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 If you have your Bibles, turn with me this morning to the Gospel of Mark chapter 5,

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 and we're going to begin looking at verse 21, and we're going to look at a number of verses through verse 42.

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 We should be through sometime about 1 o'clock or so, something like that.

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 I'll try to get you out very, very close to being on time this morning.

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 We're continuing this morning to think about the Jesus effect,

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 how Jesus impacts people, because everywhere he goes, everyone he meets that we've seen thus far,

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 he greatly impacts their life, and this morning is going to be no different.

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 I want to think this morning, subject-wise, about desperate people,

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 because you're going to meet two people in this story today who just are the picture of desperation.

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 And if you don't know what desperation looks like, all you need to do is cut on the television

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 and watch this last week's news as that plane was leaving Afghanistan,

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 loaded with folk trying to flee that country.

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 You saw people running beside the plane, walking in front of the plane.

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 They're in the wheel wells.

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 They're on the fuselage.

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 They would do anything they could to stay attached to that plane.

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 Eight, I'm told, were killed.

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 That's a picture of desperation.

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 People who desperately, desperately know they need to get out of the country.

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 Let me just ask you, have you ever been desperate like that in your life?

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 It could be over an illness.

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 It could be over the loss of a loved one or a loss of a friend.

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 It could be a situation at work.

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 It could be something that's happened in your church that just leaves you with a sense of great desperation.

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 You know what it means to be desperate?

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 You don't know where to turn.

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 You are beside yourself.

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 You just don't see a possible solution on the horizon.

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 You're looking for answers.

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 It could be about a child or a grandchild or any number of things in your life.

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 Here's what I do know about desperation.

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 I've been desperate a few times in my life.

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 And probably almost all of you have found yourself in that place as well.

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 None of us like it, right?

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 I mean, none of us would say, hey, I volunteer to be the one who will be desperate today.

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 None of us want to have that sense about us.

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 Because desperation, whether you've ever realized this or not in the moment, it changes who we are.

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 Do you know that?

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 Can you think back of a time you were really, I don't mean just a little bit desperate.

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 Have you ever seen people who every day they're desperate?

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 They're always, I'm not talking about that kind of thing.

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 I'm talking about that person who this has occurred in their life.

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 And they really, it's not just an ordinary problem.

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 They just, they're bewildered.

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 They don't know what to do.

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 They're desperate.

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 It's a horrible, horrible feeling.

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 Desperation changes us.

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 Listen to me.

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 You'll see this later as we preach.

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 Desperation changes how you think.

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 Not just what you think, but how you think.

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 Desperation changes how you speak.

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 How you interact with other people.

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 You may or may not be aware of this.

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 You are when you think about it, but probably you don't live in total awareness of this all the time.

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 There are social customs that we have grown accustomed to that rule how we respond to folks.

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 Somebody passes you on the street and they throw up their hand.

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 What do you do?

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 You throw up your hand, right?

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 They say, hello.

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 You say, hello.

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 They say, how you doing?

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 You feel the need to return that.

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 Fine.

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 How are you doing, right?

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 When you get desperate, every bit of that is out the window.

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 When you get desperate, it just changes how we think.

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 You're less polite.

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 You're more transparent.

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 You're more candid.

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 You're more honest.

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 You're more forthright.

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 And the best way for you to see that is to read this story.

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 Look with me to chapter 5 and verse 21, 22.

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 And I'm going to show you what desperation looks like.

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 When Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side.

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 Well, he's been doing a lot of that lately, right?

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 As we met on Sunday morning, he's on the one side of the Sea of Galilee.

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 He goes to the other.

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 He gets to that side.

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 He turns around and goes back to the other side.

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 I alluded to this story a week ago.

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 I didn't preach it, but I alluded to it.

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 This morning, we're going to look at it.

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 When Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd, we've seen that, right, a number of times.

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 A large crowd gathered around him while he was by the sea.

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 We know, we've come to understand why that's the case.

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 All these stories abound about Jesus.

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 He's healed every kind of ailment.

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 And so, naturally, people are talking about Jesus.

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 Well, look at verse 22.

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 One of the synagogue leaders, not the only one, but one of the synagogue leaders named Jairus came,

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 and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.

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 Now, all we know so far about this guy is his name is Jairus.

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 He's one of the synagogue leaders.

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 You need to understand he's not the rabbi.

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 He's not a priest.

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 He's not a prophet.

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 He's not, apparently, a Pharisee.

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 He's just simply one of the synagogue leaders.

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 They had a number of people who served in that role.

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 Sometimes there was the synagogue president.

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 This is one of the key leaders of this local synagogue.

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 And then he runs up to Jesus.

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 Doesn't tell us he comes walking up.

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 He comes running up to Jesus.

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 You've got to wonder what makes this guy, who is a big shot here in town,

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 he's a religious somebody, come running up to Jesus.

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 He falls at Jesus' feet.

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 One of the synagogue rulers named Jairus came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.

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 Now, listen to this.

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 He kept begging him.

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 He kept begging him.

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 Now, it's just not the social picture you would have anticipated.

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 People who are leaders, outstanding citizens, they walk with an air of dignity, don't they?

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 They just don't do certain things that other folk might do.

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 But this man comes, he falls at the feet of Jesus, and he begins to beg.

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 I don't have to ask for a show of hands.

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 None of you enjoy begging, do you?

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 Nobody wants to beg.

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 In Greenville, where I live, or in Greer, you can't hardly pass a major intersection,

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 that there's not somebody at that intersection, this one we pass every day, not far from our home.

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 There's always somebody there, sometimes two and three, and they have these signs.

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 They're sitting on the curb.

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 They're sometimes in a wheelchair.

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 They're standing there on occasion, walking up and down the median,

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 and it says, am a vet sometimes, need work, looking for work, am hungry, am homeless, am helpless, anything appreciated.

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 And folks respond generally in one of two or three ways.

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 Some just ignore them.

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 Some actually get angry at them.

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 You may be there.

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 I'm not judging you for that.

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 I've been in that same category at times.

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 You look at them and you think, man, there are plenty of places hiring.

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 Every restaurant I go into needs somebody.

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 You look able enough.

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 Why don't you go find a job?

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 You know, why aren't you standing here begging folk?

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 And then there's a third reaction.

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 Some people drive up.

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 They may see something, somebody in a wheelchair.

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 Somebody just looks bewildered.

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 They look downcast.

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 You roll your window down, and you stick out a few dollars to them, right?

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 And probably most everyone in this room has done all three of those things at one time or another.

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 But I know this.

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 However you feel about those people who are begging, you don't want to be in their place, right?

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 Have you ever heard folks say, those folk get rich doing that?

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 You may have said it.

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 You heard that, right?

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 But I want to tell you something.

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 If it made $100,000 a year, you still don't want that life.

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 There's not a person in this room this morning who would say, hey, you give me $150,000 a year, and I'll take that guy's place.

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 No, you probably wouldn't.

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 You don't want that kind of living, right?

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 And so none of us like to beg.

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 Now, here's the thing.

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 If I ask you right now, and I'm not going to do this.

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 You don't have to worry.

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 If I were to ask you how many of you have ever begged, some of your hands would go up.

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 But most of you would not raise your hand.

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 And it's either because you're too embarrassed to admit you've had to beg, or you're not aware you have.

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 But if you're out of high school by now, you've begged at some point in your life.

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 I don't care who you are in this room.

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 You've turned to a spouse when you've messed up.

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 You've said more than you should.

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 Your mouth has overrun the runway, right?

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 And you've said, would you forgive me?

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 I don't know why I said that.

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 I'm stupid.

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 Would you please, please, please forgive me?

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 And three days later, when they start talking to you, you say, thank you, right?

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 You've gone to that math teacher and said, you know what?

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 I promise I won't ever work in a bank and work with numbers if you'll just give me a D on this test, right?

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 I mean, please, let me get out of this class.

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 I'll never bother you again.

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 Just let me get out of this class, right?

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 You've begged folk all your life.

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 You just didn't see it as begging at the time.

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 But all of us know what it is to be between a rock and a hard place.

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 And what it is is we can't help ourselves.

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 And so we ask somebody to do for us what we know we can't do.

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 Well, this guy comes to Jesus and he's begging.

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 You've got to wonder, what's going on with this guy anyway?

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 Well, look at the story.

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 My little daughter is at death's door.

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 Come and lay your hands on her so that she can get well and live.

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 Boy, now I get it, don't you?

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 I understand why this guy, who's a leading citizen probably in this town,

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 comes running up to Jesus, falls at his feet, and begins to beg.

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 I want to tell you, I can't imagine me coming to you today and begging you for anything that I need financially or physically.

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 But I'll tell you something.

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 If my little grandson Charlie or my granddaughter Scout or my wife or my children were in a desperate physical place,

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 and I knew that you could somehow help, you can rest assured, I'd be on your doorstep this afternoon.

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 And you wouldn't mind.

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 Because, you see, we love our families with such a deep, deep love.

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 There's nothing we're going to do for them, right?

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 I mean, I wouldn't ask you to even help me.

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 But I'd ask you to help my grandson, my granddaughter, my children, because I love them with all my heart, and I'd cut my right arm off for them.

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 And so, it's not a stretch at all to think, if I know somebody can help in this situation, you better believe I'd call in every favor, unashamedly.

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 I'd say, hey, look, could you help me?

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 Could you help me?

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 If it was anything you could do, I'd be on your doorstep.

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 Well, this man has heard about Jesus.

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 He's heard the Pharisees talk about Jesus, and they've discredited Jesus.

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 But he's also seen with his own eyes, perhaps, some folk who've been made well.

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 And he's heard lots of reports about things that Jesus has done.

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 And he puts it all together.

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 And notice what the Scripture says about her condition.

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 Look back at the verse we just read.

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 My little daughter is at death's door.

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 You know what?

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 Literally, if you'll look in your margin of some of your texts, it'll actually say this.

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 She was half dead.

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 Luke puts it this way.

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 She's between, when you read what the translators say about how Luke puts it,

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 she is suspended between life and death.

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 Her life is in the balance.

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 We've all, if you're an adult, known somebody who, when they described their physical condition to you,

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 you got the picture.

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 That's where they were.

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 In other words, it could go either way.

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 They could live.

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 They could die.

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 That's where this little girl is.

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 She is at death's door.

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 And so, what does he do?

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 He kept begging him, my little daughter is at death's door.

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 Come and lay your hands on her so that she can get well and live.

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 Well, he's got confidence in Jesus that Jesus can change this situation.

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 Look at verse 24.

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 So, Jesus went with him.

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 Aren't you glad of that?

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 Aren't you glad that we have the kind of Savior who he just stops whatever he's doing

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 and he wants to be involved in people's lives and he wants to help them?

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 So, Jesus went with him and a large crowd was following and pressing against him.

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 Now, they're telling you that so they can tell you what they're about to say in the next verse.

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 Okay?

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 Look up and listen for just a minute.

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 Everything we've seen so far about Jesus in that first year of ministry, what do we see?

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 Everywhere he goes, he attracts a huge crowd.

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 Don't think 20, 30, 50.

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 Don't think 100, 200, 300.

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 You've got to envision thousands.

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 Literally thousands.

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 There's one occasion they're pressing him so much that Jesus has one of the disciples pull the boat up.

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 He gets into the boat and they push it out.

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 And the biblical writer indicates it's because they were fearful he would be stampeded.

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 There are literally thousands of people.

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 Have you seen those European soccer games where they come down on the field

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 and they're just pressed side by side by side and there are thousands of them.

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 And at times they've had stampedes and people have actually been killed.

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 That's the situation.

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 Jesus is weaving his way through.

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 The disciples have probably, I don't think this is an exaggeration,

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 they probably created a little barrier around Jesus.

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 People are reaching over their shoulders.

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 They don't want to just see him out of curiosity.

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 They want him to do something for them.

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 They want him to touch them.

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 And so onlookers, curiosity seekers, people with needs, they're grabbing at Jesus.

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 Notice what the scripture says.

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 Notice what the scripture says.

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 The scripture, let me find my place here first of all.

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 Go back to verse 24.

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 So Jesus went with him and a large crowd was following and pressing against him.

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 A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years had endured much under many doctors.

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 She spent everything she had and was not helped at all.

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 Well, that's a pitiful picture, isn't it?

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 On the contrary, she had become worse.

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 So here's the picture.

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 Jesus turns to Jairus.

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 I'll go to your house.

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 Where do you live?

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 I live over in that direction.

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 They start a procession towards his house.

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 As they're moving, there's this woman, and we know now what her problem is.

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 She has an issue of blood.

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 We don't know exactly the diagnosis, but we know this.

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 She's hemorrhaging.

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 It doesn't really matter what her problem is.

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 She's got a chronic illness.

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 She's had it 12 years.

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 And here's what we do know.

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 She has been to every doctor she can find to seek out a cure.

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 I'm not going to embarrass you, ask you to reveal your personal life,

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 but I want to tell you something.

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 In a room of this many people, there are some of you who can readily identify with this woman at a number of levels.

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 You've had a chronic problem.

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 I don't know what it is.

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 It could be a heart problem, blood pressure problem.

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 It could be a thyroid problem.

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 It could be cancer.

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 It could be a hemorrhaging problem.

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 It could be anything.

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 But you've struggled with that now for a long time.

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 And like this woman, you began to ask questions.

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 You know somebody that could treat this, and somebody's given you a name.

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 You went to your health care provider, your normal health care provider,

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 and they've referred you to someone.

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 And that person has referred you to someone.

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 And you've been to several doctors now seeking a cause because this problem you have,

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 it has changed your life.

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 And at the root of the problem is this.

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 You want to get your life back.

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 You don't like this new life.

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 It has cost you dearly, not just financially, but emotionally and spiritually and mentally,

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 the aggravation, the stress, the anxiety.

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 You don't know where it's going to lead.

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 You don't know if you're going to die.

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 You're going to live.

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 Can I live with this problem?

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 It handicaps you.

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 It changes your activity level.

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 It changes everything about your life.

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 And so you've been to one physician and another and another and another.

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 And along the way, you've requested prayer, and you've said to somebody,

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 here's my condition.

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 And guess what's happened?

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 People have come to you out of concern and care.

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 They love you.

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 They think they know something about what you have.

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 And they've given you some free advice.

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 They've said to you, have you tried such and such?

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 Home remedies.

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 Now, without really anything, y'all kind of know what I'm talking about?

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 You get the picture of this?

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 We've all been there, right?

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 I developed blood pressure problems, pretty significant blood pressure problems,

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 back in my 30s.

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 I had a boatload of folk come to me.

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 I went to the doctor and did the normal things you do.

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 Pretty severe blood pressure problems.

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 I had a boatload of people come to me, and they were well-meaning, good people, smart people.

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 And they'd say, Pastor, have you tried such and such?

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 Have you done this?

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 Have you done that?

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 Have you done that?

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 Well, if you do this, if you drink this, you mix this up.

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 You get the picture?

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 And I'm going to tell you something.

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 You have a problem that's a pretty serious problem.

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 It changes how you think.

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 It changes how you live.

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 It changes the things you do, the things you want to do.

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 You can spend a lot of money going to doctors, can't you?

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 This woman had spent everything she had.

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 Now, here's the tragedy.

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 Ready?

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 She's no better.

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 She's no better.

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 I hope you're better.

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 But I want to tell you something.

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 I would be shocked if there's somebody in this crowd today who's not suffered with a chronic illness, and you've done all that, and you, like this woman, are just no better.

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 It's not that you've got a bad doctor.

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 It's not that they're not trying.

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 It's not that they're not diligent.

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 Here's the deal, if you haven't discovered this yet.

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 Doctors, as good as they are, as smart as they are, and I have great admiration for them.

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 I'm going to the retirement party for one this afternoon.

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 Dear, dear friend of mine.

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 But I want to tell you something.

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 They just don't know everything.

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 They just can't fix everything.

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 They can do their best, be diligent, run all the right tests, provide what appears to be the right answer.

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 And for you, it just doesn't work.

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 That's where this woman is.

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 Can you sense her desperation?

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 Now, I want to tell you something.

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 There's an added dimension to her problem that none of us in this room have with our problem.

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 I want to show you what that is.

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 Look again at the passage we're reading.

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 Having heard about Jesus, she came behind him in the crowd and touched his robe.

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 That seems weird, doesn't it?

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 I mean, Jairus comes running up to him and says, my daughter's dying.

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 Would you come to my house?

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 He begs her.

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 This woman comes up behind him.

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 She didn't approach him from the front.

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 It's significant.

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 She comes up behind him.

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 She's not wanting to have a conversation with him.

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 She's not going to bother him.

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 She's not going to say, sir, I've had this issue of blood.

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 I've been to every doctor.

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 Could you help me?

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 She doesn't do that.

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 You know what she does?

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 I can see her crouched down on the road.

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 She's figured out the path he's coming.

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 And she's going to let him step around her.

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 And her head is probably down.

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 You know why?

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 Because she doesn't want anybody to see her face.

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 I'll tell you why in just a moment.

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 She doesn't want anybody to recognize her.

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 When he comes by, she just takes her hand and slips it out and touches his garment.

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 And Mark tells us why.

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 Because she has the idea in her head, he is such a supernatural human being.

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 He possesses other worldly powers.

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 If I can touch the hem of his robe, I won't have to say anything.

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 I'll be healed.

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 She has great faith in Jesus.

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 She is a believer, not in the spiritual sense.

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 I don't know about that.

00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:41.560
 I can't tell you that.

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 But she is a believer in all the things she's heard about Jesus.

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 She believes he can heal me.

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 And so she has great faith.

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 And all she's thinking is, if I can just touch the hem of his robe.

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 Now here's what you're thinking.

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 If you've never read this story and don't know much about it.

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 You're wondering, why didn't she just ask him?

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 And here's why.

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 Here's why she comes up behind him.

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 In that day and time, if you had an issue of blood, if you bled, period, and you touched someone, you were ceremonially defiled.

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 And the one you touched was ceremonially defiled.

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 So that you could not worship.

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 You could not be in public.

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 You were cut off from your family, cut off from your friends until you were deemed by the priest ceremonially clean again.

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 She's constantly bleeding.

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 She's constantly bleeding.

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 And so even though she tries to be clean, tomorrow's going to be the same situation again.

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 So she's been cut off from people for a long time.

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 I'm confident she had a veil.

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 She's looking down.

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 She's not wanting anybody to notice her.

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 And she reaches out and touches the hem of his garment.

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 Now, if you're here and you have one of those chronic conditions that's changed your life and altered your life,

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 and you can identify with her because you thought this.

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 In fact, you prayed this.

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 God, let me get my life back.

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:08.340
 I just want to be the person I used to be.

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 If you've ever thought that, I want to tell you something.

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 Imagine what it would be like if you couldn't be around your family and friends or church family,

00:23:18.899 --> 00:23:23.959
 and you were considered spiritually inferior.

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 Well, notice what happens.

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 Verse 29.

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 Instantly, her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was cured of her affliction.

00:23:34.199 --> 00:23:34.720
 Wow.

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:37.759
 Can you imagine that?

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:41.639
 Those of you who have struggled with some health problem, imagine instantly.

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:43.299
 You know you're healed.

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:46.139
 Well, look at verse 30.

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 This is cool.

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 At once Jesus realized in himself that power had gone from him.

00:23:51.399 --> 00:23:53.159
 He turned around in the crowd and said,

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 Who touched my robes?

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:59.419
 Now, I got to tell you,

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 if you've got a picture in your mind,

00:24:01.959 --> 00:24:03.659
 and you remember what I said earlier about this crowd,

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:09.279
 it seems like kind of a crazy question to ask, right?

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:11.440
 Look at the disciples' response.

00:24:11.540 --> 00:24:12.120
 Verse 31.

00:24:13.040 --> 00:24:15.460
 His disciples said to him,

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:18.100
 You see the crowd pressing against you,

00:24:18.820 --> 00:24:19.779
 and you say,

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.480
 Who touched me?

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:25.579
 That's about as disrespectful of Jesus as they're ever going to be.

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:28.579
 I mean, there's just tons of sarcasm there.

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:30.559
 You know, do you hear how they're saying that?

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:33.039
 They look at Jesus and say,

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:33.420
 Jesus,

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:37.500
 we're trying to wall this crowd off from you.

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:39.579
 They're pushing us on every side.

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:41.799
 They're shoving us and pushing us.

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:44.059
 I'm getting irritated just being it.

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:45.000
 And you ask,

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.700
 Who touched you?

00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:48.059
 Who hasn't touched you?

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.799
 Everybody's reaching for you.

00:24:50.179 --> 00:24:51.279
 I don't get it, Jesus.

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.359
 Jesus knows, though,

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:56.559
 that something spiritual has happened.

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.200
 Verse 32.

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 So he was looking around to see who had done this.

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:04.079
 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her,

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:05.639
 came with fear and trembling,

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:07.419
 fell down before him,

00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:10.159
 and told him the whole truth.

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:12.399
 Daughter, he said to her,

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:14.100
 Your faith has made you well.

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:17.640
 Go in peace and be free from your affliction.

00:25:18.820 --> 00:25:19.960
 Well, isn't that a great story?

00:25:20.800 --> 00:25:22.840
 Jesus heals this woman

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:25.540
 because she's touched the hem of his garment.

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.960
 Well, look at verse 35.

00:25:27.560 --> 00:25:28.540
 Back to Jairus.

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:30.540
 While he was still speaking,

00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:34.200
 people came from the synagogue leader's house

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:34.759
 and said,

00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:35.840
 Your daughter is dead.

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:38.040
 Why bother the teacher anymore?

00:25:39.040 --> 00:25:40.000
 Now imagine this.

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:42.320
 Let's go to Jairus' house for a minute, okay?

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:44.960
 We're at Jairus' house,

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:48.000
 and the girl dies.

00:25:49.060 --> 00:25:50.259
 Who's there in the room?

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:52.060
 Her family's there in the room.

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:54.640
 Maybe his brother, Jairus' brother,

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:56.000
 sister there in the room.

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.980
 His closest friends, right?

00:25:58.200 --> 00:26:00.220
 That's who would be at your child's bedside.

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.560
 She dies.

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:05.019
 They say, the wife says,

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:07.519
 You gotta go get Jairus and bring him home.

00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:09.640
 He went trying to find Jesus,

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:11.180
 but it's too late.

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.800
 She's dead.

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:16.000
 Boy, I don't envy this guy or gal, do you?

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:18.960
 They go, and they find Jairus,

00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:20.680
 and Jairus, he's so excited.

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.500
 He's so pumped.

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:23.759
 His emotions have been all over the place.

00:26:24.060 --> 00:26:25.140
 He was so despondent.

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:26.259
 He meets Jesus.

00:26:26.540 --> 00:26:27.259
 He asks him,

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.259
 Would you come to my house?

00:26:28.540 --> 00:26:29.380
 Jesus says yes.

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:32.600
 Suddenly, hope just springs up in his life.

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.980
 I mean, can you see it?

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:36.900
 He is so excited that Jesus is gonna come to my house.

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:38.820
 Jesus, he's done everything.

00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:40.060
 He can heal my daughter.

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:42.880
 Just in the moment of euphoria,

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:45.580
 this happens with this lady with the issue of blood.

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:48.080
 Jesus is momentarily distracted.

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:50.380
 They have to delay getting to Jairus' house.

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.780
 You know what Jairus is thinking?

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:53.720
 Please, let's hurry.

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:55.080
 Let's go to my house.

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:56.460
 And he looks up,

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.960
 and in the direction of his house,

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:59.679
 he sees this person coming

00:26:59.679 --> 00:27:01.279
 who he doesn't wanna see.

00:27:03.199 --> 00:27:05.439
 Have you ever had to go deliver a death message?

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.179
 I have.

00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:10.539
 Boy, I've gone at certain times of the night

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:13.339
 or in a certain fashion

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:14.879
 where when I got to the door,

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:17.019
 they just bust out crying

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:19.119
 because they just know

00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:21.339
 this is not a social call.

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.839
 This is bad news.

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:25.819
 Jairus looks up and sees this guy

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.599
 coming toward him,

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:28.939
 and he knows bad news.

00:27:29.899 --> 00:27:31.000
 Guy gets to Jairus,

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:32.039
 tells him what has happened.

00:27:32.959 --> 00:27:34.459
 Jairus is ready to just

00:27:34.459 --> 00:27:36.939
 go home by himself despondent.

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:39.259
 And notice what Jesus does.

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:43.179
 When Jesus overheard what was said,

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.679
 he told the synagogue ruler,

00:27:44.939 --> 00:27:45.740
 don't be afraid,

00:27:45.959 --> 00:27:47.559
 only believe.

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:50.500
 Now put yourself in Jairus' place.

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:52.880
 Here is one of his most trusted friends

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.640
 who's just said,

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.920
 your daughter has died.

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:57.240
 And Jesus says,

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.779
 don't be afraid.

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.720
 Just believe.

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:03.460
 What do you do now?

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.700
 What do you do?

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.759
 Do you believe this friend?

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.500
 Or do you believe Jesus

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:10.339
 who says what you wanna hear,

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:11.279
 but you just don't see

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.700
 how it could possibly be true?

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.039
 Well,

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:16.779
 read on in the story.

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:19.619
 He did not let anyone accompany him

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.339
 except Peter,

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:20.799
 James,

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.319
 John,

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.500
 James' brother.

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:24.619
 They came to the leader's house,

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.980
 and he saw a commotion,

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:28.799
 people weeping and wailing loudly.

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:31.119
 He went in and said to them,

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.879
 why are you making a commotion

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.519
 and weeping?

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:35.139
 The child is not dead,

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.740
 but asleep.

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.899
 They started laughing at him.

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:40.259
 He put them all outside.

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:43.259
 He took the child's father,

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.680
 mother,

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:45.059
 and those who were with him,

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:46.559
 and entered the place

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.500
 where the child was.

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:49.079
 Then he took the child

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:50.119
 by the hand

00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:50.960
 and said to her,

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.500
 Taltha Kuhn,

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:53.779
 which is translated,

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.419
 little girl,

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.059
 I say to you,

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:55.599
 get up.

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.720
 Immediately the girl got up

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.839
 and began to walk.

00:28:59.379 --> 00:29:00.779
 She was 12 years old.

00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:02.000
 Listen to this last statement.

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.339
 At this,

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:06.619
 they were utterly astounded.

00:29:08.679 --> 00:29:11.059
 They're utterly astounded.

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:14.379
 You've seen pictures

00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:16.379
 in Tehran,

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.440
 Iran,

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:20.039
 of people

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:21.359
 in the streets

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:23.119
 carrying the bodies

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:23.740
 of the dead.

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:27.000
 Not just a handful,

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.919
 but thousands

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:28.679
 will go out

00:29:28.679 --> 00:29:29.819
 in those situations.

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.839
 They weep

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:33.339
 and they wail loudly.

00:29:35.419 --> 00:29:36.720
 Everyone doesn't live

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.359
 according to

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:39.440
 Western civilization's customs.

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:41.480
 It doesn't mean

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.039
 they're wrong,

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:42.600
 they're weird.

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.940
 We just do things differently.

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:46.140
 When we go

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:48.000
 to the funeral of someone,

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.759
 we try to

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.940
 contain our emotions,

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.380
 right?

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:53.460
 We think it's helpful

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.220
 if we'll contain

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.740
 our emotions

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.779
 for the family's sake,

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.140
 even.

00:29:56.820 --> 00:29:58.259
 So we try to hold back

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.920
 our tears.

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.539
 We don't express

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.460
 a lot of emotion.

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.440
 In the Eastern world,

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.440
 even to this day,

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.580
 it's a different climate.

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:08.720
 Lots of commotion.

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.699
 Lots of yelling,

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.359
 screaming,

00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:11.980
 chanting,

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.119
 weeping,

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.759
 waving.

00:30:13.939 --> 00:30:14.819
 You see it on the news

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.859
 every day.

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.279
 Jesus turns

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.379
 to his disciples,

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.379
 stay here.

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.240
 Peter,

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.599
 James,

00:30:21.659 --> 00:30:22.019
 and John,

00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:22.819
 you go with me.

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.319
 Come on,

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:23.720
 Jairus.

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.980
 Go to Jairus' house.

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.619
 When they get there,

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:28.919
 just like I said,

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.779
 big commotion.

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.679
 A lot of weeping,

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.539
 a lot of wailing,

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.899
 a lot of people

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.319
 in mourning.

00:30:34.179 --> 00:30:35.179
 Jesus walks in and said,

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.859
 why are you crying?

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.179
 She's dead.

00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:39.779
 She's not dead.

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.460
 She's asleep.

00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:42.519
 Even in the soberness

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.000
 of the moment,

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:44.019
 it seems so absurd

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:45.119
 they laugh at him.

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:47.079
 Jesus ignores them,

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.460
 takes Peter,

00:30:48.919 --> 00:30:49.299
 James,

00:30:49.439 --> 00:30:49.679
 John,

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.539
 the mother and father,

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:51.539
 and goes into the room

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.759
 where the little girl is.

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:55.059
 And there he tells her,

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.679
 arise,

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.359
 get up.

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:58.879
 And she suddenly,

00:30:59.679 --> 00:31:01.500
 this girl who is dead,

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:04.859
 springs back to life.

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:07.279
 Can you imagine that?

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.799
 There's no one in this room

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.559
 has ever seen anything

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.700
 vaguely like that.

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:14.000
 You can work in an ER

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.839
 and you've seen people

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.339
 brought in,

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.220
 they don't have a heartbeat,

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.480
 they've straight lined,

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:19.420
 they take the paddles,

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:22.700
 put them to their chest,

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.579
 shock their heart,

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:26.619
 their heart stops up again.

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.700
 But I'm going to tell you something,

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:30.099
 that's not what we have here.

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:32.659
 This girl has been dead

00:31:32.659 --> 00:31:35.179
 for a considerable amount of time.

00:31:36.399 --> 00:31:37.639
 She's cold.

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:40.919
 She's begun to stiffen.

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:45.839
 She's dead by anybody's definition.

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:50.619
 And Jesus brings her to life again.

00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:53.299
 And the Bible tells us,

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.859
 predictably so,

00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:57.619
 that everyone who witnesses that

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:59.199
 is astonished.

00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:01.840
 I want you to take away

00:32:01.840 --> 00:32:03.080
 from this message this morning

00:32:03.080 --> 00:32:04.480
 two things.

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.220
 Okay?

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.080
 Two things.

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.279
 Here's the first thing

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:09.840
 and it may be the most important thing.

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.900
 And that is,

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:13.420
 Jesus can do

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.960
 anything.

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:18.660
 I just want you to allow that

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:20.720
 to sink into your brain

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.220
 for a moment.

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.720
 And I want you to convince yourself

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.880
 of that and begin living

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:25.820
 by that.

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:28.160
 Jesus can do

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:29.380
 anything.

00:32:29.560 --> 00:32:30.700
 You'd think in church,

00:32:31.260 --> 00:32:32.120
 well, that's just normal.

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:33.020
 We all know that.

00:32:33.800 --> 00:32:34.400
 Listen to me.

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.540
 That's what we all say.

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:39.640
 But that's not what we all believe.

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.740
 And you know that

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.520
 as well as I do.

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.420
 In this year of 2021,

00:32:46.800 --> 00:32:47.820
 we've come to a place

00:32:47.820 --> 00:32:49.080
 where we're kind of skeptical

00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:50.380
 about the power of God,

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.560
 if we'd be honest about it.

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:54.119
 We have this view of God

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.940
 that He's off hiding

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:56.119
 in the shadows and the wings

00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:57.119
 and He's not going to really

00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:57.980
 interfere with life.

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:59.419
 He started it all

00:32:59.419 --> 00:33:00.700
 and put it all in process.

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.359
 And He's kind of

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.279
 taking His hands off

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.240
 and He stepped back.

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:06.319
 But I'm going to tell you something.

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.279
 That's not the God

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:07.819
 of the Scripture.

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:10.759
 We've allowed the world

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.639
 to dupe us

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:12.259
 into believing

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.460
 that our God

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:15.460
 is impotent.

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.659
 And our God

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:18.539
 is not able.

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.379
 And I'm going to tell you,

00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:21.440
 nothing could be further

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.440
 from the truth.

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:24.259
 We serve a God

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.900
 who can do absolutely,

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:28.180
 He can correct

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.920
 a withered hand.

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:31.380
 He can cast demons

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:32.720
 out of a demoniac.

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.820
 He can raise a girl

00:33:34.820 --> 00:33:35.320
 from the dead

00:33:35.320 --> 00:33:36.620
 and stop the woman

00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:37.740
 with the issue of blood

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.340
 from bleeding

00:33:38.340 --> 00:33:39.779
 another drop.

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:41.140
 I want to tell you something.

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:43.820
 He can heal your marriage

00:33:43.820 --> 00:33:44.539
 even though it seems

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.680
 it's ready to go down the tubes.

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:48.279
 He can take that child

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:49.259
 who's got a problem

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:50.860
 with alcohol or drugs

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:52.879
 and He can completely

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.919
 change their mindset

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:54.699
 and their heart

00:33:54.699 --> 00:33:56.240
 by coming into their life

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:57.279
 and regenerating them

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.000
 and making them

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:59.839
 a brand new person.

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:02.119
 He can free you

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:03.399
 from any addiction

00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:04.519
 and any form

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.419
 of immorality.

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:07.479
 He can take you out.

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:08.319
 I don't care how much

00:34:08.319 --> 00:34:09.059
 you've messed up,

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.500
 how bad you think

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.139
 your life is.

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.900
 I'm going to tell you today,

00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:13.119
 He can do anything

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.079
 if you'll turn to Him.

00:34:14.299 --> 00:34:14.859
 Does that mean

00:34:14.859 --> 00:34:15.819
 He's always going to do

00:34:15.819 --> 00:34:16.159
 a miracle?

00:34:16.319 --> 00:34:16.500
 No,

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.380
 but I'm going to tell you something.

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:19.440
 He is able to do

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.820
 anything He desires

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.720
 to do.

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.340
 And if you're here

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:24.240
 and you're desperate,

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:25.460
 I'm putting you on notice

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.880
 this morning,

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:27.119
 He's the answer

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:28.019
 to your crisis.

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:30.039
 There may be some other things

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.920
 you need to do as well,

00:34:31.160 --> 00:34:31.860
 but I'm telling you

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.599
 at the heart

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.440
 of your problem,

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.780
 you need Christ

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:35.680
 in your life.

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.820
 Jesus can do

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.840
 anything.

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.760
 Second thing

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:41.559
 I want you to take away

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.260
 from this message

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.920
 is this.

00:34:43.640 --> 00:34:44.960
 We learn the value

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.980
 in this story

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:48.199
 of being desperate.

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.420
 Now,

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.320
 I know what you're thinking.

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.199
 Everybody here

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:53.300
 has tried to avoid

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:54.579
 desperation all their lives,

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.280
 and I have.

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:57.000
 But I'm going to tell you something.

00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:58.240
 When you are desperate,

00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:00.039
 there's some good things

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.880
 that come out of that.

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.659
 It's a horrible feeling,

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.760
 but there's some good things

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:04.480
 that come out of it.

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:05.559
 It serves us well.

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.460
 I'm going to tell you

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:07.780
 four ways it serves us well.

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.460
 First of all,

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.720
 we recognize

00:35:09.720 --> 00:35:11.960
 our inadequacies.

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:14.159
 Here's the tendency

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.840
 in life.

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:16.440
 And I hope you'll get this.

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:18.220
 Some of you

00:35:18.220 --> 00:35:19.039
 are very, very good

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.820
 at what you do.

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.360
 Some of you

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:21.240
 are great mamas

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:22.019
 and great dads.

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.079
 Some of you

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:24.300
 are great, great grandparents.

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.460
 Some of you

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.059
 are great at being

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.900
 a school teacher

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.699
 or great at being

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.639
 a staff member

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.720
 or great at being

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:31.300
 an architect

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:32.240
 or an engineer

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:33.420
 or whatever it is

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:34.280
 you do in life.

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:36.199
 But you know the tendency?

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:38.300
 The better you are

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:39.179
 at something,

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.860
 the more blind

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.740
 you become

00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:43.079
 to your own

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:44.559
 inadequacies.

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:46.260
 And you will

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:47.220
 convince yourself

00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:48.039
 if you're pretty good

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.800
 at what you do

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.920
 that you can just

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:51.260
 rise to the occasion

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:53.360
 and solve any problem.

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:54.780
 I mean,

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.280
 it doesn't matter

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:56.079
 what it is.

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:58.480
 I'm good for it.

00:35:59.019 --> 00:36:00.679
 I can solve the problem.

00:36:00.759 --> 00:36:01.619
 But I want to tell you something.

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.819
 There are some problems

00:36:02.819 --> 00:36:04.139
 that are going to arise

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:05.360
 in the course of your life

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:06.259
 that you're going to find.

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:07.380
 I don't care who you are,

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.659
 how smart you are,

00:36:08.819 --> 00:36:09.940
 how degreed you are,

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:11.440
 how successful you are,

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.940
 what you're positioning in life,

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:15.039
 you're not going to have the answer.

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.920
 And you can try

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:19.079
 everything you know

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.559
 to try,

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:21.079
 it's not going to work.

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:23.960
 We become blind

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:25.320
 to our inadequacies

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:26.360
 and every now and then,

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:26.900
 I'm going to tell you something,

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:27.780
 it is helpful

00:36:27.780 --> 00:36:28.860
 for every one of us

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.659
 to come to the place

00:36:29.659 --> 00:36:30.280
 that we recognize,

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:30.880
 you know what?

00:36:31.200 --> 00:36:32.539
 I am not able

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:33.440
 to do this.

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:36.200
 I need to turn

00:36:36.200 --> 00:36:37.340
 this over to God.

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:37.980
 There are some of you

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.380
 right now

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:39.320
 who you see yourself

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:40.039
 as a great mom

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.440
 or a dad

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:41.579
 and you got that kid

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:42.200
 who's wayward

00:36:42.200 --> 00:36:43.119
 and they're getting further

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.840
 and further and further

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.400
 out of bounds

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:45.480
 and you just keep saying,

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.360
 oh, I'll try this

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:47.099
 and I'll try that

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.980
 and I'll read this book

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.720
 and I'll do this

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:49.760
 and I'll change this

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.300
 about myself

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:51.480
 and I'll win them back

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:51.920
 and I'm going to tell you,

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.840
 it's not working.

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:55.579
 And they're getting further

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:56.400
 and further and further

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:57.240
 away from God.

00:36:58.780 --> 00:37:00.079
 You need to realize

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.900
 at some point

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:03.119
 we're not up to every task.

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:04.539
 We can't do anything

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.220
 in everything.

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.420
 Secondly,

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.579
 desperation is good

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:09.179
 for all of us

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:10.000
 because we become

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:11.079
 far more transparent

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:11.699
 and truthful

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:12.860
 about what is going on

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:13.659
 in our lives.

00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:15.940
 We stop worrying

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:18.739
 about what other people think

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:20.500
 and we get honest

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.079
 with ourselves

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:22.099
 and honest with God

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:23.659
 and honest with others.

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:26.579
 We become far more transparent.

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.179
 Now,

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.900
 I meet folk all the time

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:30.519
 who say to me,

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.679
 I don't really care

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:32.659
 what anybody thinks of me.

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:34.199
 Can I tell you something?

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:36.019
 There are some people

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.539
 who don't care

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.440
 as much as others

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:39.820
 but everybody cares.

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:41.860
 Do you know that?

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.840
 It may not be

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.840
 that everybody cares

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.820
 about everybody

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:48.179
 but everybody cares

00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:49.480
 about certain ones.

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:51.340
 They don't impress

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.099
 those certain ones.

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:52.940
 But I'm going to tell you something.

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:54.199
 When you get desperate enough,

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.940
 you really don't care

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.579
 about anybody.

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:59.340
 You become completely candid

00:37:59.340 --> 00:38:00.179
 and honest

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.920
 and transparent

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:03.079
 and you cut straight

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:04.780
 to the chase.

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:07.600
 I don't have time

00:38:07.600 --> 00:38:08.780
 to go into all the details

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:10.600
 but I'll tell you,

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:12.300
 when I was much younger,

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.580
 my son was 17,

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:15.540
 junior in high school,

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.920
 daughter at Clemson.

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.600
 I'm preaching revival

00:38:18.600 --> 00:38:19.480
 in another city.

00:38:20.240 --> 00:38:21.240
 Driving home that night,

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:22.519
 my wife is going with me.

00:38:23.120 --> 00:38:23.780
 I get home

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:24.900
 at 10 o'clock at night

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:26.100
 and there's a note

00:38:26.100 --> 00:38:27.300
 on our dining room table

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:28.880
 and my son

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:30.440
 has left home.

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:32.660
 He's run off.

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:35.640
 He got discouraged

00:38:35.640 --> 00:38:36.560
 over a class

00:38:36.560 --> 00:38:36.920
 he's in,

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.740
 not doing well.

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:39.660
 Didn't want to disappoint us

00:38:39.660 --> 00:38:41.220
 and does the only thing

00:38:41.220 --> 00:38:41.800
 in his mind

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.500
 he knew to do,

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.680
 he flees.

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.660
 Scared me

00:38:45.660 --> 00:38:46.840
 literally to death.

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:48.640
 I'm going to tell you,

00:38:48.640 --> 00:38:49.260
 I'm the pastor

00:38:49.260 --> 00:38:50.080
 at that time,

00:38:50.600 --> 00:38:51.680
 pretty large church.

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:53.419
 Got a lot of staff

00:38:53.419 --> 00:38:54.179
 working with me.

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.399
 Man,

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:57.159
 I care about

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:57.759
 how those people

00:38:57.759 --> 00:38:58.219
 look at me

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:58.859
 but I want to tell you

00:38:58.859 --> 00:38:59.039
 something.

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:00.500
 When I read that note

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.619
 and I saw my boys gone,

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:02.219
 I want to tell you something.

00:39:02.399 --> 00:39:03.559
 I didn't give a nickel

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.159
 who knew.

00:39:05.899 --> 00:39:06.819
 I didn't care

00:39:06.819 --> 00:39:07.759
 what anybody thought

00:39:07.759 --> 00:39:08.599
 about me as pastor.

00:39:09.899 --> 00:39:10.960
 I picked up the phone

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.980
 and I began to call people

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.619
 who I knew

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:13.339
 might can help me

00:39:13.339 --> 00:39:14.199
 locate my boy.

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:16.619
 I called our student pastor

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:18.099
 and I said,

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.419
 Tim,

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:20.819
 you know where Matthew

00:39:20.819 --> 00:39:21.159
 could be

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.599
 and I told him

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:22.139
 what had happened.

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:23.219
 No, I don't.

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.699
 Would you get on the phone

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:25.199
 and call anybody

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:25.539
 you know

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:26.239
 that could find him?

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:26.920
 I will.

00:39:27.819 --> 00:39:29.039
 I called a deacon or two.

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.319
 I said,

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:30.319
 would you pray for my son?

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:31.099
 Here's what's happened.

00:39:31.259 --> 00:39:32.039
 Would you pray for him?

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:35.199
 People started

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:38.559
 coming to our house.

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:41.259
 I could hear them

00:39:41.259 --> 00:39:42.819
 in the living room,

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:44.460
 adjoining room

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:45.019
 where I was.

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:45.539
 They could see

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:45.980
 right through

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.500
 where I was.

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:47.219
 I wasn't hiding

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:47.679
 from anybody.

00:39:47.819 --> 00:39:48.500
 I'm in the den.

00:39:49.759 --> 00:39:50.460
 I'm in the den

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:51.179
 on my knees

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:52.000
 praying to God

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.779
 and I'm telling you,

00:39:52.819 --> 00:39:53.879
 I'm talking to God

00:39:53.879 --> 00:39:55.179
 as strongly,

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.519
 as transparently,

00:39:56.719 --> 00:39:57.460
 as candidly

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:58.299
 as I ever had.

00:39:58.679 --> 00:39:59.859
 It wasn't a pretty prayer.

00:40:00.919 --> 00:40:01.739
 I cut straight

00:40:01.739 --> 00:40:02.579
 to the chase.

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:04.339
 Oh God,

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:05.259
 my boy's gone.

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:06.339
 Bring him home.

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:08.359
 Please God,

00:40:08.739 --> 00:40:09.559
 don't let anything

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.500
 happen to my boy.

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:11.519
 You think the worst

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.719
 in those kind of situations.

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:14.059
 Please God,

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:15.139
 let my boy be okay.

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:16.500
 God,

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.139
 bring him home.

00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:18.000
 Open his eyes.

00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:18.679
 Bring him home.

00:40:18.839 --> 00:40:19.399
 Bring him home.

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:19.980
 Oh God,

00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:20.680
 bring him home.

00:40:21.220 --> 00:40:22.240
 I could hear people

00:40:22.240 --> 00:40:23.139
 mingling around me.

00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:24.079
 Someone walked by

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:24.800
 and they put their hand

00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:25.180
 on my shirt.

00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:26.000
 I didn't care.

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:27.440
 I didn't speak to anybody.

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:28.860
 I wasn't polite about it.

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:30.800
 When you get desperate,

00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:32.720
 really desperate,

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:34.900
 politeness just leaves.

00:40:36.300 --> 00:40:36.980
 Impressing people,

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:38.260
 doesn't mean a thing.

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:40.940
 Desperation is good for us

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:43.180
 because it causes us

00:40:43.180 --> 00:40:44.059
 to be transparent

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:45.820
 about what's going on

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:46.220
 in our lives.

00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:46.579
 Thirdly,

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:47.480
 desperation is good

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:49.079
 because it causes us

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:50.960
 to have a laser light focus

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:52.639
 on the one thing

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.659
 that matters.

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:55.139
 This is a really big one.

00:40:57.559 --> 00:40:58.380
 Everybody in this room

00:40:58.380 --> 00:41:00.000
 60 years of age and older,

00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:01.239
 I know you've had this happen.

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:01.980
 Some of you younger

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.860
 have had it happen too.

00:41:03.739 --> 00:41:04.480
 But everybody here

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:05.119
 60 and over

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.699
 has had this happen.

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:07.299
 You get up from your desk

00:41:07.299 --> 00:41:08.179
 or get up from the table,

00:41:08.299 --> 00:41:09.159
 you go from one room

00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:09.579
 to the other

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:10.000
 and when you get

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.619
 in that other room,

00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:11.480
 you went in there for something,

00:41:11.699 --> 00:41:12.319
 you can't remember

00:41:12.319 --> 00:41:13.119
 what you went in there for.

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:16.440
 And we all do the same thing.

00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:18.039
 I must have Alzheimer's.

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:19.440
 I've got to have early dementia.

00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:20.699
 But you know what

00:41:20.699 --> 00:41:21.799
 doctor friends tell me?

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:22.940
 With most of us,

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.679
 that's not the case.

00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:24.339
 You know what it is?

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:27.039
 We're so cluttered.

00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:29.900
 We've got so much

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:30.799
 on our minds.

00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:32.920
 We're thinking about

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:34.019
 so many different things

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.500
 at once.

00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:35.420
 Like some of you right now

00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:35.980
 are trying to listen

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:36.599
 to this message,

00:41:36.739 --> 00:41:37.219
 but you're looking

00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:37.779
 at your watch

00:41:37.779 --> 00:41:38.059
 and thinking,

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:38.819
 oh my goodness,

00:41:39.299 --> 00:41:40.559
 he's three minutes over.

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:44.360
 My chicken is going

00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:45.980
 to burn up at home.

00:41:49.099 --> 00:41:49.940
 But I'm going to tell you

00:41:49.940 --> 00:41:50.059
 something,

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:50.900
 when you get desperate,

00:41:52.659 --> 00:41:53.320
 you know how many things

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:53.900
 you got on your mind

00:41:53.900 --> 00:41:54.460
 when you're desperate?

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:56.679
 One thing.

00:41:58.320 --> 00:42:00.320
 When Jairus ran up to Jesus,

00:42:00.579 --> 00:42:01.559
 he didn't fall on the ground

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:02.279
 and look up and say,

00:42:02.759 --> 00:42:03.320
 now wait a second,

00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:04.199
 what did I come for?

00:42:05.299 --> 00:42:06.719
 He knew why he was there.

00:42:08.340 --> 00:42:09.320
 On the way home,

00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:10.440
 he's got one thing

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:10.900
 on his mind.

00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.800
 He's got a sick,

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:12.880
 dying girl.

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:15.940
 If you've ever been desperate,

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:16.820
 you know this,

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:19.260
 that's all that occupies

00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:19.720
 your thinking.

00:42:21.099 --> 00:42:24.139
 Just that one single thing.

00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:27.559
 We get focused

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:28.920
 with a laser-like focus

00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:30.000
 when we're desperate.

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:31.340
 Finally,

00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:32.639
 we lose our pride

00:42:32.639 --> 00:42:34.179
 and inability to beg.

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:36.480
 We don't like to beg,

00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:37.099
 but I'm going to tell you,

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:38.579
 some of us ought to begin

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:39.119
 doing it.

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:41.940
 When you get really desperate,

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.480
 you beg.

00:42:43.019 --> 00:42:43.720
 Now, some of you say,

00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:44.139
 well, preacher,

00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:45.500
 you don't understand.

00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:46.059
 In my family,

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:47.159
 we don't have anything

00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:48.000
 to be desperate over.

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:49.260
 All my kids are doing well.

00:42:49.340 --> 00:42:50.519
 My grandkids are doing well.

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:51.539
 We don't have any sickness.

00:42:51.539 --> 00:42:54.239
 All I've got to say to you

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:54.659
 is this.

00:42:55.779 --> 00:42:57.440
 Are you living under a rock?

00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:02.519
 Do you not own a television?

00:43:04.420 --> 00:43:06.320
 Because if you don't understand

00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:07.500
 that our world,

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:09.880
 not just our country,

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:11.179
 but our world,

00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:14.719
 is spiraling out of control,

00:43:14.719 --> 00:43:18.279
 and that what we used to think

00:43:18.279 --> 00:43:18.899
 was right,

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:20.359
 we now think is wrong.

00:43:21.799 --> 00:43:23.179
 And what we used to think

00:43:23.179 --> 00:43:23.719
 was wrong,

00:43:23.839 --> 00:43:25.459
 we now think is right.

00:43:28.279 --> 00:43:29.919
 And your children

00:43:29.919 --> 00:43:30.739
 and grandchildren,

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:31.819
 if you think

00:43:31.819 --> 00:43:33.219
 they're thinking

00:43:33.219 --> 00:43:34.919
 exactly like you're thinking,

00:43:36.059 --> 00:43:38.519
 you're just misguided.

00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:42.500
 I don't mean that they've gone

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:43.579
 as far as the world has gone,

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:44.279
 but I'm going to tell you something.

00:43:44.819 --> 00:43:45.819
 They're living in a world

00:43:45.819 --> 00:43:47.139
 where they're being bombarded

00:43:47.139 --> 00:43:48.500
 with stuff every day

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:50.239
 and it impacts their thinking.

00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:53.239
 And the time's going to come,

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:54.420
 they're not going to be

00:43:54.420 --> 00:43:56.039
 anywhere near where you are

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:56.860
 in your thinking.

00:43:58.559 --> 00:43:59.920
 And we just kind of act like,

00:44:00.059 --> 00:44:00.199
 well,

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:01.980
 it'll all work out somehow.

00:44:04.440 --> 00:44:04.860
 Friend,

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:05.639
 if you don't have something

00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:06.779
 to be desperate over this morning,

00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:08.279
 I don't know what it is,

00:44:08.279 --> 00:44:09.699
 where you live.

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:11.980
 You've got plenty

00:44:11.980 --> 00:44:12.980
 to be desperate over.

00:44:14.420 --> 00:44:15.179
 Plenty to be desperate.

00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:16.659
 But we act like everything's okay.

00:44:16.759 --> 00:44:17.500
 We just come to church

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:18.799
 business as usual.

00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:19.840
 Let's hear another message.

00:44:19.980 --> 00:44:20.960
 Let's sing another song.

00:44:21.460 --> 00:44:22.400
 Let's go to our houses.

00:44:24.639 --> 00:44:25.199
 But boy,

00:44:25.239 --> 00:44:26.000
 I'm telling you something.

00:44:27.299 --> 00:44:28.579
 We ought to be on our face

00:44:28.579 --> 00:44:29.539
 before God.

00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:34.059
 We ought to not be so comfortable.

00:44:34.199 --> 00:44:34.719
 We ought to have

00:44:34.719 --> 00:44:36.259
 a laser-like focus.

00:44:36.260 --> 00:44:38.300
 We're saying,

00:44:38.420 --> 00:44:38.680
 God,

00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:39.640
 save our children,

00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:40.620
 save our nation,

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:41.680
 save our world.

00:44:43.220 --> 00:44:43.560
 God,

00:44:43.620 --> 00:44:44.340
 let people begin

00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:46.000
 to think right again.

00:44:47.920 --> 00:44:48.560
 Let people

00:44:48.560 --> 00:44:50.020
 not fall for this.

00:44:50.680 --> 00:44:51.280
 We're living

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:52.080
 in a world right now,

00:44:52.120 --> 00:44:52.960
 if you hadn't read this,

00:44:53.040 --> 00:44:53.640
 hadn't heard this,

00:44:53.700 --> 00:44:54.300
 can't imagine,

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:56.360
 where men don't even know

00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:57.120
 if they're men anymore.

00:44:57.220 --> 00:44:57.680
 Women don't know

00:44:57.680 --> 00:44:58.480
 if they're women anymore.

00:44:58.480 --> 00:45:01.420
 How messed up

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:01.980
 in your thinking

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:02.740
 can you be?

00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:04.159
 You're not going to hear

00:45:04.159 --> 00:45:04.659
 them say that

00:45:04.659 --> 00:45:05.400
 on the news tonight,

00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:06.059
 but I'm telling you,

00:45:06.139 --> 00:45:07.800
 that's pretty messed up.

00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:11.740
 And we just out like,

00:45:11.820 --> 00:45:11.960
 well,

00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:13.240
 it's just somebody's opinion,

00:45:13.380 --> 00:45:13.599
 you know,

00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:13.920
 it's okay.

00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:14.820
 But I'm going to tell you something.

00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:15.619
 They're going to influence

00:45:15.619 --> 00:45:16.260
 your kids.

00:45:18.440 --> 00:45:19.119
 They're going to influence

00:45:19.119 --> 00:45:19.679
 your children.

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:22.559
 You better wake up.

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:23.760
 You better get desperate.

00:45:23.900 --> 00:45:24.619
 You better fall on your face

00:45:24.619 --> 00:45:25.199
 before God and say,

00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:25.460
 God,

00:45:25.460 --> 00:45:26.760
 we need you to

00:45:26.760 --> 00:45:28.119
 touch this nation

00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:28.940
 and do something.

00:45:32.019 --> 00:45:33.380
 Politicians can't fix this.

00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:36.599
 Only Jesus can fix this,

00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:37.259
 I promise you.

00:45:37.699 --> 00:45:38.679
 Let's bow together in prayer.

00:45:38.799 --> 00:45:39.099
 Father,

00:45:40.599 --> 00:45:41.699
 have your will and way

00:45:41.699 --> 00:45:42.219
 this morning.

00:45:43.219 --> 00:45:43.940
 I pray, God,

00:45:43.980 --> 00:45:44.799
 you'd break hearts

00:45:44.799 --> 00:45:45.259
 right here

00:45:45.259 --> 00:45:46.420
 at First Baptist Pickens.

00:45:47.460 --> 00:45:49.179
 You'd let us wake up

00:45:49.179 --> 00:45:50.000
 out of this

00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:51.880
 sense of sleep

00:45:51.880 --> 00:45:52.579
 and this spiritually

00:45:52.579 --> 00:45:53.940
 that we find ourselves in.

00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:54.940
 And Lord,

00:45:54.940 --> 00:45:56.019
 we'd come to our senses

00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:56.839
 and we'd recognize

00:45:56.839 --> 00:45:57.579
 that everything

00:45:57.579 --> 00:45:58.279
 is on the line.

00:45:58.360 --> 00:45:59.159
 Not just something's

00:45:59.159 --> 00:45:59.480
 on the line,

00:45:59.619 --> 00:46:00.739
 everything's on the line.

00:46:01.860 --> 00:46:02.299
 And God,

00:46:02.360 --> 00:46:03.259
 that we'd call it to you

00:46:03.259 --> 00:46:04.719
 to bring a solution.

00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:05.699
 Please, God,

00:46:05.779 --> 00:46:06.480
 heal our nation.

00:46:06.659 --> 00:46:08.099
 Please heal our world.

00:46:08.500 --> 00:46:09.119
 Let the world

00:46:09.119 --> 00:46:09.840
 see its need

00:46:09.840 --> 00:46:10.819
 of Jesus today.

00:46:12.279 --> 00:46:13.219
 We make this prayer

00:46:13.219 --> 00:46:13.799
 in your name

00:46:13.799 --> 00:46:14.699
 and for your sake.

00:46:14.699 --> 00:46:15.679
 God bless you.

00:46:15.759 --> 00:46:16.099
 Thank you.

00:46:28.599 --> 00:46:28.739
 Thank you.