06/17/2026
: "GIRL, GET UP!"
Guided Glory Global Services
Text: Joshua 1:9; Isaiah 43:18-19; Lamentations 3:22-23
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INTRODUCTION
There's a moment in that still echoes through the ages—a moment when death itself seemed to have the final word, when grief had settled in, when hope appeared buried in a tomb. And into that silence, Jesus spoke three words that shattered eternity: "Talitha cumi"—"Girl, get up!"
is speaking those same words over someone in this room today. Not just a casual , but a command to rise. To shake off the dust of disappointment. To stop letting yesterday's grief steal today's breath. To pray with fresh fire. To thank God with a heart that still believes He's working.
But let me ask you something: When was the last time you actually got up? I don't mean your body—I mean your spirit. When was the last time you stopped carrying the weight of things God already settled? When was the last time you didn't let the sun rise on a heart still buried in yesterday's darkness?
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THE EXHAUSTION OF HIDDEN
I want to speak to the who has been fighting battles nobody else can see. The one who smiles through sermons while her is hemorrhaging. The one who posts "I'm blessed" on social media but can't sleep at night because fear has become her bedfellow. The one who's been holding everything together with fingers that are losing their grip.
says in Psalm 34:18: "The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit."
Notice the Scripture doesn't say He's near to those who have it all together. It says He's near to the broken, the crushed, the ones who can barely whisper a prayer because their throat is tight with unshed tears.
You've been for so long. You've been the one everyone leans on. You've been the prayer warrior, the intercessor, the one who speaks faith even when doubt is screaming in your ear. But who prays for you? Who speaks life over you?
The prophet Elijah—after calling down fire from —sat under a broom tree and asked God to take his life. He was exhausted. He was done. The same woman who slayed giants yesterday can be brought to her knees by a whisper of discouragement today.
But God didn't rebuke Elijah for his exhaustion. He sent an angel with food. He let him rest. Then He said, "Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you."
God knows your journey is too much for you. That's the point. You were never supposed to carry it alone.
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THE DANGER OF CARRYING YESTERDAY
Listen to me carefully: Your yesterday is not your today, and your today is not your tomorrow.
Isaiah 43:18-19 declares: "Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?"
God is doing a new thing! But you cannot perceive the new thing if you're still staring at the old thing. You cannot walk into your promised land if you're still wandering in the wilderness of what was.
Some of you are still carrying relationships that God told you to release. You're still carrying guilt from sins He's already forgiven. You're still carrying shame that Jesus already bore on the cross. You're still carrying the pain of what someone did to you, and in doing so, you're giving them free rent in your soul.
The enemy wants you to stay in yesterday because yesterday is where defeat lives. But today is where victory resides!
Lamentations 3:22-23 reminds us: "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness."
isn't just new—it's fresh. It's a replenishing, renewing, re-energizing download from heaven every single sunrise. But you have to open your hands to receive it. You can't cling to yesterday's hurt and reach for today's healing at the same time.
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WHY YOU CAN GET UP
Now, you might be asking, "But what if I fall again? What if I get up and fail? What if I try and it still doesn't work out?"
Let me tell you about the woman in Mark 5 who had been bleeding for twelve years. She had spent everything she had on doctors. She was ceremonially unclean, socially isolated, financially broke, and physically deteriorating. She had every reason to stay down.
But she said something : "If I touch even His garments, I will be made well."
She got up. She crawled through a crowd of people who didn't see her. She pressed through religious systems and social barriers. She reached out with a desperate hand—and power went out from Jesus.
He stopped everything. "Who touched Me?"
You see, Jesus knows the difference between being jostled by the crowd and being touched by faith. That's the kind of get-up faith I'm talking about—the kind that says, "Even if I'm weak, even if I'm broken, even if nobody believes in me, I'm reaching for the hem of His garment."
And here's what I love about this story: Jesus didn't just heal her body—He restored her identity. He called her "daughter." He didn't call her by her condition. He called her by her .
The same God who spoke to the bleeding woman is speaking to you. He's saying, "Daughter, get up. Your faith has made you whole. Go in peace."
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ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURE FOUNDATION
Let me anchor this message with more of God's Word:
1. 2 12:9-10 — "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness." There is strength in your surrender. When you admit you can't do it alone, you position yourself for His power to work through you.
2. 4:6-7 — "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." This is your strategy. Pray. . Release your requests. Receive His peace.
3. Romans 8:37 — "In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." You are not just surviving—you are more than a conqueror. That means you weren't just delivered from something—you were delivered into something.
4. 121:3-4 — "He will not let your foot be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep." While you rest, God works. While you sleep, God fights.
5. 3:20 — "He is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think." Your imagination is too small for what God has planned. You haven't missed your moment. God's timeline is not your timeline.
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RELEVANCE FOR TODAY'S TIMES
We live in unprecedented times. The world is loud. Social media feeds are filled with comparison and curated perfection. Anxiety is at epidemic levels among women. Mental health struggles are real. Inflation, family pressures, career demands, relationship stress—it's a lot.
But here's what I want you to understand: Your God is not intimidated by modern problems. He was not caught off guard by your mortgage payment. He was not surprised by your diagnosis. He is not confused by what's happening in your marriage. He is the , the Beginning and the End, and He knows exactly what you need before you even ask.
Technology has changed, but human hearts haven't. In 2024, we're still looking for the same things people looked for in the Bible: love, acceptance, purpose, peace, and hope. And we find all of that in the same place—at the feet of .
The enemy is using the same strategies he always has: isolation, discouragement, shame, and lies. But the church has the same weapon we always had: prayer, praise, the Word, and community.
This is why you need to GET UP! Get up and because prayer still changes things. Get up and thank God because gratitude still shifts atmospheres. Get up and speak to your mountain because Jesus said you could. Get up and call a sister because iron still sharpens iron. Get up and open your Bible because God's Word still heals.
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PRACTICAL STEPS TO
1. Start your morning with gratitude before you check your phone. The first voice you hear should be God's, not the world's. Before you scroll, before you see what everyone else is doing, give thanks.
2. Speak scripture over your circumstances. When fear whispers, "You can't," declare, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
3. Find a prayer partner. Isolation is the enemy's playground. God created community for a reason.
4. Write down what God has already done. Create a memorial of His faithfulness so when you face new battles, you have evidence to fight with.
5. Stop rehearsing your problems and start rehearsing His promises. What you meditate on is what you magnify.
6. Move your body—sometimes praise is physical. David danced before the Lord with all his might. Sometimes you need to clap, shout, or lift your hands to break spiritual stagnation.
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CLOSING PRAYER
, I thank You for every woman reading this right now. You see her. You know her name. You know her struggle. You've counted every tear in a bottle, and You've written every day of her life in Your book.
Lord, I pray for fresh strength for the tired, fresh hope for the discouraged, and fresh peace for the anxious. Break the spirit of heaviness. Destroy the yoke of depression. Silence the voice of the accuser. Let her know that she is not disqualified, she is not forgotten, and she is not finished.
Father, help her release yesterday into Your hands. Give her the boldness to get up—to pray again, to trust again, to love again, to hope again. Open doors that no man can shut and shut doors that no man can open. Order her steps and guard her heart.
And now, to the One who is able to keep her from stumbling and to present her blameless before Your presence with great joy—to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever.
In Jesus' mighty name, .
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Now stand to your feet—physically or spiritually—and declare this over your life:
I am not what I've been through. I am who God says I am.
I will not carry what He has already carried.
what He has already conquered.
Today, I get up. . . I press forward.
Because my God is with me wherever I go.
And He has not finished with me yet.
GIRL, GET UP!
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Be and be a . Go in peace, and let your rising be a testimony to someone who needs to see that God still raises the dead.
