Rev. Josh Maples- “Don't Bury It Yet”

has been all-sufficient , he's been all I ever needed . Amen . I'm thankful for that tonight , ain't you Amen ? Ain't you glad that we serve a God ? You know a lot of people in this community . There's a heavy Asian culture in this community , a lot of false idols , and you know a lot of these yards around here .

You see them building these shrineries , these shrines to their false gods . Amen , these little idols that they have to take care of , that they have to amen . They have to carry around with them these idols that they have to amen , make preparations for , to put up to Amen . But how many is thankful that they serve a God that they don't have to carry around .

But we serve a God that can carry us Amen . And a God that is able , amen , to do exceedingly and abundantly all that we could ask or think . Ain't you glad that we serve a God that , no matter what we go through , no matter what the troubles of life , no matter how bad it may seem . Amen , ain't you glad that we serve a God that is more than able ?

I said he's more than able , amen . And you may have come into this house tonight , amen , burdened down with weights and things going on in your life , but I'm here to tell you tonight , amen , that God is able to speak life to that situation in your life .

Amen , you may feel like it's insurmountable , like it's not going to come to fruition , like it may be dead , there may not be any hope , but I'm here to to tell you tonight there's one that can walk on the scene , amen . I feel his spirit here tonight and he's here , and he's here to speak life to your situation .

That you can walk out of these doors and leave differently than the way that you came . Amen , do you believe that tonight I said , do you believe that tonight , a lot of times that we put we put handcuffs on the Lord , all because we're doubtful of our unbelief .

But I pray tonight that that doubt and that unbelief will be driven out of here tonight and that some soul tonight needs help . Amen , something that you're going through that you , amen , will leave out of those doors differently than the way you came . Amen , that's what I intended to come for .

You know , I don't go to Golden Corral and Brother Frankie and just pay my money and go sit at the table , brother Nelson , and just sit there and look at an empty plate , never pick

up the utensils , never order anything to drink , and just get up after sitting there for a little while after watching everybody eat . I just get up and go there for a little while after watching everybody eat . I just get up and go out to my vehicle and leave . No , when I go , I go to get something to eat , I go to get my stomach full . Amen .

And that's the same way it is here tonight . Amen . I come to church not to see what everybody else is doing , not to see whatever , how everybody else is acting , but I come to church to get my soul filled . Amen , it's me , lord . Amen , not my brother , not my sister , but it's me , oh Lord , standing in the need of prayer . Amen , I've got to have him .

I don't know about you , amen , but there's things in life that we go through , amen , and we've got to have him in the presence of the Lord to move on our behalf . Amen . I feel like that's what the Lord wants to do here tonight . I'm not going to hold you very long .

I pray that you won't quit on me , Amen , that spirit that we've been feeling here tonight . I pray that you would keep that intensity , amen , and that we would have a service , an altar service , like we've never experienced . Amen , that we could say I walked out of those doors differently than the way I came .

You believe that can happen tonight , amen , you believe that can happen tonight , and I know exactly that is exactly what the Lord has need for us tonight . That's his desire for us tonight . Amen , for us to get exactly . Amen , what we came for . Amen . If you have your Bibles , I'd like for you to turn to the book of St John , chapter 11 .

We're fixing to draw out of an old well this is a very familiar scripture , amen , but out of this old well , I pray that we draw a fresh drink of water , that it may be refreshing to a dry and thirsty soul here tonight . Amen , st John , chapter 11, . As you're turning there , I'd like to say I appreciate our pastor , amen , and his wife , amen .

They're going to Houston . I appreciate them trusting us and trusting us with the pulpit . Amen , to preach to our people . You know I do not take it lightly . Nor do I believe with all of my heart , nor do any of these other men of God that stand in the pastor's stead when he's gone .

Amen , you are my people and there's nothing more that I want to see happen than for the Lord to give you exactly what you need . Amen . You're my family , a lot of you . I'm around you more than I am my own flesh and blood . Family , amen . And I know there's needs in this house .

It doesn't take a prophet to know that , that there's people walking in some dry places , there's people walking through some circumstances , amen . And they need the Lord to move on their behalf .

Well , I feel like the Lord has laid this on my heart tonight and I believe the Lord is wanting to speak life into some situations and into some circumstances , into some lives tonight , if you'll get your heart engaged in this With me . There's untelling what it's untelling what the Lord is going to do for us , amen .

I don't have much here tonight , just a little simple thought . Amen . But this is what I felt the lord impressed on my heart to bring to us amen . John , chapter 11 . We're going to begin reading at verse 1 just to set the narrative . Amen everybody . If you're an avid bible reader , you probably know the story . We're going to read some of it .

We're not going to read some of it . We're not going to read all of it , but we're going to try to set the narrative here to build off of Amen , let's have an altar here tonight . What do you say ? Amen , let's get what the Lord has for us .

The Bible said in John , chapter 11 , now , a certain man was sick , named Lazarus , of Bethany , the town of Mary , and her sister , martha . And it was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair , whose brother , lazarus , was sick . Therefore , his sister sent unto him saying Lord , behold , he whom thou lovest is sick .

And when Jesus heard that , he said this sickness is not unto death . Oh , don't you like that right there . This sickness is not unto death , but don't you like that right there . This sickness is not unto death , but for the glory of God , that the son of God May be glorified thereby . Now , jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus .

But notice this now , when he had heard , therefore , that he was sick , he abode two days still in the same place when he was . Then , after that , he saith to his disciples Let us go into Judea again . His disciples say unto him Master , the Jews of late sought to stone thee and goest thou thither again .

And Jesus answered Are there not twelve hours in the day ? If any man walk in the day , he stumbleth , not because he seeth the light of this world , but if a man walk in the night , he stumbleth because there is no light In him .

These things said he , and after that he saith Unto them our friend Lazarus Sleepeth , but I go that I may awake him Out of sleep . Then said his disciples Lord , if he sleep , he shall do well . Howbeit , jesus spake of his death , but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest and sleep . Then Jesus said unto them plainly Lazarus is dead .

Skip down to verse 17 . Then , when Jesus came , he found that he had lain in a grave four days already . Skip down to verse 21 . Then said Martha unto Jesus Lord , if thou hadst been here , my brother had not died . But I know that even now , whatsoever thou wilt ask of God , god will give it thee . And Jesus said unto her Thy brother shall rise again .

Amen . I'm not going to read anymore . We're going to cover it here in just a few minutes as we get into the message , but just for a minute . This is what I felt before you're seated . I'd like for you to pray one more time . This is what I felt and pressed to the Lord to bring to you tonight Amen .

Somebody's facing a situation , as I've already said , that there is death . Amen , in that situation , it shows no life . It seems like it's hopeless . It's dry . Amen , it seems like it's never going to change .

But this is what the Lord impressed on my heart To tell the people at the lighthouse tonight , and this is the thought I want to bring to you tonight , just for a few minutes , simply . I want to talk to you simply on . Don't bury it yet . Amen , don't bury it yet . If you would pray one more time , father , we love you .

We thank you for your goodness and your mercy . God , I know my inadequacy . God , I feel where I'm at . Lord , behind this sacred desk . God , these precious people , lord , needing a word from the Lord , I pray , father , you would give me exactly what you would have me to say Nothing more , nothing less . Father , help me , then to get out of the way .

Give me wisdom , god , to get out of the way and allow you to do what you would have amen to do in this service tonight . Father , I know where I'm at . I pray you would bridge the inadequacy , bridge the gap to where you would have me to be . I pray the anointing of the Holy Ghost would come down , god , and transform me into a preacher of the gospel .

Lord , I pray you would touch each and every heart and every life . God , I pray you would breathe life . I pray you would breathe life into every situation and every circumstance that looks bleak . Could you put your heart into it tonight ? Are you going through it tonight , lord ? Would you breathe life into each and every heart ?

I pray you would visit every crack and crevice of every soul , god , and breathe life today . I said breathe life today , lord , that your people may leave

out of here , amen , differently than what they came . God , and breathe life today . I said breathe life today , lord , that your people may leave out of here , amen , differently than what they came . God , I pray that you would meet us in this altar tonight and we'll give you all the thanks and the glory .

God , we're looking forward to what you're going to do , god . We have an expectation of what you're going to do , lord . We're looking to you , god , the author and the finisher of our faith . We need you tonight , jesus , to come on the scene and to speak light to our situation . Amen and amen .

I appreciate you and I thank you for standing for the reading of the word of God . Amen . I pray that you'll help us here tonight . Amen . We're going to be pushing towards an altar . I'm going to get out of the way here as soon as I feel like the Lord is done with me . Amen . But how many have dreams and ambitions ?

Amen , to be more or to have more in life ? Amen , but nothing seems to go right . Amen . And just look around in the day and the hour in which we live , amen . It seems like everything that can and will go wrong has gone wrong . Amen , it's just life .

It seems like a lot of times it comes along , amen , and it dots us down and it kicks the wind out of us , it takes the wind out of ourselves . Amen . As the old saying goes , everything , amen . Everything that could go wrong , amen has gone wrong . Amen , it went wrong and life has left us empty On the bottom .

Looking up From our backs , looking up From the bottom , no more desires to be had , no more dreams to be had , those things that we once held dear , those things that we once prayed for Amen , those things that we once prayed for Amen , those things that we once prayed for God to move on that situation .

It seems like the devil has snuffed out that desire that it's ever going to come to fruition , amen . But I come tonight to tell somebody , amen , not to bury it . Yet I said don't bury it yet , amen . Your life may feel like amen , it's empty , amen . Your life may feel like Amen , it's empty , amen , and there's no purpose in living .

You may have been walking through dry times and in dry places , amen . But I'm here to tell you tonight that there is a one Amen that's come into this place tonight and he wants to speak , live Into your situation . He wants to speak , live Into your circumstance . I said he wants to do what you thought would be impossible . He wants to do it for you tonight .

Can you say amen , amen . Life , it feels like , is just a few shovelfuls of dirt away from having your very dreams and your very dreams and your very desires buried six feet under , never more to be remembered , never to come out , never to come into fruition , amen . That's where this Mary and Martha found themselves .

They found themselves in a dreadful mess , much like you and I find ourselves so often in life . Amen , their brother was sick and they had done all that they could do . No doubt they exhausted every element they could , every aspect they could . They had done all they could , brother Brandon . They had spent all their money . They had seen every doctor .

They got a second opinion and a third opinion , amen , no doubt they did what they could , amen . And yet here they are . Amen , the master supposedly loves them and they love the master . Oh , but you see , here in the word of God , they've done all they could and yet the master still has not come and visited their situation .

You see , in verse 6 , the Bible said that when he had heard , therefore , that he was sick , he abode Two days still In the same place when he was . God , what are you doing ? I thought that you loved me , lord . I thought that you cared about where I was . I thought that you seen the Lord . I thought that you cared about where I was .

I thought that you seen the situation that I've been going through and , Lord , you still Haven't come on the scene . I'm here to tell you tonight , brother and sister , amen , that may be where you're at In your life today , amen , at the end of your rope , feeling all alone , like there's no hope , like it's never going to change . God , where are you ?

The heavens are shut up as brass , amen . And it feels like your prayers , amen . They don't make it past the ceiling . And you've been walking through this trial and you've been walking through this circumstance and , lord , where are you ? Are you ? You know , brother and sister , amen . I don't understand Everything there is in this , in this story .

We'll never understand Everything about God and why he does things the way he does them . Amen . In our finite mind , we have an idea of the way we think that things ought to go and often times , brother Gerald , more times than not , amen . That's not the way we think that things ought to go and often times , brother Gerald , more times than not , amen .

That's not the way that God sees it . That's not the way that God does it . God works off of his own plan and God works off of his own time . And though I may not be able to understand it , what he's doing , amen . But I'll understand it better by and by . I said I'll understand it better by and by . I said I'll understand it better by and by .

But I'm here to tell you tonight , brother and sister , sometimes God will wait To move in your situation Until he is the only Explanation as in to how it happened . Amen to God . Don't want to share his glory . I said God doesn't want to share his glory . I said God doesn't want to share his glory , amen . I'm thankful for the doctors .

I'm thankful for those Amen in the world that can help us in our situations , amen . But I'm here to tell you tonight , amen . Sometimes God will wait . Amen . When the doctor can't help you , when the lawyer can't help you , god will wait till you get into a place To where there's no other explanation how it happened . But God , I'm reminded .

In my mind , in my mind's eye , I can see I was probably a little bit younger than my boy , amen , being in my living room there at the house I live in now .

I grew up in and I remember seeing my grandpa pray for his daddy , which would be my grandpa we called him Big Paw Paw It'd be Sister Tammy's grandpa Amen , ate up with cancer tumors all up and down his spine and he began to talk to my grandfather on the phone . And I remember ,

in this living room room amen . I could see it vividly in my mind as my grandpa began to talk on the phone to his daddy and his daddy began to tell him of the grim diagnosis , amen , that he received . They told him Mr Maples , you've got tumors all up and down your spine . There's nothing we could do for you .

Go home and get comfortable and live the rest of your life the best way that you can . And my grandpa I remember , as he was in that kitchen there on that phone , he said well , daddy , that's what the doctor says , but we're going to see what God says about it .

And he began to start praying for my great grandpa and the power of God come down in that little house . And I remember my grandfather telling him Daddy , go back and get a second opinion , amen . The Spirit of God came down .

And , if I can remember correctly , I believe that the call dropped and he called him back and he said Daddy , the devil hung the phone up because he don't want you to get your healing . He said but I'm gonna pray again . He got to praying again and he said daddy , I felt a healing virtue flow through my body and through this phone and touch you .

He said , I believe with all of my heart that you've been healed . And my great grandpa said , bubby , while you were praying , did you hear what I heard ? He said what was that , daddy ? He said while you were praying , I heard a voice through this phone , as you begin to speak in other tongues . And that voice said I am the Lord , god that healeth thee .

I said I'm here to tell you tonight . You may be looking at a grim situation . You may be looking like it's all hopeless , like all hope is gone , but I'm here to tell you tonight there's a God that is looking to breathe life into your situation . Whoa , I feel the Holy Ghost in this house . I am the Lord , god that healeth thee .

What do you have need of tonight ? Is it a sickness in your body ? Is it a sickness in the mind ? You know , a lot of times we come in those doors and we live behind a facade . We live behind a glass mirror , so to speak , behind a wall .

Amen , we've given that perception of how we want people to think we really are , but deep down inside , we're hurting and we're broken and we're having mind and our family's not doing the way we feel like they should do . We have children that are wayward and lost away from God . Amen . So many times we're lost and we're hurting . Amen .

Well , I'm here to tell you tonight , amen . You're not hiding it from the Lord . You may be hiding it from the one that's beside you , amen . But there is comfort in knowing that , even though we may be able to hide how we feel from our spouse , we may be able to hide how we feel from the one that's sitting next to us .

There's an almighty God in heaven that sits high and he looks low and he governs the affairs of men and he cares about you today . I said he cares about you today , and it may seem like your situation is looking bleak and dark , but I'm here to tell you tonight that the Lord is wanting to speak life into you .

I said the Lord is wanting to speak life into your situation . You see , that's where they found themselves , this Mary and Martha . Oh God , I could only , I could only imagine how they felt . Here he is God , my brother Lazarus . I love him so much , so dearly , jesus , and he loved you and I know you loved him . But , god , where are you ?

Lord , I don't understand why you're allowing it to get to this place . God , I don't understand why you've allowed Lazarus to get to this point , where he is about to die , and that may be where you are here tonight . You say God , I don't understand why I'm going through this mess .

God , I don't understand why I'm going through this circumstance , why I'm going through this trial . Oh , my God and my Lord . Even though they were stuck , brother and sister , in the middle of a dreadful mess , the difference was they knew the master , amen . The difference was they knew the master .

And I'm here to tell you tonight , though you may be in the middle of a dreadful mess , oh , the Bible says that it rains on the just and the unjust alike .

You see , if those people in the world , brother Frankie , a lot of times the devil will give the perception Like everybody in the world's got everything put together , amen , like they've got it all together , as Asaph said , my steps had well not slipped .

But then , when I come into the house of the Lord , it was there that my eyes were open and I understood the end thereof . I'm here to tell you tonight Amen . The Bible says it rains on the just and the unjust alike . I'm here to tell you tonight If you live for God , you're going to go through trouble .

If you don't live for God , you're going to go through trouble . So if I've got to live In the middle of this dreadful mess , if I've got to try to wade through the middle of this dreadful mess , I'd rather do it knowing the Lord .

The answer is not to turn around and go back Just because the Lord hasn't worked it out just the way you thought he ought to . A lot of times the devil will say well , he don't love you , god don't love you . If he did , he wouldn't have let it happen in this manner . That's where they were .

But even though they were stuck in the middle of this dreadful mess , even though they didn't understand why God was doing , why Jesus was doing what he was doing and how he was doing it , the assurance was amen , that they knew Him . Amen . Romans , chapter 8 and verse 31 . What shall we then say to these things ? If God be for us , who can be against us ?

He that spared not his own son but delivered him up for us all ? How shall he not , with him , also freely give us all things ? Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect ? It is God that justifieth . Who is he that condemneth ?

It is Christ that died , yea , rather that is risen again , who is even at the right hand of God , who also maketh intercession for us ? Notice this who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? Shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine , or nakedness or peril or sword , as it is written For thy sake , we are killed all the day long .

We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter Nay . In all these things we are more than conquerors , through Him that loved us . For I am persuaded , amen .

When the devil says that God is so far away from you , amen , remember this , for I am persuaded that neither death nor life , nor angels , nor principalities , nor powers , nor things present nor things to come , nor height nor depth , nor any creature shall be able to separate us From the love of God , which is Christ Jesus , our Lord .

When the devil tells you Amen , that God is a million miles away , I say devil . I beg to differ , though God may have not have showed up and he may have not have moved on the scene Just like I wanted him to . As the old song says , when he's four days late , he's still on time . I said when he's four days late , he's still on time .

You know , the devil wants to destroy your dreams and bury them , much like he did Lazarus . But Jesus is wanting to speak life to your situation . Jesus is wanting to roll that stone back and speak life to your situation .

And if you and I will do like Mary and Martha did you say , preacher , I got a mess tonight in my life Well , if we'll do as Mary and Martha and we will give that mess of ours to the master , then you too can receive a miracle , just as they did . You read John , chapter 11 in the remaining scriptures of our text .

The Bible said in verse 38 , and Jesus therefore , again groaning in Himself , cometh to the grave . It was a cave and a stone lay upon it and Jesus said Take ye away the stone . Martha , the sister of him that was dead , saith unto him , lord , by this time he stinketh , for he hath been dead four days .

And Jesus saith unto her , said I not unto thee that if thou wouldest believe , you see there . That is where the difference in our situation hinges . If we'll only believe , he said if thou wouldest believe , thou shouldest see the glory of God .

And then they took the stone away from the place where the dead was laid and Jesus lifted up his eyes and said Father , I thank thee that thou hast heard me , and I knew that thou hearest me always . But because of these people which stand by , I said it that they may believe that thou hast sent me .

And when he thus had spoken , he cried with a loud voice Lazarus , come forth . And he that was dead came forth , bound hand and foot , with grave clothes , and his face was bound about with a napkin . And Jesus said unto them loose him

and let him go . I'm here to tell you tonight . You may have come into that door , amen , staring at that stone of doubt and unbelief .

And it's laid upon that grave , where your Lazarus is laying , where your situation is laying Amen , where that prodigal son is laying , where that promise is laying Amen , where God said what he would do for you is laying amen . But the devil's got it buried , amen . I'm here to tell you tonight .

What we need to do , amen , is roll that stone back , roll back that stone of doubt , roll back that stone of unbelief and let the Lord speak , lie into your situation . I'm here to tell you tonight don't bury it yet . I said don't bury it yet . Give it to the master and let him turn your mess into a miracle In studying for this message .

You know this scripture here Talking about how Lazarus come forth . This phenomenon was so great , amen . It impacted , amen , all of history . So great , this miracle that Jesus did . We have a modern day , a modern day classification in the medical world , known as the Lazarus syndrome . This Lazarus syndrome is a failure of auto-resuscitation .

Let's see as an auto-resuscitation after failed cardiopulmonary resuscitation . It is a spontaneous return of a normal cardiac rhythm after failed attempts at resuscitation . It is a spontaneous return of a normal cardiac rhythm after failed attempts at resuscitation .

It is also used to refer to the spontaneous return of the cardiac activity after the patient has been pronounced dead . Its occurrence has been noted in medical literature at least 38 times since 1982 . And it takes its name from Lazarus who , according to the New Testament account , was raised from the dead by this man named Jesus .

And as I got to looking into some of these accounts , I'm going to read a few of them to you . This first one that I read it was of a 27-year-old man in the United Kingdom who collapsed after overdosing on heroin and cocaine . Paramedics gave him a shot of naloxone injection and he recovered enough to walk to the ambulance .

He went into cardiac arrest in transit . After 25 minutes of resuscitation efforts , the patient was verbally declared dead . In about a minute of resuscitation efforts , the patient was verbally declared dead and about a minute after resuscitation ended , a nurse noticed a rhythm on the heart monitor and resuscitation was resumed and the patient recovered fully .

I also read of a 66-year-old man suffering from a suspected abdominal aneurysm , suffered cardiac arrest and received chest compressions and defibrillation shots for 17 minutes during treatment for his condition . Vital signs did not return . The patient was declared dead and resuscitation efforts ended .

10 minutes later , the surgeon felt a pulse and the aneurysm was successfully treated and the patient fully recovered , with no lasting physical or neurological problems . Amen , anthony Yale , 37 in Bellbrook , ohio , was breathing abnormally at 4 am on August the 5th 2013 and could not be woken .

After finding that Gail had no pulse , first responders administered CPR and were able to retrieve a stable enough heartbeat to transport him to the emergency room , and later that afternoon , he again suffered cardiac arrest for 45 minutes at Kettering Medical Center and was pronounced dead . After all efforts to resuscitate him failed .

And when his son arrived at the hospital to visit his supposed to be deceased father , he noticed a heartbeat on the monitor that was still attached to his father and resuscitation efforts were resumed and yale was successfully revived . And I like this one . This is the record amen up to this present day .

Velma thomas , 59 , of nitro , west virginia , holds the record time for recovering from clinical death . In may of 2008 , thomas went into cardiac arrest at her home and medics were able to establish A faint pulse After eight minutes of CPR . Her heart stopped twice After arriving at the hospital and she was placed on life support .

Doctors attempted to lower her body temperature To prevent additional brain injury . She was declared clinically dead for 17 hours After doctors failed to detect brain activity . Her son , tim Thomas , stated that her skin had already started hardening . Her hands and her toes were curling up .

They were already drawn and she was taken off life support and funeral arrangements were in progress . However , ten minutes after being taken Off of life support , she revived and recovered 17 hours . That was the record that anybody has been Notated dead and was brought back to life by the hands of man .

But I read in our scripture how there was a man that had been dead and was brought back to life by the hands of man . But I read in our scripture how there was a man that had been dead For four days and the Bible said that when the stone was rolled away , jesus spoke life . He said Lazarus , come forth . I said Lazarus , come forth .

And Lazarus came out of that grave and he said loose him , him , and let him go . And you may be looking at a bleak situation . It may have been a long time , but I'm here to tell you tonight that my God , he specializes in things that are thought impossible .

Though it may have seemed like there was no hope , god is here tonight To speak life To your situation . The Lord has sent me here tonight To tell you Don't bury it yet . Stand all over the house . You know exactly what it is that I'm talking about tonight .

I've been pretty plain and pretty vague Because I felt like I didn't have to go too far into it , because you know . You know what you've been looking at . You know those insurmountable odds , those things in your life that You've been praying for , oh God , those things , god , he's my brother , I love him , but he's sick , lord , and he's died .

How could you let him die ? What is your Lazarus here tonight , sister Georgia the devil , let him die . What is your Lazarus here tonight , sister Georgia , the devil wants to tell you that your Lazarus has been dead too long , that them boys that know better than the way they've been living , that they're never going to come back .

They're never going to come back to what they know . But I'm here to tell you tonight , sister Georgia , I felt in prayer tonight the Lord . I was kneeling right there and the Lord put you on my heart to tell you don't bury it . Yet . I said don't bury it yet . Oh , there's some of you been praying about some things for such a long time .

Haley , you was on my heart too . I come to tell you tonight don't bury it . Yet . You've been praying about some things . You've been praying for some things to happen in your life . You've been praying and it seems like there's no hope . And Lazarus , he's been dead for four days and it seems like all hope is lost .

But I'm here to tell you tonight we need to roll that stone of doubt and unbelief away from the grave , where that promise is laying . Jesus said this sickness is not unto death , and I believe what the Lord said . I don't understand why he's doing what he's doing and how he's doing it . I don't understand it . But , lord , I trust you .

I said , lord , I trust you and if you said , this sickness is not unto death , though it may look like it's dead , though it may look like it's hopeless , I'm going to believe you , lord , and I'm going to roll back that stone and I'm going to allow you to breathe life into my situation .

What about it here tonight , sister Breeland , if you could help us on the music ? Oh , I felt it here today , as the pastor asked us yesterday to be ready , and I immediately started going to the Lord in prayer and meditating . Lord , what do you want me to give to our people ? God , I'm not up here for a pat on the back .

I told the Lord that's standing right there tonight . I said , god , it wouldn't be hard to go very far to find a preacher better than me . But , lord , my ultimate desire is to see our people get help . God , we've got people that are hurting . We've got people that are down and out and discouraged and they're on the verge of losing all hope .

Lord , they're walking through dry places . They've been staring at that stone for too long . God , they need you to move and I believe the Lord laid this on my heart . I don't doubt it one bit . I'm still a young preacher , but I've been in this a long time . I've been in it long enough to know when the Lord lays something on your heart , you go with it .

I'm here to tell you tonight that , if it may just be for one person and I'm all right with that if it changes your heart , if it changes your outlook , if it changes your outlook , if it changes your perception and you get encouraged Amen , I'm going to trust God , I'm going to roll back that stone of doubt and unbelief and I'm going to let the Lord breathe

life into my situation . I believe it with all of my heart . You can leave out of this place differently , my God . I feel the Holy Ghost in this place . If you'll just give it to God and you'll say , give it to God and you'll say , lord , I trust you , I believe you , god , I believe in what you're doing .

And if you said it's not unto death , I believe it , lord . And as Job said , yea , though you slay me yet will I trust you , god ? I don't understand , but I know that when I come through the fire , I'm going to be as pure gold and that promise is going to live again . I said that promise is going to live again . Lord , I'm not going to bury it yet .

What about it ? Tonight ? I have relinquished the burden of my heart . Offer myself myself onto you . The ball is in your court , so to speak . I believe with all of my heart that

it is God's ultimate desire . It is God's ultimate desire To see life be breathed back into that situation that Lazarus in your life . I know it hurts , oh God . I know how it hurts , oh God . I know how it feels . I can't tell you exactly how you feel , but I know how it feels to be let down . In life we all have , we've all faced heartbreak .

We've all faced situations where we said , lord , I don't understand and I don't know why this is happening like this . Lord , if you'd have been here , my brother Hazard , he wouldn't have died .

I'm here to encourage someone to know you just need to keep trusting the Lord , because the Lord said this sickness is not unto death , but that the Lord may be glorified . Brother Nelson , a lot of times we don't understand why we go through what we go through . Some things we'll never understand . But , god , I'm going to trust you .

Lord , you know that stone that was rolled there . God didn't put that stone up against that grave . Brother Gerald Men did . A lot of times , when our Lazarus is dead and buried and we feel like it's hopeless , we put that stone over the door . Jesus told him , brother Brandon , he said , roll that stone back and you see something .

You see that there is a need for our action in that right there . There's some things Jesus can't do for us . There's some things that Jesus can't . Jesus could have spoke to Lazarus and Lazarus could have walked through that stone door just as he caught him back from the dead .

But you see , that stone that had been rolled there , that stone of doubt and unbelief , the Lord understood . A lot of times in our life we roll that stone up against the grave , that stone of doubt and unbelief , and the Lord can't work through that doubt and that unbelief .

It's until we roll it back and we get it out of the way and we say , lord , forgive me for doubting you , forgive me for ever doubting you , forgive me for doubting you , forgive me for ever doubting you , forgive me for not trusting you . Lord , but God , I don't understand what you're doing or how you're going to do it .

But , lord , I'm going to roll this stone back and that's what you need to do here tonight . Maybe the reason why you haven't seen it just yet is the Lord is waiting on you to roll that stone of doubt , that stone of unbelief , out of the way . So he's got something to work with . He can't work through our unbelief , he can't work through our doubt .

But he told the sisters he said if thou wouldest believe , he said you're going to see a miracle , you're going to see the glory of God . And I'm here to tell you tonight .

I know you may be weak , you may be downtrodden , cast down and broken hearted , but if you can muster up the strength to say Lord , I'm going to roll back the stone of doubt , I'm going to roll back the stone of unbelief . God , I trust you . Lord , even though my Lazarus has been dead four days , I believe .

I believe I believe your word and you said this sickness is not unto death , but that the son of God may be glorified . I believe it's going to come to fruition . I believe life is going to be spoken into my situation . You believe that tonight these altars are open as they begin to play and sing .

Are you interested in the Lord breathing life into that dry place you've been living in ? Are you interested in the Lord speaking life to that Lazarus that you've been looking at . They're rotting and decaying for so long now . Are you interested in the Lord speaking life to it tonight ? Would you move towards the altar ? Would you move towards the altar ?

I know we all have needs , I know we all have circumstances , things that we're going through . Amen , could you bring it to God here tonight and tell the Lord ? Lord , I'm not going to bury it yet , I'm not going to give up on it , but , god , I'm going to trust you . Lord , I'm not going to give up on it , but , god , I'm going to trust you .

Lord , I'm going to trust you . Lord , I'm going to lean , not to my own understanding , but in all of my ways I'm going to acknowledge you and you shall direct my path . Lord , I don't understand why it is that it has to be like this , but , god , I trust you , lord , lord , I don't understand what you're doing , but I trust you .

Lord , don't understand what you're doing , but I trust you . Lord , I'm not going to bury it yet . I'm not going to give up on it , lord , but I'm going to believe that you're going to speed life into my situation . Go ahead , sister .

You may not be able to see it right now , you may not be able to feel it , but I believe that God is working all things out .

This is the promise I made to you , oh so just keep on walking , don't turn to the left or right and in the midst of darkness , let this be your light , that hell can separate us , and we're going to make it through . This is a promise . Through this is a promise . This is a promise I made to you .

Oh , so , just keep on walking , don't turn to the left or right and , in the midst of darkness , let this be your life . Then hell can separate us , and we're going to make it through . This is a promise . This is a promise . This is a promise . I made to you , hallelujah I made to you .

I never said that friends would never Turn their backs on you or that the world around you Would see you as a fool , but I did feel like me . You'll surely be despised .