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 What's going on, we're going to pick up in Luke chapter 8, verse number 40.

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 You can follow along the screen as well.

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 Verse 40 says,

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 I love Peter's response.

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 And when all denied, Peter and they that were with him said,

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 Master, the multitude thronged thee and pressed thee, and sayest thou, who touched me?

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 Peter's not afraid to rebuke the Lord.

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 He's like, listen, you've lost your mind.

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 Everybody's touching you, Lord.

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 We're on a mission here.

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 Let's just keep moving.

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 Verse 46,

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 And Jesus said,

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 Somebody hath touched me, for I perceive that virtue has gone out of me.

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 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling and falling down before him,

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 and she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him

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 and how she was healed immediately.

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 And he said unto her,

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 Daughter, be of good comfort.

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 Thy faith hath made thee whole.

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 Go in peace.

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 And while he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house,

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 saying to him,

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 Thy daughter is dead.

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 Trouble not the master.

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 But when Jesus heard it,

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 he answered him, saying,

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 Fear not,

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 believe only,

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 and she shall be made whole.

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 And when he came into the house,

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 he suffered no man to go in,

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 save Peter, James, and John,

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 and the father of the mother and the maiden.

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 And all wept and bewailed her,

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 and he said,

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 Weep not,

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 she is not dead,

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 but sleepeth.

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 Verse 53,

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 And they laughed him to scorn,

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 knowing that she was dead.

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 And he put them all out,

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 and took her by the hand,

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 and called,

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 saying,

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 Maid, arise.

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 And her spirit came again,

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 and she arose straightway,

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 and he commanded to give her meat.

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 And her parents were astonished.

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 But he charged them,

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 they should tell no man what was done.

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 We've kind of seen over these last few weeks here in the eighth chapter of Luke,

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 that Jesus is kind of,

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 Luke is kind of showing Jesus' identity.

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 Who he is.

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 That he's not just a carpenter,

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 he's not some rabbi.

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 No, that he is God in the flesh.

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 And he has authority over the nature,

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 we saw that.

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 Over these demons,

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 he has it over death and disease.

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 And he reminds us that there is nothing

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 that we are going to face in life

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 that he can't control.

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 That he can't fix.

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 That there may be desperation in life,

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 there may be delay,

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 there may be doubt,

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 there may be all kinds of things.

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 But God is able to give divine deliverance.

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 Now sometimes that's here on this side,

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 and sometimes that's on that side.

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 But we're going to see how we can apply these truths to our life this morning.

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 So let's go to hymn and prayer,

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 and then we'll jump right in.

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 Father, thank you for this time.

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 Thank you for the songs that have been sung.

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 Thank you for those that have come to worship you this morning.

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 I pray that you would be with us now.

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 Lord, I pray that you would just quiet our hearts and minds

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 to the busyness of life,

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 and maybe the things we brought with us,

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 and the things we're facing ahead this week.

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 Lord, I pray you would just speak to our hearts.

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 I pray you would convict us where we need to,

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 challenge us where we need to be.

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 Lord, I pray if there's somebody here

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 that does not know you as their Savior,

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 that today they would realize that that is their greatest need.

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 Lord, I pray you'd be with me.

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 You would empty me of self,

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 cleanse me of sin,

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 fill me with your spirit,

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 that I might be a help to these people this morning.

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 And we ask it in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you so much for standing.

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 You may be seated.

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 You know what tests your patience almost more than anything?

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 The DMV.

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 Do we have any DMV employees?

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 I don't want to.

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 I'll pray for you if you do right now.

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 You're like,

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 I ain't raising my hand in a group of this many people.

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 But you go there and you take a number

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 and you sit down and you wait

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 and you wait

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 and you wait

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 and you wait some more.

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 And we know this.

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 If anybody's driven down California Street

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 about 5.50 in the morning,

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 there's a line sitting right outside.

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 I mean,

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 and you look at those people

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 and you realize maybe if you get in that line

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 how woefully unprepared you are

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 for what you just entered into.

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 You see that some folks look like

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 they're tailgating for a football game.

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 I mean,

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 we got snacks,

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 comfy chairs,

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 they're having a cornhole tournament.

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 Because they know

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 they're going to be here all day long.

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 And they're there

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 and some of them look like

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 they've been there since last Tuesday.

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 But you go into it

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 and you're determined to stay hopeful.

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 You tell yourself all the time,

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 my number's got to be next.

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 I mean,

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 they're going to call me

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 and then the loudspeaker calls

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 now serving B47

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 and you're Z197.

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 Then you realize

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 it's not going to happen anytime soon.

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 And it's in that moment,

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 in that waiting,

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 that you realize

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 that it doesn't matter who you are,

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 it doesn't matter what position

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 or money or influence,

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 you just can't seem

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 to get to the front of that line.

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 You're really stuck

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 until your number is called.

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 And as we kind of walk

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 through the Gospels,

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 we see that every time Jesus shows up,

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 there's a huge crowd.

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 Jesus had just taken a trip

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 to the other side of the Sea of Galilee

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 and to the country of the Gadarenes

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 and we saw that he met

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 this maniac of Gadare

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 and completely changed his life.

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 And the people there

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 weren't really understanding

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 what was going on.

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 They couldn't comprehend it

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 so they said,

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 we just need you to leave.

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 We're not sure about you yet.

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 So Jesus gets back in the boat

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 and they come to the other side

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 and we see the line

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 is already gathered

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 because they're thinking

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 to themselves,

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 well if he went that way,

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 he's got to come back here.

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 And they've been gathering

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 on the shore

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 and waiting for him to be there

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 and the crowd is there

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 but there is a man in the crowd

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 that needs his number called.

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 He's there waiting

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 and thinking,

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 when is Jesus coming back?

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 I really need him to show up

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 and we're introduced to him

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 in verse number 41.

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 That out of the mass of this people

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 steps a man who's wealthy,

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 who's powerful,

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 who's most likely well respected

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 in his community.

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 But at this moment

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 when we meet him

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 in verse number 41,

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 none of that matters.

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 Doesn't matter what his position was.

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 Doesn't matter what his bank account said.

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 Why?

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 Because his world

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 has just collapsed.

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 And the Bible tells us his name

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 that his name was Jairus.

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 So who was Jairus?

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 Well we can see very quickly

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 as we read this morning

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 that he was a desperate father.

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 But his job,

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 verse 41,

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 tells us that he was a ruler

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 of the synagogue.

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 So that's why we know

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 that he's respected.

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 These men in these communities

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 would have been well off,

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 they would have been well known,

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 and they would have been

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 very influential.

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 Basically what his job was

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 is he was kind of the one

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 that managed the church,

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 so to speak.

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 But he ran it

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 and he scheduled the teachers

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 and he cared for the scrolls

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 and he oversaw the services

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 and really just kind of

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 kept the synagogue up and running.

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 And the synagogue

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 wasn't just a church to them,

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 that was the center of their life.

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 That was the community

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 would gather around that

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 and they would come together

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 and they would pray

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 one for another

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 and just everything

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 about the synagogue

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 was so vital

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 to their everyday life.

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 So they would be appreciative

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 of a man like Jairus.

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 So simply put,

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 here's what we see about Jairus.

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 People looked up to him.

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 But yet when we're introduced

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 to him here in our text,

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 we see Jairus on his knees

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 at the feet of Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 Why?

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 Because his only child,

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 a girl about 12 years of age,

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 lay dying.

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 And we know if you're a parent,

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 there's nothing you would not do

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 for your child in this situation.

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 We could assume,

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 we don't know,

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 but maybe she had been sick

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 for a while

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 and he had called the best doctors.

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 He had called from Jerusalem.

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 He may have had connections

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 and he tried everything

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 that he could

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 and yet she didn't get any better.

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 And sometimes we kind of

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 read over this

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 when we see that he fell down

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 at Jesus' feet

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 and besought him.

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 He's kind of begging,

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 he's pleading

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 that he would come to his house.

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 And we kind of maybe

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 just read over that.

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 But for Jairus,

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 a man of his stature,

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 a man of his occupation,

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 for him to throw himself down

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 in front of Jesus

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 would have been shocking

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 to the crowd.

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 Maybe there were some

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 that were closer

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 and they saw Jairus come

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 and said,

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 excuse me,

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 excuse me,

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 like,

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 what is Jairus doing here?

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 Why is he here?

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 And we know this

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 as we study the Gospels

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 that most of the religious leaders

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 and those kind of in charge

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 of situations like this

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 wanted nothing to do with Jesus.

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 Now, he wouldn't have been

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 a Pharisee per se,

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 but he would have had to kind of

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 rub shoulders with men like that.

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 And we know that group,

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 that religious crowd,

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 the elite of the day,

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 so to speak,

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 they were very critical of Jesus.

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 They slandered him

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 and they were constantly

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 trying to trap him.

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 We don't know if Jairus

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 was like that,

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 but he would have been

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 kind of lumped into that crowd.

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 But as we come here now,

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 Jairus doesn't care

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 what anybody thinks.

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 Because when your little girl

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 is slipping away,

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 pride doesn't matter.

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 Positions don't matter.

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 Opinions don't matter.

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 All that mattered to Jairus

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 was getting to Jesus.

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 He had heard the stories.

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 He had maybe seen

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 some of the miracles

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 and maybe still trying to process

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 who is this man?

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 Who's this guy from Nazareth?

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 I mean, we all know

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 nothing good comes from Nazareth.

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 And Jairus was struggling

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 and wrapping his mind

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 around that possibly.

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 But we see here

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 that desperation

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 can really be the starting point

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 of faith.

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 that sometimes God allows

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 very difficult things

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 in our life

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 because it reminds us

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 that we can't do it.

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 That we don't have

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 the answers.

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 And see, Jairus' life

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 proves that out in this text.

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 So I want us just to kind of

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 trace his journey.

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 And I think there's some

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 great things that we can take

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 from this account

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 and really apply it

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 to our own lives.

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 Number one,

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 I think we see this

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 in our text,

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 that desperation

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 can activate our faith.

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 The desperation

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 can activate

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 our faith.

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 See, as we mentioned already,

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 Jairus had the status.

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 He had the wealth.

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 But none of that

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 kept him alive.

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 And the reason we find him

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 where he is

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 is because

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 that was his only option.

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 And sometimes

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 that's maybe what God

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 has to do to us.

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 And let's just be real.

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 Maybe that's why

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 you're here this morning.

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 Maybe you're thinking,

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 and it may not just be

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 something that everybody knows,

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 but there's something

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 in your life

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 and you're thinking,

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 Lord, what do I have to do?

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 Lord, I don't understand.

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 I need help.

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 Lord, what direction do I go?

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 And here's the truth.

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 We don't like desperate situations.

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 I don't.

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 When there's a difficulty

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 in my life,

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 when there's a desperation moment,

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 here's what I want

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 the Lord to do.

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 Get rid of it

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 as fast as possible.

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 Yeah, okay,

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 just making sure

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 we're on the same page.

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 Nobody says,

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 you know what,

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 this is awesome.

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 Let's just hang out here

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 for a while.

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 Nobody says that.

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 But I think the question

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 we have to ask ourselves,

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 kind of bring it

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 where we live,

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 is that when trouble

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 hits our life,

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 because it will,

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 I said because it will,

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 okay,

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 just making,

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 I was like,

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 man,

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 I want to come live

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 your life.

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 I mean,

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 Jesus told us that.

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 That we're going

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 to have difficulties.

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 We're going to have

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 struggles.

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 But when that trouble

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 comes,

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 when that desperation

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 happens,

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 what gets activated?

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 Is it fear?

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 Because sometimes

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 maybe that's our

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 natural reaction.

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 We get a report,

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 we get,

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 the company has a layoff

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 and our immediate reaction

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 is what am I going to do?

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 How am I going to move forward?

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 How am I going to pay the bills?

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 How's this health situation

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 going to be?

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 Maybe it's worry,

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 maybe it's anger.

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 Lord,

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 I've just been serving you,

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 I've been trying

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 and I'm coming to church

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 and I'm doing these things

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 and you let this happen?

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 Why?

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 Lord,

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 that's not fair.

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 Look at all these other people.

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 They're not doing anything

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 they're supposed to,

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 but I am.

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 We get angry at God.

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 We can get mad.

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 We can get frustrated.

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 Sometimes self-pity

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 gets activated.

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 And we have to,

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 we can't live there.

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 Or maybe it is faith

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 that gets activated.

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 Because that's what we see here.

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 See,

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 Jairus' desperation,

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 it activated his faith.

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 Maybe he was

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 kind of,

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 kind of teeter-tottering

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 of,

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 I'm not really sure

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 about this Jesus,

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 but he came to a realization,

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 this seems to be the only man

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 that can do anything about it.

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 And he ran to Jesus

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 and he came

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 and the Bible says

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 that he fell on his knees

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 and he begged him,

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 he said,

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 Jesus,

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 you have to come to my house.

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 You have to come

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 because my daughter is dying.

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 I know my number,

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 I may be way back in line,

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 but I need you right now.

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 And that's kind of

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 where we find him.

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 Listen,

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 when we're desperate,

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 sometimes we think,

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 well,

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 I don't want to bother the Lord.

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 No,

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 run to him.

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 Cast all your cares on him.

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 Why?

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 Because he cares for you.

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 Because I know

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 from my own life

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 when I have difficulties

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 and I have problems

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 and I'm desperate

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 and I try to fix it myself,

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 then I have to go to him

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 and say,

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 I need you to fix this problem

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 and I still need help here.

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 We're not designed

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 to bear the burden,

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 to carry the load.

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 Listen,

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 you might be trying

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 to handle it,

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 but let me just remind you

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 that Jesus can handle

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 a broken marriage,

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 a rebellious teenager,

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 your anxiety,

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 your depression,

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 your disappointment.

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 Jesus can handle

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 what you cannot.

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 And maybe you came here

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 this morning

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 and you're just tired

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 and you're beat down

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 and you're frustrated.

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 You know why?

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 Because you're carrying

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 things that you cannot.

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 And you're fearful

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 and you're worrying

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 and your anger

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 is kind of boiling up.

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 And here's what Jesus

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 is saying,

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 bring it to me.

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 Bring it to my feet.

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 And we can say those things,

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 but here's where

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 it really boils down.

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 Do you believe that?

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 Because Jairus did.

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 He got to the place

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 where he said,

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 I believe that Jesus,

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 I'm not sure

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 what he's going to do,

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 but I believe

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 that he can do something.

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 And I love this.

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 I love verse number 42

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 at the end.

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 But as he went,

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 the people thronged him.

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 In Mark's gospel,

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 it says that Jesus

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 was walking alongside

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 and I just want us

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 to stop and not read

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 over that real fast.

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 What a beautiful picture

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 that is.

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 That the Lord

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 of heaven and earth

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 is walking side by side

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 with a desperate father.

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 Because it reminds us

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 of this truth

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 that when we go to God

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 and we have these things,

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 he doesn't say,

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 take a number,

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 get in line.

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 No,

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 he walks with us.

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 He walks with us

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 through that valley.

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 He walks with us

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 through that trial,

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 through that health situation.

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 And just when Jairus thought,

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 hey,

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 help's on the way.

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 He's thinking,

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 wow,

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 that went a lot faster

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 than I thought it was.

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 I can't believe

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 I got to the front

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 of the line that much.

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 life through

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 in an interruption.

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 Don't you love

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 when life does that?

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 Don't you love

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 when they go,

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 man,

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 this is all going

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 according to plan.

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 And then I always

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 look over my shoulder

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 because guess what?

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 Life usually happens.

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 We say,

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 it is what it is.

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 But here's something

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 we can learn.

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 This interruption

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 teaches us another lesson

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 about faith.

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 that while our desperation

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 can activate our faith,

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 delay can grow our faith.

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 I'm just as much like you

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 in this sense.

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 I do not like waiting.

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 Like I will drive

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 45 minutes

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 out of the way

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 as long as my wheels

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 are moving

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 as opposed to

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 setting in traffic

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 for the five minute delay.

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 Can I get an amen

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 right there?

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 Yeah.

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 And then usually

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 it doesn't work out well

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 and I come back

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 and it sends me

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 back in the line.

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 And I'm like,

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 Lord, what are you doing?

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 He's like,

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 just stay on the road, man.

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 But sometimes

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 we just don't like delay.

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 I mean,

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 maybe you or some

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 of the people

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 that are behind me

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 at the light

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 when it turns green,

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 point one second

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 after it turns green,

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 you're like,

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 I'm like,

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 what is going on, man?

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 I mean,

00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:18.980
 we just don't like waiting.

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 And you go to a drive-thru

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 at a restaurant

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 and you're thinking,

00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:23.960
 what's taking so long?

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 Maybe they're cooking it.

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 I mean,

00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:29.059
 that could be an option.

00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:30.799
 I just,

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.259
 you know,

00:17:31.379 --> 00:17:32.500
 I would prefer them

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 to take a little longer

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 if it's not cooked

00:17:34.099 --> 00:17:36.119
 just so my food is ready.

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 But the simple truth is

00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:40.419
 we don't like delay.

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 Whether it's in traffic,

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:44.419
 at a stoplight,

00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:46.059
 at a restaurant,

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 and we sure don't like it

00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:48.899
 when it comes to our life.

00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:50.519
 It sure doesn't,

00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:51.319
 we sure don't like it

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 when we're in a trial of faith,

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 so to speak.

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 And we're thinking,

00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:55.500
 Lord,

00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:56.720
 if you love me,

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 I think you'd answer

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 this problem right now.

00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:00.359
 Lord,

00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:01.960
 I know that lady

00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.599
 looks like she's got

00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:02.980
 some problems,

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 but we got some business to do.

00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:07.279
 My daughter's really struggling.

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 Because as he's making

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:10.519
 his way to Jairus' house,

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 a woman saw an opportunity

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 to get close to Jesus.

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 See,

00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:15.660
 just like Jairus had heard

00:18:15.660 --> 00:18:16.319
 about Jesus

00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:17.319
 and the miracles,

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 and he thought,

00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:18.579
 you know what,

00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:20.119
 this is the one I need to get to,

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 so did this lady.

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 And the Bible tells us

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 that in verse number 43

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 that a woman

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 had an issue of blood

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 12 years.

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 Think about that.

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 For as long as Jairus' daughter

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 had been alive,

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 this woman had been suffering.

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 She had been struggling.

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 She had spent

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 everything she had.

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 Mark's gospel said

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 she spent all her living

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 and was none the better.

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 In fact,

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 she grew worse.

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 So she realizes

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 that my life is,

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 it's coming to a place

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 where it's probably

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 not going to go well.

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 And can you imagine

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 having 12 years

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 of weakness and pain

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 and frustration

00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:01.960
 and disappointment?

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 Maybe some of you

00:19:03.800 --> 00:19:04.340
 have walked through

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 something like that.

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 But hers wasn't

00:19:08.100 --> 00:19:08.800
 just physical.

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 See,

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 according to Jewish law

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 and her condition

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 made her ceremonially unclean

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 and that's kind of

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 where you read

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 in the book of Leviticus

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 and you're thinking,

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 what's all this going on?

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 But it laid out laws

00:19:19.840 --> 00:19:21.220
 for situations like this

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 and really what it meant

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:23.279
 is she couldn't go

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 to the synagogue.

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 This place that Jairus

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 was in charge of,

00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:28.759
 this center of community

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 where she could come

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 and I love coming in

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 on a Sunday morning

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 and feeling the community

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 and the excitement

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 and just kind of

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 the buzz of people talking.

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 Listen,

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 she couldn't be around that.

00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:39.140
 She couldn't really

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 have friends.

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 She couldn't participate

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 in the feast

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.680
 and the festivals

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 which would be just

00:19:44.100 --> 00:19:45.600
 life-giving to these people.

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 She couldn't embrace

00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.340
 her family.

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 She couldn't hug them

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 without making them

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:52.039
 unclean.

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 See,

00:19:53.560 --> 00:19:55.100
 for 12 long years

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 she had lived

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 in isolation

00:19:56.360 --> 00:19:57.360
 and rejection

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 and shame.

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 For 12 years

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:01.100
 she was told,

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:01.980
 stay away.

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.799
 She was treated

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.960
 as an outcast.

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.599
 12 years

00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:07.940
 of hopelessness.

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 She would have been

00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:09.880
 kind of on the level

00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:11.079
 and par with a leper.

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 Nobody wanted

00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:13.319
 to be around her.

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:15.059
 Nobody really could.

00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:16.960
 But she heard

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:17.940
 about a man named Jesus

00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:20.279
 and she thought

00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:21.440
 this might be

00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:22.460
 my only opportunity.

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 And her faith

00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:25.180
 began to stir

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 and if she thought

00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:27.900
 if I could just

00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.779
 get to him,

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 if I could just

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 even touch

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 the hem

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 of his garment,

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 I know something

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:34.980
 would happen.

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.480
 Talk about faith.

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 She didn't say

00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:38.559
 if I could just

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:39.000
 get there

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.819
 and he could talk

00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:40.179
 to me

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 and we could

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 kind of work

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:41.720
 through some things

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.539
 and maybe he could

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.439
 give me some money

00:20:43.439 --> 00:20:44.259
 to go to the doctor.

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.379
 No, her faith

00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:47.039
 wasn't in his clothes.

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.939
 It was in Jesus.

00:20:49.679 --> 00:20:50.079
 She said,

00:20:50.159 --> 00:20:50.859
 if I can just

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:51.759
 get close enough

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.220
 to Jesus,

00:20:52.399 --> 00:20:53.139
 I know something

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:53.639
 will happen.

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 And so that's

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.339
 what she does.

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 She gets into the crowd

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 and she gets into

00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:58.379
 the press

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 and she kind of

00:20:58.919 --> 00:20:59.679
 makes her way

00:20:59.680 --> 00:20:59.880
 through.

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 I would imagine

00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:01.560
 just in my own mind

00:21:01.560 --> 00:21:02.039
 she's kind of

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.720
 ducking down

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:04.039
 so nobody sees her

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:05.140
 because they probably

00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:06.019
 knew who she was.

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:06.680
 They said,

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.640
 hey, you can't be here.

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:10.680
 And she reaches out

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:12.120
 and she touches

00:21:12.120 --> 00:21:12.940
 the hem of his garment.

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 And the Bible says

00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:15.640
 that immediately

00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:17.740
 her issue

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.940
 was resolved.

00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:20.240
 And that's what

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.779
 we kind of read

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.279
 there in verse

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:21.900
 number 45.

00:21:22.560 --> 00:21:23.519
 Jesus stops

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.160
 the crowd

00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:25.480
 and says,

00:21:25.580 --> 00:21:25.759
 hey,

00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:27.400
 who touched me?

00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:29.759
 And like Peter

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.220
 is just,

00:21:30.540 --> 00:21:32.060
 Peter is a large child.

00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:33.740
 And I'll talk to Peter

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.380
 when we get to heaven

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:36.460
 because maybe I am too.

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:38.759
 But you know,

00:21:38.780 --> 00:21:39.259
 it's kind of like

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:40.460
 when you have a delay,

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.180
 here's Peter.

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:44.880
 Master,

00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:47.220
 I don't know

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:47.580
 if you notice,

00:21:48.320 --> 00:21:48.940
 there's a lot

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.460
 of people here.

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.880
 And I'm pretty sure

00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:52.720
 everybody in this village

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.440
 has touched you.

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:55.160
 and you want to know

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:56.480
 who touched you.

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.279
 Here's who touched you.

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:58.820
 Everybody,

00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.779
 let's keep moving.

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:00.620
 I mean,

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:00.920
 that's kind of

00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.539
 what's going on.

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:03.240
 The disciples were baffled.

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.559
 They couldn't understand it.

00:22:04.820 --> 00:22:05.840
 In other words,

00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:06.380
 they're just saying,

00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:06.700
 Jesus,

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:08.640
 what are we doing here?

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.860
 But here's what,

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:11.019
 Jesus knew it was different.

00:22:12.320 --> 00:22:13.180
 He knew it was.

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.100
 He said,

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:14.420
 no, no, no,

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:15.600
 virtue's gone out of me.

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:17.080
 He realized

00:22:17.080 --> 00:22:18.100
 that somebody came to him

00:22:18.100 --> 00:22:19.279
 and he knew who it was.

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:21.899
 In verse number 47,

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.839
 the Bible tells us

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.639
 that she came

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:24.960
 before Jesus.

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.579
 She realized,

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.160
 well,

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:27.879
 I can't keep this

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.700
 a secret anymore

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:30.139
 because I just think

00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:31.039
 Jesus had that

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.720
 kind of mindset.

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.639
 I'm not moving

00:22:32.639 --> 00:22:33.680
 until I find this out.

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.420
 And she came

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:36.899
 and she fell down

00:22:36.899 --> 00:22:37.500
 before him

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.339
 and declared unto him

00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:39.579
 before all the people

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:41.000
 for what cause

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:42.180
 she had touched him

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:43.579
 and how she was healed

00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:44.700
 immediately.

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:47.059
 And I love

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:48.259
 verse number 48.

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:50.019
 Sometimes we kind of

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.639
 just read over that

00:22:50.639 --> 00:22:50.839
 and we think,

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.019
 wow,

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.799
 that's a cool thing.

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:54.139
 But Jesus doesn't rebuke her.

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.099
 He didn't say,

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.519
 look,

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.680
 I'm busy.

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.660
 Have you met Jairus?

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.180
 He's a wealthy,

00:22:59.299 --> 00:22:59.960
 powerful man.

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:02.160
 He's got a 12-year-old daughter

00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:03.399
 that's dying.

00:23:03.899 --> 00:23:04.480
 And you're trying

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.299
 to stop me?

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:07.819
 You're trying to delay this?

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.240
 No,

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:10.099
 he didn't rebuke her.

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:12.000
 In fact,

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:13.359
 he speaks words to her

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:14.940
 that maybe he hadn't heard

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:16.559
 in a long,

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.240
 long time.

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:18.900
 In fact,

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.599
 it's the only time

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:21.200
 Jesus uses this word

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:22.720
 in the Gospels.

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.279
 He says,

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.460
 daughter.

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.779
 Somebody that had lived

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.440
 in isolation.

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.880
 Somebody that kind of

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.740
 had just been left

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.420
 to the side

00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:30.759
 and saying,

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:31.039
 well,

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.839
 she's a hopeless cause.

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.279
 No,

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:35.180
 after 12 years of rejection,

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.460
 she belonged again.

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:37.579
 He said,

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:37.960
 daughter,

00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:40.720
 be of good comfort.

00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:42.519
 She had a reason

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.400
 to rejoice.

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.319
 Why?

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:45.599
 Here's why.

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.939
 Thy faith

00:23:46.939 --> 00:23:49.139
 hath made thee whole.

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.980
 It wasn't that she

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.899
 touched the garment.

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.980
 It's that she believed.

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:55.539
 She had faith

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:57.200
 that just reaching out.

00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:58.559
 We kind of remember

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.819
 the story of the mustard seed.

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:00.200
 Listen,

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.839
 she had mustard seed faith.

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:03.480
 If I can just reach out,

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.299
 if I can just touch him,

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.919
 everything's going to change.

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:08.039
 And he told her this,

00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:09.960
 go in peace.

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:13.380
 That she had that wholeness again.

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.819
 That she could go

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:16.420
 and she could live her life.

00:24:17.340 --> 00:24:17.799
 And that's kind of

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.920
 where it meets us again.

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:20.039
 The same way with Jairus

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:21.259
 that maybe you're here

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.960
 and you've been carrying

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.960
 a burden for years.

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.759
 Here's the great news.

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:26.240
 Jesus can lift that.

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:28.299
 It's not your burden to bear.

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.200
 Maybe you've been isolated

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.019
 by shame.

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:32.120
 Here's the great news.

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:34.480
 Jesus can restore you.

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:37.940
 Maybe you've spent everything

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:40.319
 looking for answers in the world.

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.839
 You've tried this

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.839
 and you've tried this diet

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.360
 and you've tried to be

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:44.000
 a better person

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.140
 and turn over a new leaf.

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:45.799
 Listen,

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:47.480
 here's the truth.

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.240
 Miss Tiffany sang

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:49.000
 a great song about it.

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:50.160
 Jesus has it.

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:52.779
 When we come to Jesus,

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.920
 we find it all.

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:56.440
 Everything you're looking for

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.680
 is in Christ.

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.500
 Peace and joy

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.519
 and love and hope.

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:02.079
 All of those things

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.339
 are found in him.

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:05.720
 Maybe you feel unclean,

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.559
 unworthy,

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.439
 unwanted

00:25:07.439 --> 00:25:09.339
 and here's what God calls us.

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.279
 Daughter.

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.519
 Son.

00:25:12.399 --> 00:25:13.019
 That's what he's doing.

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.819
 That's his mission.

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.419
 His mission wasn't come

00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:16.639
 to heal a bunch of people

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.419
 and feed their bellies.

00:25:17.679 --> 00:25:18.579
 He came to seek

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.559
 and to save

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.579
 that which was lost.

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.459
 He came to give us

00:25:22.459 --> 00:25:23.500
 a seat at his table

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.619
 and adopt us

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:25.619
 into his family

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:27.339
 and that's what he reminds us

00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:28.539
 and here's the connection.

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:30.039
 While Jairus' faith

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:31.399
 was being tested by delay,

00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:32.500
 this woman was

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.519
 being rewarded

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.400
 with deliverance.

00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:38.980
 See, Jesus wasn't distracted.

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:41.039
 He was deliberate.

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:44.480
 He's always on mission.

00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:46.460
 He healed her publicly.

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.759
 I believe so Jairus

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.500
 and we too

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.299
 would see

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.619
 that he's never too busy,

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:53.779
 he's never too late

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:55.400
 and he's never too weak

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:56.799
 to meet you where you are.

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 Because sometimes

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.880
 we can get this idea,

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.180
 well,

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:01.700
 I think God can do it for them.

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.500
 But I'm not sure

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:05.079
 God wants to do that for me.

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:07.240
 No, he does.

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:09.420
 He wants to do that for you.

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.579
 That's why he came.

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.119
 But sometimes

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:13.220
 the reality is

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.819
 that delays

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.700
 give way to something

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.539
 even harder to face,

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.400
 disappointment.

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.700
 Because sometimes

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.299
 it just feels like

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.900
 we're just waiting

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.259
 and waiting

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.319
 and it feels,

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.940
 well, it already passed.

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.579
 Maybe you're praying

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.099
 for something.

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.319
 Maybe it seems

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.079
 too far gone

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:28.079
 and you're thinking,

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.559
 well, what can I do?

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.659
 We notice this here

00:26:31.659 --> 00:26:32.059
 in our text,

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.419
 number three,

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.139
 that disappointment

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:35.199
 can replace our faith.

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:38.720
 I just picture Jairus

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.779
 just standing there,

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:39.960
 you know,

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.859
 trying to, you know,

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.939
 keep it all together

00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:42.240
 and he's

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:48.500
 a little agitated.

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.720
 He's saying,

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:49.939
 okay,

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:51.359
 can we heal faster?

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.779
 Can we do something?

00:26:53.939 --> 00:26:54.579
 Verse 49,

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:57.199
 when he yet spake,

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.419
 there cometh one

00:26:58.419 --> 00:26:58.819
 from the ruler

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.539
 of the synagogue's house

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.179
 saying to him,

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.539
 my daughter is dead.

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:04.599
 Trouble not the master.

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.579
 Talk about devastating.

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.299
 I mean,

00:27:08.399 --> 00:27:09.539
 Jairus came with faith

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:11.419
 and he bowed down

00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:12.460
 and he got on his knees

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.639
 and he begged Jesus to come

00:27:13.639 --> 00:27:14.500
 and Jesus said,

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.399
 let's go.

00:27:16.199 --> 00:27:16.919
 And I can imagine

00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:18.159
 maybe just the hope

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:18.619
 that was there,

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.599
 still struggling,

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.539
 knowing his daughter

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.019
 is on her death,

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.779
 but knowing,

00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:22.039
 hey,

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:23.619
 something's going to happen.

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.919
 And Jesus is on the way.

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.959
 But now we see

00:27:26.959 --> 00:27:28.799
 that Jairus' greatest fear

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.979
 had become reality.

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:34.599
 But I love Jesus' response

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:35.239
 in verse 50

00:27:35.239 --> 00:27:37.000
 because it reminds us

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.979
 that Jesus already knows

00:27:37.979 --> 00:27:38.739
 what's going on.

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:41.439
 That Jesus knows our heart.

00:27:42.179 --> 00:27:43.399
 He knows what we're thinking.

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:46.439
 And as the devastating news came,

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.599
 he just looks at Jairus

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.059
 and says,

00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:50.439
 fear not.

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:53.400
 Only belief.

00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:55.320
 He met Jairus

00:27:55.320 --> 00:27:56.220
 where he was

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:57.600
 and he understood this,

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.799
 Jairus' faith

00:27:58.799 --> 00:28:00.019
 is about to be replaced

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.779
 with fear.

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:03.460
 And Jesus reminded him

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.920
 of this,

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:05.779
 I can handle this.

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:08.779
 You came to the right source.

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:10.100
 Because sometimes

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:11.100
 when delay comes

00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:12.100
 and disappointment comes,

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:13.420
 we leave the source

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:13.799
 where it's supposed

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.460
 to be at Christ

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:16.140
 and we try to handle it ourselves.

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:18.640
 And he's just reminding Jairus,

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.400
 no, you're right

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:20.460
 where you are.

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.460
 You're right

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.820
 where you need to be.

00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:23.780
 And that's what Jesus

00:28:23.780 --> 00:28:24.420
 tells us

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.100
 in our disappointment,

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:27.420
 in our worries,

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.600
 in our desperation.

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.680
 He tells us this,

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:31.140
 keep believing.

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.960
 Keep believing

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.800
 when the sickness comes,

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.759
 when your prayers

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:36.200
 seem to go unanswered.

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.800
 I'd imagine

00:28:37.800 --> 00:28:38.680
 in a crowd this size

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.540
 somebody's been praying

00:28:39.540 --> 00:28:39.900
 for something

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.759
 for a long,

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:42.080
 long time.

00:28:43.080 --> 00:28:43.960
 Maybe it's a loved one

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.700
 that doesn't know the Lord.

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:46.380
 Or maybe it's a son

00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:46.840
 or a daughter

00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:48.220
 that's kind of fallen away.

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:50.340
 Maybe it is a health situation.

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.100
 You know what,

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:52.360
 you know what Jesus reminds us?

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.200
 Keep praying,

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.200
 keep believing

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.140
 when you're tempted

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.819
 to give up,

00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:57.160
 when it feels like

00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:58.279
 the bottom's fallen out.

00:28:58.580 --> 00:29:00.140
 Just keep believing.

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:02.120
 Because Jesus

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:03.620
 knows what he's doing.

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:05.180
 His time schedule

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.860
 is a little different

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.380
 than ours.

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.600
 It's a little different

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:08.900
 how he operates.

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.900
 Because the reality is,

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.559
 and we don't have to

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.539
 gloss over and act

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.259
 like it's not true,

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:15.119
 but life is full

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:16.039
 of disappointments.

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.960
 Anybody disappointed

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.339
 this week?

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.519
 How many cowboy fans

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:20.759
 in here?

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.519
 Keep believing.

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:24.759
 Okay,

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.700
 I'm not sure

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.160
 that applies,

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:29.700
 but we just face

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.519
 disappointments.

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.240
 Some are silly,

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.740
 but on a serious note,

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.759
 I bet somebody

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.619
 was disappointed

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.140
 this week.

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.119
 Thinking,

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.539
 why?

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.200
 I've been praying

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.740
 for this

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.879
 and this is what happened?

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:43.180
 We have to be careful.

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:45.039
 That disappointment

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:46.039
 doesn't replace

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.700
 our faith.

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.079
 Because here's what

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.879
 Jesus is saying

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.680
 to you this morning.

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:51.000
 Fear not,

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.940
 just believe.

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.879
 I'm still working

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.539
 in your life.

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.400
 I know you look

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:57.359
 at all the situations

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:57.819
 and you think,

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:58.759
 Lord,

00:29:58.940 --> 00:30:00.039
 have you taken a break?

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:01.400
 Have you checked out?

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:02.619
 No,

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.700
 he hasn't.

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:04.839
 And see,

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.680
 even when we push

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.480
 through our disappointment,

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.879
 there's still another obstacle

00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:09.200
 that many times comes

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:10.720
 in situations like this.

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.299
 Here's what it is.

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:11.799
 Doubt.

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:11.799


00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:11.859
 Doubt.

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:11.859


00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.779
 You know what doubt

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.099
 can do?

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.940
 It can restrict

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.859
 our faith.

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:18.059
 Verse number 52.

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.920
 So he makes it there.

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.539
 Verse 51,

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.160
 he brings Peter,

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.420
 James,

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:21.779
 and John,

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.519
 the inner circle,

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.619
 the mother and the father.

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.279
 He gets there

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:26.299
 and all wept

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:27.819
 and bewailed her.

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.700
 But he said,

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.400
 weep not.

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.160
 She's not dead,

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:32.319
 but sleepeth.

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:35.180
 So these people

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:35.660
 most likely

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:37.619
 were professional mourners.

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:38.920
 See,

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.200
 in this culture,

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.920
 what they would do

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.100
 is,

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:42.680
 especially wealthier people,

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:44.259
 they would hire people

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:46.100
 to come to the house

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:47.440
 and weep

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.000
 and wail

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.660
 and kind of make

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.680
 a big ado

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:50.660
 about all this.

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.860
 And these were,

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:53.019
 these were professionals.

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:54.279
 They had seen

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:55.420
 death once or twice.

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.980
 They knew,

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.420
 hey,

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.680
 I'm sorry,

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.299
 but she's,

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.580
 she's,

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.559
 she's not here anymore.

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.400
 Well,

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.340
 Jesus shows up.

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:02.600
 He said,

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:02.819
 hey,

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.460
 why is everybody crying?

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.840
 She's not dead.

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:06.779
 She's just sleeping.

00:31:07.899 --> 00:31:08.799
 And the Bible says

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:10.259
 that they laughed him

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.079
 to scorn.

00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:12.859
 These mourners quickly,

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.299
 I mean,

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.919
 they can turn it off

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.139
 and off,

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.679
 professionals.

00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:16.899
 And they just start laughing.

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:17.980
 Like,

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.119
 what,

00:31:18.139 --> 00:31:19.059
 what is this guy doing?

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.619
 The Bible says,

00:31:21.699 --> 00:31:22.359
 I love,

00:31:22.399 --> 00:31:24.359
 I love verse number 54.

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.859
 And he put them all out.

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.319
 He said,

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:27.000
 get out of here.

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.559
 You know,

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.079
 you know what he's saying?

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:30.519
 Doubt wasn't going to dictate

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.439
 what happened next.

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.599
 He had already looked Jairus

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.179
 in the eyes and said,

00:31:34.419 --> 00:31:34.899
 fear not,

00:31:34.959 --> 00:31:35.519
 only believe.

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.519
 And I think we can tell

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.980
 from the text,

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:39.339
 Jairus was still holding

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:39.879
 on to that.

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:41.139
 He was struggling,

00:31:41.439 --> 00:31:42.619
 but he was surrounded

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.659
 by people that said,

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:43.959
 hey,

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:45.359
 this is never going to happen.

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.599
 I've seen this once before.

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.019
 I mean,

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:48.299
 this is my job after all.

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.279
 She's dead.

00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:51.959
 Jesus put them all out.

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:54.059
 And in verse 54

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.919
 and verse 55,

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.939
 he went into the room.

00:31:55.939 --> 00:31:56.819
 He took the,

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:58.179
 the young girl by the hand

00:31:58.179 --> 00:31:58.779
 and he said,

00:31:58.899 --> 00:31:59.279
 maid,

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.119
 arise.

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.240
 He didn't do all these

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.679
 crazy things.

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.639
 He just spoke.

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.080
 Luke.

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.920
 Many of the miracles,

00:32:06.020 --> 00:32:06.680
 we say this all the time,

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.480
 Jesus speaks.

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:07.720
 Why?

00:32:07.860 --> 00:32:08.880
 Because he's just reminding us

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.460
 who he is.

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.700
 Just like Luke is reminding us

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.220
 that he's God,

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:14.560
 he's going all the way back

00:32:14.560 --> 00:32:15.180
 to the beginning

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.620
 where he said,

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:17.300
 let there be.

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.700
 That everything we know,

00:32:18.780 --> 00:32:20.240
 he spoke it into existence.

00:32:21.040 --> 00:32:21.940
 And he's reminding us

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:24.120
 that that is who he is.

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.980
 That even the scariest thing

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.560
 that we face as human beings,

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.360
 death,

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:30.479
 he just speaks to it

00:32:30.479 --> 00:32:31.599
 and it obeys.

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:33.659
 It doesn't matter what it is.

00:32:33.959 --> 00:32:35.419
 Jesus can handle it.

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.799
 And I love how Luke

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.399
 kind of put that,

00:32:37.459 --> 00:32:37.939
 verse 56,

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.579
 and the parents were astonished.

00:32:41.699 --> 00:32:42.559
 No kidding.

00:32:45.139 --> 00:32:45.579
 See,

00:32:45.639 --> 00:32:46.339
 here's the journey

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:47.879
 of Jairus' faith.

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.339
 And maybe it

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:50.699
 kind of relates to you.

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.679
 Maybe it's in a situation

00:32:52.679 --> 00:32:53.539
 you're walking through.

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.719
 Maybe you are desperate.

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.079
 Don't let desperation

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:57.399
 turn you the wrong direction.

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:59.600
 Let it activate your faith.

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:01.500
 If you've got

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.560
 a desperate situation,

00:33:02.840 --> 00:33:03.360
 you know what you need

00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:03.960
 to do this morning?

00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:06.300
 Run to Jesus.

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:08.000
 It doesn't matter

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:09.180
 who you think you are

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:10.060
 and what position you hold.

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.519
 No, no.

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.640
 You need Jesus.

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.720
 He's the only one

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.300
 that can do anything.

00:33:14.060 --> 00:33:14.660
 Without him,

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.360
 the Bible tells us,

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:17.220
 we can do nothing.

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:21.040
 Maybe you're here this morning

00:33:21.040 --> 00:33:21.660
 and you're walking

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.300
 through a delay.

00:33:23.320 --> 00:33:24.060
 And you're thinking,

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:27.259
 Lord, what are you doing?

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.740
 I came to you.

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.759
 I came to this altar.

00:33:30.060 --> 00:33:31.280
 I bowed by my bedside.

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:32.320
 I'm reading my Bible.

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.540
 I'm doing all these things.

00:33:33.780 --> 00:33:34.500
 And this,

00:33:34.820 --> 00:33:35.700
 I'm just stuck?

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:38.019
 The problem's just

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.820
 going to keep going on.

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.860
 Or maybe we feel like

00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.920
 the problem's too far gone.

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.360
 Listen,

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:41.940
 delay.

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:43.540
 Instead of being frustrated by it,

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.840
 let it grow your faith.

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:47.339
 Because Jesus comes alongside

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:47.579
 and says,

00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:47.879
 listen,

00:33:48.459 --> 00:33:49.119
 don't worry.

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.980
 Just believe.

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.339
 Maybe some of you are here

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:57.619
 and disappointment

00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:59.279
 is threatening your faith.

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:02.079
 Well, if this is what God does,

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.859
 I don't want any part of that.

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:06.500
 It's very easy sometimes

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:07.240
 to get in a situation

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.699
 and say,

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.819
 well, this is how it's going to be.

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.619
 I'll just walk away.

00:34:10.279 --> 00:34:11.099
 Because if God loved me,

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.139
 He wouldn't let this happen.

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.839
 But you realize

00:34:14.839 --> 00:34:15.759
 that everything in our life

00:34:15.759 --> 00:34:16.519
 God is using

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:18.359
 for our good

00:34:18.359 --> 00:34:19.880
 and for His glory.

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.440
 The Bible tells us

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:22.440
 that all things work together

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:23.000
 for good

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:25.079
 to them that love God.

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:25.420
 Number one,

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.739
 you have to know

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.400
 the Lord is your Savior.

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.859
 To them that love God

00:34:27.859 --> 00:34:28.319
 and are called

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:29.299
 according to His purpose.

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:31.059
 But then the very next verse,

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:32.000
 Paul reminds us

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:33.779
 in Romans 8, 29,

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:35.320
 that all these things,

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:36.280
 here's the goal,

00:34:36.560 --> 00:34:37.920
 that we would be conformed

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.900
 to the image

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:40.519
 of His dear Son.

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:43.260
 Sometimes devastation comes

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:44.519
 not because God is mean,

00:34:44.680 --> 00:34:46.340
 it's because He loves you so much

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:47.440
 that He wants to make you

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:49.220
 more like Jesus.

00:34:51.220 --> 00:34:52.040
 Because Jesus went through

00:34:52.040 --> 00:34:53.200
 some pretty devastating things.

00:34:54.220 --> 00:34:55.700
 Some pretty great disappointments.

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:59.400
 Some doubt that tried to creep in.

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.400
 That He was tempted

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:01.480
 at all points like we were

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.380
 yet without sin.

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:04.680
 betrayed by ones He loved,

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.680
 forsaken.

00:35:07.640 --> 00:35:08.880
 But we do notice this

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.619
 about Jairus.

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.740
 And it reminds us

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:12.480
 that we can do it too.

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:14.460
 That through all the things

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.079
 He faced,

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.680
 He kept believing.

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.880
 And guess what He saw?

00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:20.680
 Jesus come through.

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:24.340
 See, when you keep believing,

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:26.099
 God keeps working.

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:29.160
 He wants to be working

00:35:29.160 --> 00:35:29.660
 in your life.

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:30.960
 And He does,

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:32.180
 but sometimes we want

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:33.559
 to walk away from the work.

00:35:34.720 --> 00:35:35.860
 We get right up to it

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:37.180
 and the delay happens.

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:38.539
 We try it for a little bit

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:38.800
 and we say,

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:40.220
 well, this is not really working

00:35:40.220 --> 00:35:40.660
 how I thought.

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.220
 I'm gone.

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.740
 We get past that,

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.480
 the disappointments,

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.500
 and it's not that we

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:45.300
 turn our back on God.

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:46.240
 You can still come to church

00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:47.220
 every single time

00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:47.780
 the doors are open

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:49.019
 and be just disappointed

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.480
 with God.

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.360
 God, why'd you let this

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:52.220
 happen in my life?

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:57.139
 Remember the DMV?

00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.639
 You sat there forever

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:02.239
 holding ticket Z198,

00:36:02.919 --> 00:36:04.059
 wondering if your turn

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.759
 will ever come.

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.879
 You're feeling like

00:36:06.879 --> 00:36:07.579
 nothing's happening,

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.699
 like you've been forgotten.

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:11.599
 Maybe that's how Jairus felt.

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:14.000
 Maybe that's how the woman

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:15.179
 with the issue of blood felt.

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:17.859
 Maybe it seemed that

00:36:17.859 --> 00:36:19.719
 God was never going to call

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:20.859
 their number.

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:23.599
 But I want to remind you of this,

00:36:24.339 --> 00:36:25.579
 that Jesus never misses

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.059
 the number.

00:36:27.879 --> 00:36:29.039
 Even when it feels like

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.440
 he's late,

00:36:29.819 --> 00:36:30.579
 you may have heard of a man

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:31.319
 named Lazarus.

00:36:32.359 --> 00:36:32.980
 He's kind of late.

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.819
 Four days late

00:36:34.819 --> 00:36:35.559
 is what they thought.

00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:37.980
 I love the old song,

00:36:38.259 --> 00:36:40.619
 no, he was right on time.

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:43.059
 Because sometimes

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.940
 God allows us to go

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.219
 through things

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:45.699
 not just for us.

00:36:46.859 --> 00:36:47.460
 Because guess what?

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:48.259
 There was a whole crowd

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:49.339
 that saw this woman heal.

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:51.480
 Peter, James, and John,

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:52.519
 they're still kind of

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.599
 trying to figure out

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:54.279
 all these things

00:36:54.279 --> 00:36:55.239
 and Jesus brought them in.

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:55.880
 These were going to be

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.319
 the leaders,

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:57.159
 especially Peter,

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:58.139
 moving forward.

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.000
 And they just,

00:36:59.159 --> 00:36:59.739
 he wanted to show them,

00:36:59.799 --> 00:37:01.000
 listen, I can do this.

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.839
 I'm capable of that.

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.799
 That Jesus is never too late.

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.679
 He's never too busy.

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.639
 He's never too weak.

00:37:09.259 --> 00:37:10.599
 See, when everyone

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.920
 else thought the line

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.659
 was closed

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:14.880
 for this little girl,

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.519
 Jesus walked in

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:18.460
 and it changed everything.

00:37:20.779 --> 00:37:21.759
 See, maybe you've stopped

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:22.719
 believing because God

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:23.599
 is delaying.

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:25.019
 Maybe disappointment

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.980
 has replaced your faith

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.319
 with fear.

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:28.239
 Maybe doubt has crept in

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:29.779
 and it's really taking over.

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:32.219
 Here's the good news.

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:33.360
 You don't need

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:34.299
 a perfect faith.

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:36.219
 You need faith

00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:38.079
 in a perfect Savior.

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:40.139
 And His name is Jesus.

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:42.199
 See, that's what Luke's

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:42.839
 showing us here

00:37:42.839 --> 00:37:44.019
 in chapter number 8.

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:46.339
 So I'm challenging you today

00:37:46.339 --> 00:37:47.179
 the same challenge

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:48.139
 that Jesus gives.

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:50.279
 Fear not,

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:52.000
 believe only.

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:55.039
 I don't have to know

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.679
 your situation,

00:37:56.339 --> 00:37:57.339
 but He does.

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.960
 And these are the words

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.659
 that He speaks.

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:01.259
 And He just wants

00:38:01.259 --> 00:38:02.019
 to remind us

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:03.619
 when we keep believing,

00:38:03.839 --> 00:38:04.960
 when we keep trusting,

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:05.900
 when we keep placing

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:07.019
 our faith in Him,

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:10.320
 He will keep working.

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.599
 That's what He does.

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.280
 That's who He is.

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:16.219
 This is our God.

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:17.599
 Praise the Lord for that.