You Are Not Just Your Pain | Sarah Jakes Robert Sermon – Girl Get Up
Discovering God’s Purpose Beyond Pain: A Message of Hope and Restoration for Women
We all carry wounds, disappointments, and dreams that sometimes feel lost or out of reach. Yet, even in those moments when we feel forgotten, God is still writing our story. He positions people—known and unknown—to uplift us through prayers, encouragement, and his ever-present love. Let’s rediscover how God is fighting for you, breathing new life into your hopes, and restoring what you thought was lost. This message is especially for women who are longing for breakthrough, freedom, and a fresh sense of destiny.
You Are Not Alone—God Has Your Back
It’s easy to feel isolated in seasons of struggle. But the truth is, God surrounds us with an invisible circle of support, orchestrating prayers and care from people we may never even meet. Some prayed for you when they sat on a plane, others when they organized an event you attended—all guided by the Spirit, all interceding for a breakthrough in your life.
Their prayers aren’t because they know your every detail. It’s because they know that one revelation from God can change everything. When you receive that revelation, it creates an unshakable foundation. No weapon formed against you—not even the doubts and fears in your own mind—can prosper when God stands with you.
The Unseen Warriors Fighting for Your Destiny
Reflect for a moment: how many times has someone gone to bat for you? Perhaps when you couldn’t stand up for yourself? God places people in our lives to nurture our potential, especially when we don’t see it in ourselves. They create environments where you can flourish—even when you feel suffocated by pain.
The biblical story of Jairus is a beautiful reflection of this. Jairus pleaded for Jesus to heal his daughter. But as Jesus was delayed, healing others along the way, Jairus’ little girl’s condition went from bad to worse—from sickness to death. How many of us have experienced the same with our dreams? We start with aspirations—a hope to go back to school, buy a home, rebuild our life—but urgent responsibilities and self-sacrifice cause those dreams to fade from “sick” to “dead.”
When Dreams Go from “Sick” to “Dead”
So many women bury their desires for the sake of others—putting family, friends, and work first. That passion project, new career, or degree becomes a distant memory. But here’s the truth: just because something looks dead doesn’t mean it’s over.
In the Bible, voices surrounded Jairus, telling him, “Don’t trouble the Teacher, your daughter is dead.” Likewise, there are always voices—sometimes in our own minds or from our pasts—trying to convince us there’s no use believing for restoration. Some of those voices aren’t even yours—they’ve been whispered from generation to generation, robbing dreams from mothers, daughters, and sisters. But God wants to break that cycle with you. When you confront that lie, it will never have authority in your story again.
Breaking Chains for the Next Generation
Are you ready to be the woman who stops generational pain in its tracks? When you conquer the voices telling you to quit, you don’t just secure your freedom—you set your daughters and those connected to you free as well. God is looking for women who will declare, “The pain stops here! My tears are the last of my line. When I break this chain, everything connected to me will experience freedom, too.”
God is your healer and Redeemer. He wants you to step forward for yourself—and for everyone whose breakthrough is tied to yours. This is more than a sermon. It’s a call to arms, a declaration of spiritual warfare against depression, failure, and every attack coming against your God-given destiny.
Resurrecting What’s Been Lost
Are you listening to voices saying it’s too late—you’re too old, too broken, too unqualified? God’s Word is louder and more powerful. No matter how final your situation feels, our Savior raises what seems dead. When the world says “it’s over,” God says, “I make all things new.”
Let today be the day you silence the voices that have haunted your family—fear, insecurity, addiction, shame. Declare that these are being sent back to hell, where they belong. Pray for divine strength, for creativity to return, for every broken place to be restored. Ask God to let living water flow through you and quench the drought of lost purpose in your life.
Becoming the Change You’ve Prayed For
There are women who have been praying for breakthrough, for transformation, for change in their families and communities. What if God is waiting for you to recognize—you are the change. When you ignite your own faith and passion, a ripple effect begins: spouses, children, workplaces, and even generations are impacted.
God isn’t impressed with your résumé, your education, or your financial status. He delights in your surrendered heart, your worship, your faith that gets down on its knees and cries out, “If You don’t do it, God, it can’t be done.” Let’s ask: where are the worshippers, the women who hunger and thirst for God’s touch, for true healing? Let that hunger push you forward. Ask God to remove any bond with what’s trying to kill your spirit—let Him give you a taste only for righteousness and wholeness.
Saturate Your Life with God’s Presence
Perhaps you’ve asked, “How can everything change?” God says, “Open yourself. I’ll saturate every area of your life—your children, your grandchildren, your finances, your dreams.” The key is embracing the role of being the “gate”—when you allow God to move through you, His blessings will overflow to everyone attached to
