ticket to the afc championship game against the new england patriots and the indianapolis colts home game indianapolis coats great tickets too and it was 50 yard line in the suites and it had all the food you could want all the beverages you could want it was it was great and it didn't cost me anything i was so excited to get to go sitting up here watching two hall of famers go at it yet again peyton manning tom brady and then in the first half things look so bad you got to understand i'm a big indianapolis colts fan that's when tony dungy was the coach of the team this is our chance if we win this game we get to go to the super bowl and in the first half new england came out playing so hard they were ahead 21-3 at the end of the first half it was going so horrific for the colts i wanted to leave i'm such a big fan i couldn't stand to see them being defeated like this they couldn't move the ball they couldn't get to the goal i wanted to leave the only reason i didn't leave is because somebody gave me the ticket at the 50-yard line in the suites with all of this food all of these reasons i said i can't lead i can't do that and i'm so glad that i stayed because in the second half the indianapolis colts came out playing so well they scored 35 points in the second half won the game it was one of the greatest turnarounds in nfl playoff history and i almost missed it because i left getting ready to leave because i thought it was over before it was over and i hung on in there and saw a great turnaround take place and the victory go to my team and take them to the next level here's why i want to tell you that story because sometimes it looks like it looks like we're being defeated social injustice the racism the unemployment the pandemic the sickness it looks like we're being defeated it looks like we're being overwhelmed and overcome looks like there's no way we're going to get this victory but i want to tell you don't give up don't throw in the towel don't hold up the white flag or surrender it's not over until it's over because we serve a god that offers great comebacks and great turnarounds matter of fact jesus said you will have tribulation you will have trouble you will have trials but be of good cheer i've already overcome the word the victory is already ours god can and will turn it around in your life let us pray lord thank you for your love for us and thank you for the truth of your word that even when life is hard and difficult painful that we're not giving up because we know we already have the victory in christ jesus [Music] amen you

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Keywords: nfl championship, faith in god, turnaround, underdogs, payton manning, tom brady, blessings

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Length: 3min 48sec (228 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 16 2020