Carter Conlon | Sermons

There are voices that some struggle with that says, your hope is dead, your future is dead, your marriage is dead, your hope of being free from addiction is dead, and the list goes on. And you begin to think, why should you even trouble the Lord with your situation. You have to break through those voices in order to receive the miracle of God. No matter what you are facing today, the Lord tells you, do not be afraid, believe. It’s time to believe God for your miracle.

Acts 14:8-10

8 And in Lystra, a certain man without strength in his feet was sitting, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who had never walked. 9 This man heard Paul speaking. Paul, observing him intently and seeing that he had faith to be healed, 10 said with a loud voice, “Stand up straight on your feet!” And he leaped and walked.

Just like the lame man in Acts chapter 14, many people need a miracle. You might be addicted, depressed, in a bad relationship, battling financial difficulties, sick, or can't escape self-loathing. Can I encourage you to have faith like the man from Lystra who was healed? God is still in the business of performing miracles. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Believe for a miracle.

Many people seem to be aware of who they are. Some are depressed, fearful, anxious, addicted, angry, hopeless, and some might even feel like a failure. However, when we have a real encounter with Jesus, He makes us new. Your identity is no longer found in your struggles, hardships, or even your title. Your identity is found in Christ because when you come to Christ, He changes you from who you were to who He is calling you to be.

If those who plotted to kill all the Jewish people during the book of Esther had been successful, then we can conclude that the temple wouldn’t have been rebuilt. Jewish history would have been different. It would have affected all of history. We give Esther the marquee in the whole story because she was the queen, she prayed, she fasted, and she petitioned the king. However, another hero in the story is her uncle Mordecai. He was a man who began to intercede, and it proves to us once again that the holy desperation of one person can change both the future and change history. We must ask God for a holy desperation in our generation.

It will be through God that we find victory.

Jesus came to the point in His journey where He had done all He could do on the earth on the cross, and now it was up to God to raise Him from the dead. Jesus committed His spirit into God’s hands, and God raised Him from the dead, fulfilling His part of the covenant. In the same manner, as we pick up our cross and take this journey with God, we cannot fulfill what He has called us to do without Him. If we are going to be victorious in this life, it will be through God that we find victory. Trust God to fulfill His promises over your life.

When we get to this place that Moses was in,

this place that the apostle Paul found when he said,

“when I'm weak then I'm strong”,

he was not just not filling words on a page to write in scripture,

he understood something that we lost in our generation of constantly building up the natural man.

In America in particular,

we've spent all of this time building ourselves up,

just to go out and fail and leave our nation in bankruptcy,

when in reality,

the power of God is found when we finally get to the end of ourselves.....

the end of ourselves is the beginning of God.

It's time for the weak, the drug addict, the drunk, the depressed, the single mom,

it's time for those who feel hopeless,

it’s time for you to rise up in the power and strength of your God,

and be a voice for God,

and be a testimony for God.

It is not about your success and is not about your failure....

it is Christ in you, the Hope of Glory....

not bringing a message about Christ,

but Christ getting his message through you...

through a surrendered vessel.

The storms are approaching in this country, and we are being called of the Lord to come boldly to the throne of grace. There is never going to be an awakening or change if someone doesn’t come boldly to God. It will not be by our power but that of God. The time has come for the people of God to pray courageously; what would you have me to do?

The will of God is revealed in the Word. God doesn’t want to hide His will for you. You can find the will of God only in God. He wants you to see, believe it, walk in it and grow in it, no matter how small it may appear to be. Ask for His will to be revealed to you today.

We are living in a moment in which God is calling the weak to prayer. Our cities and streets are dark; we cannot overcome them by our own efforts; we need God, we need to decide to pray. Moses decided to pray and stand in the gap for others; he was later strengthened, guided, guarded, and taught by God. God is on the throne and can do the same with you.