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I like to start with something funny each week. I heard about this elderly lady. She came into church one Sunday morning.

The friendly usher greeted her and said, where would you like to sit? She said, I would like to sit on the very front row.

He said, oh no, man, you don't want to do that. Our pastor is very boring. He'll put you to sleep. Let me see you somewhere else. She was appalled.

She said, sir, do you know who I am? He said, no. She said, I am the pastor's mother. He hung his head in embarrassment. Finally, he looked up and said, ma'am, do you know who I am? She said, no. He said, thank God.

All right, hold up your vivals. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

Today I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about getting up so God can bring you out. Life has a way of pushing people down. We all go through disappointments and setbacks.

And sometimes unfair things happen. A relationship doesn't work out. A friend betrays us. Or maybe you worked real hard, but you didn't get the position you deserve.

Life is not always fair. It's easy to get discouraged and lose our joy, lose our enthusiasm. And if we're not careful, we'll develop the wrong mindset.

We'll think we'll never rise any higher. We'll never get out of this problem. We've had so many unfair things happen to us. But we have to realize, even though life is not always fair, God is fair.

He is a God of justice. He sees every wrong that's ever been done to you. He sees every person that's ever hurt you, every unfair situation.

And the good news is, if you will stay in faith and not get bitter, God has promised he will pay you back for every injustice that's ever been done to you.

He said, he would take what was meant for your harm and he'll turn it around and use it to your advantage. And the great thing about God is if you keep the right attitude, he'll not only bring you out, he'll bring you out better off than you were before.

He wants to make the enemy pay for bringing that trouble into your life.

And I know some of you have had unfair things happen in your finances, in your health, in the way you were raised. And it's easy to get that chip on your shoulder and think, man, why has this happened to me?

But instead of dwelling on your disappointments and what didn't work out and who hurt you, you need to draw the line in the sand and say, it's payback time.

I have rights and privileges because of who I am, I am a child of the most high God. And I may have had unfair things happen, but I'm not going to live my life negative and defeated.

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