Message: "It's Not Too Late to Get Back Up" - Acts 9:36-43; Luke 10:22-30
It's Not Too Late to Get Back Up Acts 9:36-43; John 10:22-30 In the series “Rise Up” The kitchen clock read 12:17 AM. I wanted to be asleep, but there I sat—staring at bills, ministry projects, school assignments, and a to-do list that seemed to grow by the hour. Many years ago, I hit a season in ministry and life where everything crashed at once. The church had needs. My family had needs. And somewhere in trying to meet everyone else's needs, I'd lost myself. That night, in the glow of my computer monitor, I pushed back from the desk and whispered words I never thought I'd say as a pastor: "God, I think I'm finished. I don't know how to get back up from this." The silence that followed felt deafening. No thunderclap response. No sudden clarity. Just the crushing weight of feeling knocked completely flat. What I didn't know then was that God specializes in people who've been knocked down. That's where resurrection begins. M...