Sarah Jakes Roberts has inspired countless women to reclaim their God-given power and purpose through her sermons, books, and conferences like Divine Online. As the daughter of renowned Bishop T.D. Jakes, Sarah learned firsthand the life-changing impact of surrendering to Jesus. Now, she calls women around the world to tap into divine inner strength.
Sarah‘s 2020 Divine Online sermon fittingly titled "Girl, Get Up" recalls miraculous resurrection stories while urging women to awaken their passions. She artfully blends scriptural depth with vulnerable storytelling, issuing a battle cry for women to rise above fear and discouragement.
“It’s time to start bothering the teacher again and refuse to believe that our dreams and opportunities are really dead." – Sarah Jakes Roberts
In this sermon recap, we‘ll explore Sarah‘s messages of faith-fueled revival and how her words can resurrect our sense of power and purpose even today.
Divine Faith Can Revive What Seems Dead
Sarah Jakes Roberts anchors the "Girl, Get Up" sermon in two pivotal resurrection accounts. She first points to the unnamed woman in Luke 8:40-56 who fought through crowds just to touch Jesus‘ clothes, desperate for healing from chronic bleeding. With unwavering faith in Christ‘s divine power, this woman was instantaneously cured.
Sarah also references when Jesus resurrected a 12-year-old girl in Mark 5 by taking her hand with the simple Aramaic phrase “Talitha koum” meaning “Little girl, get up”. These stories reveal that absolute faith and surrender to Jesus can overcome what seems utterly impossible or hopeless.
There’s some women in this room that’s been praying for change and god‘s been waiting for you to see you are the change.
Sarah suggests we limit God‘s power if we don‘t persistently pray bold prayers while fully believing revival is possible. She admits to needing that reminder herself when battling self-doubt or inertia. However, clinging to biblical stories where Jesus miraculously heals, provides, and even raises the dead can rekindle our faith.
Reconnecting to Your God-Given Inner Power
Women often lose touch with the lively, creative little girl still residing inside – the one overflowing with dreams, unbridled talents, and faith. Sarah personifies these childlike gifts as the pre-curse Eve who walked joyfully with God everyday in the Garden of Eden.
When the little girl arose, her spirit returned to her, bringing back her fight, power, authority, vulnerability, humility, and creativity.
She contrasts this to after Eve ate the forbidden fruit and faced judgment for the Fall, depicting how many women now feel – cursed, stuck or depleted. Some even feel like their hopes, passions and purpose died, wasting away in a wasteland of fear and uncertainty.
Sarah adamantly urges women to reach past pains, challenges or failures and reconnect to their inner light – the seed of divine gifts planted by God within every woman‘s soul. This requires silencing toxic self-talk, anxiety and other enemies trying to dim our light. As we allow our inner Eve to arise undefiled, we reclaim our God-given power and authority as co-heirs to Christ Himself (Romans 8:17).
Still I Rise: Overcoming Hardship and Despair
Sarah knows firsthand that God can resurrect destiny from the ashes of adversity. From losing her way as a rebellious teen, to an early unplanned pregnancy, she felt the shame and disappointment of skeptics. However, she eventually surrendered fully to faith, allowing God to transform hardship into platforms for uplifting other women.
Her sermon includes a poignant spoken word poem where Sarah declares:
Just tell them girl get up, girl. Brush them haters off…Tell hurt, pain and shame, every objection and hindrance, I rise.
She highlights how listeners likely relate – stuck in cycles of sin, anger, depression, poverty or inertia. Many desperately need the encouragement only God‘s power and battling believers can bring:
There’s always going to be somebody fighting for your destiny, even when you can’t fight for yourself.
Rather than stay down or numb their pain, the women of God must SUPPORT and HOPE for one another. Sarah uncompromisingly calls Christians to exude God‘s unconditional love, saying:
Do me a favor…and refuse to join conversations that blame condemned and shames women for their shortcomings…You don‘t get to talk about me like you wasn‘t once dead!
Resurrection Life Principles & Practical Applications
Sarah Jakes Roberts provides a roadmap for women to awaken their identity, talents and dreams by embracing key biblical principles:
Anchor Your Identity in Jesus
As daughters of the King of Kings Himself (Revelation 19:16), women inherit astounding power and authority. Our relationship status, bank accounts, past sins or present struggles CANNOT define or limit us. Just as Jesus looked past the woman‘s unclean bleeding and the dead girl‘s lifeless state and showed compassion, He can resurrect us when we surrender fully to Him.
Journaling Prompt: List definitions the world/enemy wants you to believe about yourself. Then beside them, declare God‘s powerful words of love, value and destiny over you.
Persist in Prayer with Expectancy
Whether praying for situational breakthroughs or an inner revival, expect CHRIST TO ACT. So often in waiting for answered prayers, disappointment, resentment or doubt creep in. If Jesus could raise the dead and heal the incurable, He cares and listens to our cries. Determine to pray hopefully until you see His miracles manifest!
Action Step: Set aside 10 minutes daily to make bold prayer requests and declaractions based on scriptural promises. Refuse rationalizations that try to restrict your God-sized petitions!
Release Restraining Voices
Fear, toxic thinking, distrust, pride and other enemies often bombard women seeking to live boldly. Their harsh lies threaten faith, suffocating destiny. Recognize AND REFUSE these debilitating influences. Only nourish voices echoing God‘s Spirit and Truth.
Practical Tip: Limit input from negative content, people or self-talk. Immediately counter their words with affirming scriptures. Let supportive, spirit-led voices direct your steps.
Reignite Your Passions
In touching Jesus, the sick woman experienced deep emotional, physical and spiritual healing. Ask Holy Spirit to show childhood dreams, innate talents and wildest ambitions you‘ve discounted. Write out ALL He reveals then prayerfully consider realistic steps toward pursuing them. Bravely nurture these sparks and release their fires!
Exercise: Schedule an inspirational movie night with friends. Discuss the futures you imagined as little girls. Help one another practically revive deferred passions.
As Sarah Roberts concluded her talk, she left no room for excuses or victim mentalities, pointedly urging ALL women to declare enough is enough!
I need somebody to get up off your backside, shake the dust off your feet and refuse to die like this! Revival is in order!
For too long, God‘s daughters have accepted less than His best, chained by doubt, disappointment and delay. However, by wholeheartedly embracing our TRUE identity in Christ, nothing can stop His purposes flowering through us!
Beloved woman, NOW is your time…to prayerfully set Spirit-led goals, make courageous moves and fully apply your talents. A world starving for hope awaits transformed Lemuels, Deborahs, Esthers and Lydias to boldly lead the way. All it takes is deciding to finally awakaken and walk confidently in who Father created you to be!
Key Takeaways: 4 Steps to Resurrect Your Sense of Power and Purpose
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Reclaim your spiritual identity – You are a cherished daughter with special gifts to offer. Let no person, circumstance or past failure define you.
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Root yourself in scriptural truth – Combat doubt and anxiety by declaring Bible verses on your authority and destiny aloud daily.
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Release your voice boldly – Share your experiences, spiritual insights, passions and talents with others. Let no fear or limitation keep them hidden any longer.
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Revive your God-given dreams – Ask God to show you the passions and potential He planted in your heart, then actively pursue them through Spirit-led goals!
Beloved daughter, the choice is yours. Will you continue facing challenges paralyzed by uncertainty and shame? Or will you bravely embrace your true worth today as a co-heir in Christ Jesus called to do great things?
I pray Sarah Roberts‘ compelling sermon on divine inner power sets your heart ablaze with expectant faith in a miracle-working Father God. He stands ready to resurrect LONG discounted talents, dreams and opportunities when you surrender them fully to His care. All it takes is boldly declaring ENOUGH IS ENOUGH… Girl, get up!
But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. – Isaiah 40:31
May you feel Holy Spirit fire strengthening you as you claim your kingdom purpose!