Priscilla Shirer: Open Your Eyes to God’s Blessings | Praise on TBN
Priscilla Shirer teaches at the 2018 She Rises Conference. Listen as she teaches that YOU can have an encounter with God if you will first learn to open your eyes to all of His blessings.
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and i want somebody to know this today
that sometimes
sometimes your difficulties are less
about the enemy being against you
and more about god wanting you to show
wanting to show you what it looks like
when he is for you
sometimes it’s about him finally wanting
his daughter’s eyes to be open so that
when he shows up they’re sensitive
enough to see him
years and years ago man my babies were
little
i remember this because i traveled to
memphis on one particular occasion and i
remember this because i was exhausted i
was so tired um you know my kids were
small at the time and i happened to take
this particular trip
by myself and i traveled to memphis and
i remember being so excited when the
lady picked me up from the airport that
was a part of the church that i was
going to be ministering at she took me
to from the airport to the hotel it was
early evening i was so glad anybody ever
been glad to just go to bed at 8 pm
i could not wait i laid down in the bed
ready to get a good night of sleep and i
was jolted awake about 2 o’clock 3
o’clock in the morning because there was
a train that went by right outside the
window of our hotel
the conductor of the train was sitting
on the horn as the long train blazed
right outside of the hotel where i was
sleeping i sat straight up in bed sort
of alarmed by the noise went and looked
out of the window and realized that
literally the train tracks were right
there and it was one of those very long
trains with a lot of cars that went
whisking by it took a while for the
train to finally pass by and settled i
tried to go
back to sleep as best i could
lady came back to pick me up that
particular morning because the
conference started i had to be there
very early in the morning so it was
about 6 30 or so anyway that i was gonna
have to get up and get dressed and get
ready for a 7 15 or 7 30 pick up
and so i got in the car and i didn’t
really really say anything no big deal
we had a great day at the conference i
went back to sleep that night thinking
of course that the night before had been
a fluke and that that train wasn’t
coming by again
went to sleep about 8 30 9 00 p.m so
glad to get a good full night of sleep
but 3 am you guessed it that train went
roaring by right outside the window i
sat straight up in bed not believing
that this was happening again and i
couldn’t even get back to sleep that
night
i couldn’t wait for that sweet lady to
come pick me up the next morning
i sat down in the car and i said so hey
did you know that there is a train
that goes by about three o’clock in the
morning at least the last two mornings
that that i’ve been here that train has
gone by in the middle of the night
woking me straight up out of my sleep
and she had this look of complete horror
and regret written all over her face she
said
i am so sorry i didn’t even think about
the fact that that train goes by because
those of us who live in this community
have grown so used to the sound of the
train that it doesn’t even occur to us
when it’s passing through anymore
it occurs to me that those of us who
live particularly in this western part
of the world where the presence of god
has been so lavishly given to us
where on every street corner we see
another church with a pastor that
preaches the good news of jesus christ
where we can turn on christian radio
stations or go across town to the
christian bookstore where we live as
women in a day and age and generation
where there have never been ever in
history so many bible study resources by
women for women what could it be that
we’ve grown so used to the blessing of
the presence of god that when the train
of god’s glory falls when god’s presence
comes and marks and and and permeates
our presence that we don’t even
recognize it anymore
that god has so blessed us that we’re
too blessed for our own good
that we don’t see the fingerprints of
god in our lives that when there’s even
just a hint of disappointment or
discouragement or frustration or
irritation in our life that we are
blinded to the fact that even when
things are dark
the light of god’s presence can still be
found if we’ll just open up our eyes
may we never be
desensitized to the presence of god
and if you have your bibles and you want
to look with me at a passage of
scripture i’ll just read it to you that
i want to point out today if you still
you know actually use a bible with paper
pages like i do
or your iphone your ipad any manner of
eyeness is fine in luke chapter 2 there
are a group of people who are about to
be in the presence of god and they’re
not even going to recognize it
i will tell you as you turn to luke
chapter 2 that the author luke wrote
this gospel and recorded these stories
really to show us how to have an
encounter with jesus to not miss him
when his presence is near and by the way
this is our goal as believers this is
the reason why he died on the cross of
calvary so that we could not just know
about him but so that we can encounter
him we’re not just supposed to read in
the old testament about how he divided
the red sea or caused the walls of
jericho to come tumbling down or met
with a man named moses in the form of a
burning bush or showed up as the angel
of the lord in a wine press while a
fearful timid gideon was beating out
wine uh threshing wheat rather in that
wine press we’re not just supposed to
read about others that had an encounter
with jesus we’re not just supposed to
see and applaud and experience the
testimonies of other people they’re
supposed to encourage us to realize that
if regular folks like that can encounter
him so can we
and luke comes along and he writes story
after story in his gospel to show us
that we can have an encounter with jesus
these people that he is writing to and
that he’s writing about we’re in a time
of national decay there is chaos
happening and swirling around them
morally and socially and you and i can
relate to that because they were not
just in a time of national decay so
are we
our country is in a state of more social
decay and decline than we’ve ever seen
before and the more god is marginalized
and segmented to the periphery of
society the worse things are gonna get
the more he is completely ignored and
disregarded the more we’re gonna see the
influx of chaos and destruction but
today i don’t want y’all to worry about
the white house i want to get to your
house
i want to talk about the destruction and
the decay happening maybe underneath the
roof of your own home luke is writing
not just then but now to people who need
a savior
folks who are waiting on a hero to show
up and rescue them
from the plight of their own
circumstances luke was writing to them
but by the holy spirit he is writing to
us today
for any of you who are in a state of
decline in some area of your life where
we’re seeing against the backdrop of
darkness this need we have for the
savior to manifest himself for us to not
just know about him from afar applauding
him in the testimonies of other people
but if anybody wants to experience him
themselves then luke is writing to you
and i want somebody to know this today
that sometimes
your difficulties are less about the
enemy being against you
and more about god wanting you to show
wanting to show you what it looks like
when he is for you
sometimes it’s about him finally wanting
his daughter’s eyes to be open so that
when he shows up they’re sensitive
enough to see him
at tbn our mission is to use every
available means to reach as many
individuals and families as possible
with the life-changing gospel of jesus
christ thank you for helping make
the gospel of grace go around the world
without you we couldn’t do it god bless
you
amen <3