The question on the floor is will you worship God when things are not going well for you?

Dr. Tony Evans says it's important to recognize God is in control and praise him for his blessings.

The only way to survive life is to remember the sovereignty of God.

This is the alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, author, speaker,

senior pastor of Oaklef Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas and president of the Urban Alternative.

Jesus Resurrection is the centerpiece of history and the pivot point between eternal life and death.

Today, Dr. Evans explores the validity, value, and victory of the Lord's Resurrection

and then examines how we can experience God's comfort when we acknowledge his complete power

and sovereignty. Let's join him as he begins.

Turn with me to a very familiar story in John 11 and we all know the story of Martha Mary and Lazarus,

Martha Mary of Come to Jesus and they said, our brother is sick and you love him any sick,

verse three says. Jesus gave him a promise. His sickness is not to end in death but for the glory of God.

Now, the first thing you've got to know is that God uses sickness. He says this sickness is for the glory of God.

So God does use sickness and allows it. The problem occurs in that Lazarus, we would say, dies.

But notice when Jesus does in verse 11, he said he's fallen asleep. He wanted to give them a different view of death.

Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him but Mary stayed at home

because Mary is not talking to Jesus. She's upset because she called on Jesus and Jesus did absolutely nothing.

And if you tell a truth, many of us get upset because we didn't call on him and called on him,

called on him and he was nowhere to be found. Verse 21, Martha then said to Jesus, Lord,

if you would have been here, my brother would not have died. Translation is your fault.

Jesus said to her, your brother will rise again. Martha said to him, I know that he will rise again

in the resurrection on the last day. I've been to prophecy conferences and I know that one day

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