PRAISE: A Miracle Led Me Here | Adisa Browning

John 11:4-7 (AB, CE)

⁴ When Jesus received the message, He said, This sickness is not to end in death; but [on the contrary] it is to honor God and to promote His glory, that the Son of God may be glorified through (by) it. ⁵ Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. [They were His dear friends, and He held them in loving esteem.] ⁶ Therefore [even] when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He still stayed two days longer in the same place where He was. ⁷ Then after that interval He said to His disciples, Let us go back again to Judea.

John 11:40-44 (NLT)

⁴⁰ Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?” ⁴¹ So they rolled the stone aside. Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, thank you for hearing me. ⁴² You always hear me, but I said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so that they will believe you sent me.” ⁴³ Then Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” ⁴⁴ And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them, “Unwrap him and let him go!”

His DELAY is NOT DENIAL – Its all apart of the plan to glorify God in the biggest and greatest way possible.

John 12:9-11 (NLT)

⁹ When all the people heard of Jesus’ arrival, they flocked to see him and also to see Lazarus, the man Jesus had raised from the dead. ¹⁰ Then the leading priests decided to kill Lazarus, too, ¹¹ for it was because of him that many of the people had deserted them and believed in Jesus.

John 12:17-19 (NLT)

17 Many in the crowd had seen Jesus call Lazarus from the tomb, raising him from the dead, and they were telling others about it. 18 That was the reason so many went out to meet him—because they had heard about this miraculous sign. 19 Then the Pharisees said to each other, “There’s nothing we can do. Look, everyone has gone after him!”

1) Praise is a Place

Psalm 22:3 (NKJV)

³ But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel.

Praise Builds A Throne

Inhabits the Praises of Israel

2) Praise is a Payment

Psalm 150:6 (NKJV)

⁶ Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord!

Romans 11:36 (NKJV)

³⁶ For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

3) Praise is a Posture

Psalm 34:1 (NKJV)

³⁴ I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Psalm 71:23 (NIV)

²³ My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you—I whom you have delivered.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (KJV)

¹⁸ In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Miracles of Jesus

1. Turning water into wine at Cana

2. Healing a nobleman’s son

3. Healing the sick at the pool of Bethesda

4. Feeding the 5,000

5. Walking on water

6. Healing a centurion’s servant

7. Raising the widow’s son at Nain 

8. Healing a paralytic

9. Cleansing a leper

10. Healing a woman with an issue of blood

11. Raising Jairus’s daughter 

12. Healing two blind men

13. Healing the blind and mute man

14. Healing a deaf and dumb man

15. Healing the blind man at Bethsaida

16. Raising Lazarus from the dead

Get in your mind something you need

Get in your mind what you need Jesus to be – in order to remove whatever the barrier or burden is in your life

Sickness -> Healing

Financial Hardship -> Provision

Unhealthy relationships with people or substances -> Deliverance

Worry/Anxiety -> Peace

Chaos/Confusion -> Direction

Fear -> Security