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A Revival of Recovery - 3/1/26 - Meadows Baptist Church - Pastor Charlie Branch · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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  Welcome to the podcast of Meadows
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  Baptist Church of Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. We're so glad you joined us
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  today. If you enjoy today's message, be
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  sure to subscribe, follow, and share
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  with your friends. Now, let's join
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  Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from
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  God.
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  >> Amen. We'd have nothing without him.
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  Amen.
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  Amen. Appreciate the singing. Matthew's
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  Gospel, chapter 9. Find your place if
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  you would stand on the reverence to the
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  reading of God's word. Matthew's Gospel,
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  chapter 9.
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  Do appreciate you being here this
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  morning. And I thank you for being in
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  the services today. Let me say this to
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  you. Uh church, we do have Sunday school
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  here at the church. Amen. All you that
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  come in this morning, 11 o'clock hour,
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  come be with us at Sunday school. Amen.
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  And members, you're expected. Okay? And
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  you need to be here. All right? I need
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  to be here for Sunday school. And you
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  say, "Preacher, I don't have time."
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  Well, you got time to do everything
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  else. Amen. You can get up an hour
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  earlier and come to Sunday school. Amen.
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  And come on and be be a part of that.
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  And I'll tell you, you wish you hadn't
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  when you get to heaven one of these
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  days. Amen. And you say, "How is that?"
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  Well, I'll tell you this. I know every
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  day that you've missed up to this point.
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  Amen. I can tell you when you get to
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  heaven, if you stay here faithfully for
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  the rest of your life, you'll regret all
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  the days that you missed before. Amen.
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  And so, just be faithful. Amen. And
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  that's our verse for the year. Amen.
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  It's required in stewards. Amen. It's
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  not an option. It's not an option. It's
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  required. Amen. Uh that you need to be
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  found faithful. Amen. Let me say this.
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  You've been you're a steward of the
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  greatest gift.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> That's ever been given to mankind. Amen.
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  And I appreciate the Lord's blessings
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  this morning. Matthew's Gospel chapter
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  number nine. And I want to begin reading
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  verse number 18. Matthew's Gospel
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  chapter number nine. And you pray for
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  us, Lord. Help us this morning and
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  desire to be a blessing. So you pray God
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  touch us. Matthew's Gospel chapter 9
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  verse number 18. You found your place?
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  Say amen.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Verse number 18. The Bible says, "While
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  he spake, that's Jesus, these things
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  unto them, behold, there came a certain
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  ruler and worshiped him, saying, my
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  daughter is even now dead. But come and
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  lay thy hand upon her, and she shall
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  live." And Jesus arose and followed him.
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  And so did his disciples. Behold, a
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  woman which was diseased with an issue
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  of blood 12 years came behind him and
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  touched the hem of his garment. For she
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  said within herself, "If I may but touch
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  the gar his garment, I shall be whole."
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  But Jesus turned him about, and when he
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  saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good
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  comfort. Thy faith hath made thee whole.
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  The woman was made whole from that hour.
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  When Jesus came into the ruler's house,
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  and saw the minstrels and the people
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  making a noise, he said unto them, "Give
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  place, for the maid is not dead, but
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  sleepeth." They laughed him to scorn.
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  But when the people were put forth, he
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  went in and took her by the hand, and
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  the maid arose. Verse 26, the Bible
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  says, "And the fame hereof went abroad
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  into all that land." Let's pray and ask
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  God to help us this morning. Father,
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  thank you for the privilege to be in the
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  house of God today. Thank you for your
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  mercy and your grace. Thank you, God, so
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  much for the spirit in which we've
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  gathered. And Lord, I ask you, God, this
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  morning that you'd help us remove the
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  flesh far from us. God, I pray you'd
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  help us to say nothing that would hinder
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  the working of the Holy Spirit this
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  morning. God, I pray you'd help us to
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  say everything, God, that would draw us
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  near unto thee. Lord, I pray, God, for
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  every place that we're inadequate this
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  morning, I pray, Father, uh, Lord, that
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  your ability, God, would override our
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  inadequacy this morning. And God, I pray
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  that you would move in mighty power in
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  our midst, save the one that's nearest
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  hell. And for those that's out of the
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  will of God, living in sin, I pray you'd
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  get a hold of their heart this morning
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  and draw them back to you. And may they
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  get right with you today before it's too
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  late. And Lord, I pray God if there's
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  somebody here today, God, that needs
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  some encouragement, needs to take
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  another step of faith today, I pray God,
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  you'll give them the strength to do that
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  and be obedient to you out as a result
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  of this service. And I pray more than
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  anything, you'll get glory to yourself
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  because you're worthy. And you alone are
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  worthy of all glory, honor, and praise.
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  We love you. Thank you for loving us.
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  Save the sinner today. We give you
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  thanks for it because we ask it in Jesus
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  name. God's children said, "Amen. Thank
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  you for standing. You can be seated.
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  Matthew's Gospel chapter number nine is
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  a powerp packed portion of scripture.
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  And I dealt with a section of this this
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  morning in our Sunday school hour. And
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  I've been trying to introduce some of
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  the messages here uh in Sunday school.
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  And you give you kind of a two-part deal
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  this morning. Really, our Sunday school
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  time didn't have a whole lot to do with
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  the message that I'm going to share with
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  you this morning. But I'll say this,
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  what I dealt with in Sunday school is a
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  prerequisite for the message that I'm
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  going to give you this morning. And when
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  I when I thought about this text this
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  morning, when you look at chapter number
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  nine, there's several things that jump
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  off the page to me. I think, you know,
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  mainly in this text, the miracles of
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  Christ are present in this chapter. The
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  chapter literally begins with Jesus
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  there having a man brought to him that's
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  sick of the pausy. And they come there
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  and bring him to him. And Jesus heals
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  him, forgives him of his sins, and then
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  the Pharisees begin to question his
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  ability to forgive sins. Let me say this
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  this morning. He's still able to forgive
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  all sin. Amen. Any sin, there's not a
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  sin too deep, too dark, or too bad.
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  Amen. That Jesus cannot handle. Amen.
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  Let me say this. For whatever guilts
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  over your head and in your heart this
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  morning, Jesus can remove that. Amen.
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  And give you new life. Amen. And I think
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  about this text. I think about his
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  miracles. I think about the missions in
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  this text. You notice in verse number 35
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  of Matthew chapter 9 that Jesus went
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  about all their cities and villages
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  teaching in their synagogues and
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  preaching the gospel of the kingdom.
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  Verse 36, but when he saw the
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  multitudes, he was moved with compassion
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  on them because they fainted and were
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  scattered abroad as sheep having no
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  shepherd. And then he makes that famous
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  statement in verse 37. Then saith he
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  unto his disciples, the harvest truly is
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  plenteous, but the laborers are few. And
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  let me say this this morning, when you
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  think about his miracles this morning,
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  the greatest miracle of all is that God
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  would give us the message of the gospel
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  and allow us to propagate that message
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  to a world that's lost and dying without
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  God. And Jesus, no doubt in my mind as
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  he held the mult beheld the multitudes
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  on that Judeian hillside that day, I
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  there's not a doubt in my mind that
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  Jesus looked down through the scope of
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  time and saw you and me when we was lost
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  in our sin and every sinner that he
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  would go to Calvar's cross and die for
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  those multitudes wasn't just present on
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  that day, but in the prospect of the
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  future. Jesus saw every sinner, but he
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  also saw Calvary, that hill that he was
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  headed to to die for the sins of all
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  mankind. You say, "Preacher, what are
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  you saying?" I'm saying the mission of
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  the heart of God and the heart of Jesus
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  Christ was that sinners be saved. Amen.
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  >> But when I think about this text, I
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  think about his miracles, and we're
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  going to deal with one of those miracles
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  here. I think about his missions, but I
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  I think about his message this morning
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  in our text. And I want to deal with
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  that here in just a minute. But I want
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  to look at this subject this morning,
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  and I want to talk about a revival of
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  recovery this morning. A revival of
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  recovery this morning. What you find in
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  this text, and I've already read it to
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  you this morning in your hearing, is
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  there is a certain ruler in verse number
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  18. And the Bible says that his daughter
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  is fell sick. And of course we notice by
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  way of introduction in verse number 18
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  that there first of all the message is
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  expressed. Notice the dialogue in verse
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  number 18. While he spake these things
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  >> unto them. Let me say this. It's still
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  right to preach.
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  >> Amen. It's still right to teach the word
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  of God. It's still right to preach the
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  word of God. It's still right to witness
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  to lost souls and sinners. Amen. and
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  those that's out of the will of God,
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  it's still right. Don't be afraid of
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  people's opinions when it comes to your
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  Christian life. Amen. You live for God
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  and you let come what may. Amen. People
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  will think what they will, but I'll tell
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  you this, we going with God. Amen. Jesus
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  is preaching. There's the dialogue in
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  the text. There's the disciples in the
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  text. They're with Jesus. There are
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  those that are disputing with him in the
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  text. We talked about the disciples of
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  John and the Pharisees in Sunday school
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  this morning. But let me say this. In
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  spite of the disputers and despite of
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  the doubters and despite the in spite of
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  those who are defiled in our text, the
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  deliverer is still speaking. Amen. And
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  let me say this this morning. I don't
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  care how deep, dark or bad your sin is
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  this morning. Jesus is going to speak
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  and you do well to listen this morning.
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  Amen.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> I'll say this in the text. You note the
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  dialogue in verse number 18. You note
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  the disciples. But I'll say this. in
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  spite of the disputers and in spite of
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  those that's defiled and those that's
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  doubt. And let me say there's one that's
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  desperate here in verse number 18. The
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  Bible says while he spake these things
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  unto him behold there came a certain
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  ruler and worshiped him saying my
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  daughter is even now dead but come and
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  lay thy hand upon her and she shall
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  live. Now this man in this text though
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  obscure in this passage of scripture he
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  is named to us in the parallel passage
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  Luke's gospel chapter number eight his
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  name is J Iris and this ruler J Iris of
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  the synagogue he is one of the devout
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  Jews there that are present and and
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  seemingly in spite of the opposition of
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  the Pharisees around him he's got a need
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  that's greater than the doubt of those
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  that surrounded him and so he comes to
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  Jesus here in the text and you notice
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  notice a couple of things by way of
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  introduction talking about revival this
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  morning. Notice his prayer in verse
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  number 18. The Bible says that behold
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  there came a certain ruler and worshiped
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  him saying, "My daughter is even now
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  dead, but come and lay thy hand upon her
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  and she shall live." Notice some things
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  about his prayer this morning. You see,
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  notice in his te in the text. First of
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  all, there is reverence in verse number
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  18. This certain ruler came, what's your
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  Bible say? and worshiped him. It's a
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  good way to start your prayer.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Let me say this. It's the only way to
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  start your prayer.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Is worship and praise and honor unto his
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  name. If you do not respect him, if you
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  come to him with your laundry list,
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  amen, your grocery list of requests,
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  amen, and you do not first take time to
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  reverence his name and reverence who he
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  is, you cannot expect anything to come
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  from his hand. Amen. I notice not only
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  his reverence but you notice his reality
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  in verse number 18. He worshiped him
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  saying my daughter is even now dead. Now
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  studying the parallel accounts in the
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  scripture we find that in Luke chapter 8
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  and Mark chapter number five that at
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  this present time in verse number 18
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  she's not dead at this moment. But what
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  he is saying is is that by the time we
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  get home she's going to be dead. Jesus,
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  by the time we make it back to where she
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  is, she is going to be gone, passed on.
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  Her sickness is nigh unto death, and her
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  problem is so great that she is going to
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  be passed on before we can even make it
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  back. But I'll say this, I'm thankful
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  that in the midst of this prayer, he
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  takes time to reverence the Lord. He
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  takes time to share his reality. But
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  there's one thing that stands out to me
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  in this prayer, and that is his resolve.
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  Notice verse number 18. Look at that
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  little word there in the middle of the
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  verse. But Amen. My daughter is even now
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  dead. But come and lay thy hand upon her
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  and she shall live. Amen. Job said, "If
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  a man dies, shall he live again." Boy,
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  I'm thankful when Jesus shows up. Hey,
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  we know. Amen. Death's not a period.
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  Amen. It's not an ending, but thank God
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  it's a comma for a new life to start.
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  Amen. Jesus steps up on the scene and
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  this man's resolve was greater than the
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  doubt of the Pharisees. This man's
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  resolve was greater than the death that
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  was in his daughter's life. I'm saying,
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  friend, for whatever you need,
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  whatever's dead or dying in your life,
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  JESUS IS ABLE TO MEET THAT NEED IF YOU
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  WILL BELIEVE. AMEN.
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  >> You say, "What does this have to do with
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  revival?" Well, I'm going to give you
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  the story this morning, but the little
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  girl gets up,
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  >> right?
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  >> She comes to life again.
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  >> Amen. You know what? That's what some of
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  you need this morning.
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  >> Come on.
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  >> You know what you are? You're a
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  spiritual deadbeat.
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  Oo, that was hard, wasn't it? You're
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  dead. You say, "How is that, preacher?"
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  Well, you ain't saying amen. That's
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  >> right.
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  >> Somebody help me preach this morning.
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  Amen. I'm telling you this. Jesus will
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  help me if nobody else will. Amen. His
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  prayer was a prayer of reverence. But
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  I'll tell you this, he revealed his
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  reality here that he had a need that was
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  bigger than him. Let me tell YOU THIS.
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  EVERY ONE OF US IN HERE HAS got a need
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  that's bigger THAN WE ARE. WE HAVE NO
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  ABILITY TO GET INTO HIS PRESENCE. AND
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  WITHOUT HIM, WE HAVE NO OPPORTUNITY to
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  get there. Let me say this to you this
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  morning. It's time some of us embrace
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  our reality and get a little resolve
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  about us. THAT WE GOING TO GO TO WHERE
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  HE IS AND SAY, "LORD, I'M NOT LEAVING
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  TILL YOU HELP ME." AMEN.
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  >> Jacob said, "I'm not going to let the
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  let you go except you bless me." Amen.
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  And his prayer in this text, HE SAID,
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  "LORD, I KNOW SHE'S RIGHT NOW DEAD.
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  SHE'S PROBABLY DYING AT THIS VERY
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  MOMENT, BUT LORD, I know if you'll SHOW
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  UP, YOU CAN TAKE care of it." AMEN. AND
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  HE'S STILL ABLE. HE'S STILL ABLE. HE'S
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  STILL ABLE TO DO EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY
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  ABOVE ALL THAT WE ASK OR THINK,
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  ACCORDING TO THE POWER THAT WORKKETH in
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  us. Amen.
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  >> He's able. Amen.
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  >> His prayer. But I noticed this. All
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  right. You say, "Preacher, this is awful
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  generic." Well, it's fixing to not get
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  generic. Listen to me. All right. Verse
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  number Notice what verse 19 says. And
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  Jesus arose. Notice this. And followed
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  him.
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  >> Now, that might not catch your eye right
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  off the bat. Well, let me say this. This
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  boy's prayer got heaven's attention.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Matter of fact, this boy's prayer got
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  heaven on earth's attention. Amen. Don't
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  know how to say that, but I made it
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  work. Amen. He got Jesus attention. You
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  say, "What is that?" Well, I notice his
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  prayer in verse number 18, but you see
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  his path in verse number 19. This man
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  starts home and who's following him?
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  >> Jesus is. You know what I thought about
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  this, brother M, as I was reading this
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  this afternoon. You know what we spend?
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  So, you know, we we talk about, man, I
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  just want to follow Jesus. I just want
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  to follow Jesus. But you know what this
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  man was doing? Jesus was following him.
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  You're
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  >> right.
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  >> You say, what's the emphasis of that,
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  preacher? Well, you see, there was
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  somebody that had a need back at his
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  house. Amen. and he knew the pathway
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  home. You say, "Well, Jesus knew the
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  pathway home, preacher, but this man was
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  the one that went to God. Get him."
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  Amen. And bring him back home with him.
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  What are you saying? I'M SAYING IF JESUS
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  followed you this morning, where would
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  you take him to?
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  >> That's good. Come on.
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  >> Oh my friend.
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  >> If Jesus were to follow you, would he
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  find somebody at the end of your journey
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  that had a need? I'm saying, how many of
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  us took Jesus to somebody this past week
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  that had a need? THEY NEEDED SALVATION.
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  THEY NEEDED GRACE. THEY NEEDED STRENGTH.
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  THEY NEEDED ENCOURAGEMENT. How many of
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  you took JESUS TO SOMEBODY THAT COULD
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  NOT HELP HIMSELF? AMEN.
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  >> Let me say this in direct application of
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  the text. Jesus here is following this
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  man home because he's going to his house
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  to meet the direct need of the moment.
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  Let me say this. Daddy, you are the
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  Christ of your home and is your job as
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  the father, as the daddy, AS THE
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  HUSBAND. AMEN. TO MAKE SURE THAT JESUS
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  MAKES IT TO YOUR HOUSE. AMEN.
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  >> And if daddy WON'T DO IT, MAMA, PLEASE
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  STEP UP AND MAKE SURE THAT JESUS GETS TO
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  YOUR HOUSE. YOU SAY, "WHY IS IT,
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  PREACHER?" WELL, THAT DAUGHTER, that son
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  that you've GOT IS LOST WITHOUT GOD.
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  THEY'RE RIGHT NOW DEAD. ARE YOU HEARING
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  THE PREACHER THIS MORNING? I'M SAYING IF
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  SOMEBODY DON'T BRING JESUS BACK HOME, IF
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  SOMEBODY DON'T GET ON THE PATH BACK HOME
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  WITH JESUS FOLLOWING, JESUS WILL NEVER
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  COME BY YOUR HOUSE. AMEN.
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  >> YES.
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  >> He gets on the path going back home and
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  Jesus is following him. But you see
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  there something arises on the way.
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  >> You see his prayer. Let me say this.
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  There sometimes there's a lot of diff
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  distance between the prayer and the
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  answer.
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  >> You're right. Sometimes there's a lot of
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  time between the prayer and the answer.
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  >> As a little old lady went to heaven
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  >> from our church
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  40 years
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  she prayed. That's right.
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  >> For her family,
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  >> prayed for her husband,
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  >> right?
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  >> 40 years. Took all almost pretty much
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  all her life praying that God would save
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  them. God bring her children back. We
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  got to listen to her son testify this
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  week. thanking God.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> For protecting them, thanking God for
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  his wife and how God was going to bring
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  them through this season of their life.
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  And I just thought to myself, man,
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  aren't you thankful that somebody
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  brought Jesus BACK HOME WITH THEM? AMEN.
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  BROUGHT JESUS TO THEIR HOUSE AND GOT
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  SOME HELP FOR THEIR FAMILY WHEN THEY
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  WASN'T SMART ENOUGH TO GET IT FOR
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  THEIREL. YOU SAY, "HOW IS IT, PREACHER?"
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  EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US AT SOME POINT IN
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  OUR LIFE, WE WERE NOT GOING TO SEEK HELP
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  ON OUR OWN. BUT AREN'T YOU THANKFUL THAT
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  SOMEBODY PRAYED FOR YOU? SOMEBODY
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  BROUGHT JESUS TO WHERE you were at.
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  Amen.
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  >> But I noticed this verse 20. You see his
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  prayer. You see his path, but you not
• 18:08
  his patience in this text. And I use
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  this text for a reason. The other Luke's
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  gospel and Mark's gospel give a lot more
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  to this. And I wanted to be simple this
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  morning. But you see on that path home,
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  he he he encounters somebody. Yeah.
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  >> The Bible said in verse 20, "Behold, a
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  woman which was diseased with an issue
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  of blood 12 years came behind him and
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  touched the hem of his garment."
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  >> You know the story, there's a disease.
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  Her desire, verse 21, for she said
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  within herself, "If I may but touch his
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  garment, I shall be whole."
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  >> The same faith that Jirus had to raise
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  his daughter is the very same faith that
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  she had that she knew if she could just
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  get to Jesus and just touch not Jesus,
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  but just something that was touching
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  him. Amen. old friend. You get the image
• 18:53
  of that? Amen. If we'll just get a hold
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  of Jesus, Amen. and take a hold of
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  somebody else, Jesus can. Man, I'm
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  telling you, friend, SHE GOT A HOLD to
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  the HEM OF HIS GARMENT. AND what happens
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  in the text? Hey, friend, there's
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  deliverance. Look what the Bible says.
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  Verse 22. But Jesus turned about when he
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  saw her, he said, daughter, be of good
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  comfort. Thy faith hath made thee whole.
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  And the woman was made whole from that
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  hour. You say, preacher, what's
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  significant about that story? Well, I'd
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  say two things about that story here are
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  significant. I think the age is
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  significant. The Bible says that she had
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  an issue of blood for 12 years.
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  Now, you turn to the parallel account of
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  this, you'll find out that little girl
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  was 12 years old. You say, "Preacher,
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  what's else significant about that?"
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  Well, a relationship's significant. Look
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  what the Bible says in verse 18. There
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  came a certain ruler and worshiped him,
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  saying, "My daughter."
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  Notice verse number 20. Verse number 22.
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  But Jesus turned him about and when he
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  saw her, he said, "What?"
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  Daughter
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  >> be of good comfort.
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  >> You say, "What is that, preacher?" Well,
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  that J Iris, that ruler was on the way
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  home to his daughter with Jesus.
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> But on the way, there was one of Jesus
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  daughters.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Come on.
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  >> That needed some help.
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  >> That's right. And you know what
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  happened? Jesus took a little time out.
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> Stop and say, "Honey, it's all right."
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  >> That's right.
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  >> I don't know about you, and I'm not I'm
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  not big on on reading into a text. Amen.
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  I hate it. Okay. But I'll tell you this.
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  I wonder if J Iris looked at Jesus when
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  he did that. Heard that word come out of
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  his mouth, "Daughter,
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  >> be of good comfort." I wonder if a peace
• 20:42
  come over his heart. You say, "How is it
• 20:44
  that he was patient?" Do you see
• 20:46
  anywhere in the text where he
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  complained?
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Oh my soul. Somebody help me preach this
• 20:52
  morning. Do you see anywhere in the text
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  where J IRIS SAID, "JESUS, WHAT ARE YOU
• 20:56
  DOING? WHY ARE YOU STOPPING? SHE'S NOW
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  DEAD. JESUS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT
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  IN TIME." Don't see it a single time.
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  >> Right?
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  >> Mark's account in chapter 5, Luke's
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  account in chapter 8. Not a single time
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  does J. Irish complain.
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  >> Jesus had to stop and take care of some
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  business. Let me say this to you this
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  morning. Of course, we know Jesus was
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  literally physically walking in this
• 21:17
  text, but just know just because your
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  prayer is not getting answered yet,
• 21:21
  Jesus is on his way.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Amen. He's on his way. You say, "Did he
• 21:25
  have to stop and help somebody else?"
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  No. He can help you anytime that he
• 21:29
  wants to. Amen. Jesus could have healed
• 21:31
  that little girl without even walking
• 21:33
  away. You remember that rich that ruler,
• 21:35
  that centurion that had a servant, a
• 21:36
  man, that was sick. And what did he say?
• 21:38
  He said, "Lord, I'm not worthy that you
• 21:40
  should even come under my roof, BUT JUST
• 21:42
  SPEAK A word and my servant will be
• 21:43
  healed." You remember what the Bible
• 21:45
  said? Jesus said his faith, he
• 21:47
  recognized his faith and what he do. He
• 21:49
  healed that boy, not ever laying eyes on
• 21:51
  him. I'm saying Jesus can TAKE CARE OF
• 21:53
  YOUR PROBLEM. AMEN. IF YOU'LL JUST BE
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  PATIENT WITH HIM. AMEN.
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  >> But you know what? It was on the path.
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  Here's what you're going to find. On the
• 22:04
  path to home, you know what you're going
• 22:06
  to do? You're going to meet other people
• 22:07
  that have needs.
• 22:08
  >> You're right.
• 22:10
  >> On the path to bring Jesus home, you're
• 22:11
  going to meet people on that way that's
• 22:13
  going to need the same Jesus you're
• 22:14
  trying to take home.
• 22:15
  >> You're right.
• 22:17
  >> Oh man, that's good preaching this
• 22:19
  morning. I'm telling you, I'm It ain't
• 22:20
  cuz I'm doing it either. Amen. I noticed
• 22:23
  this in the text and I'm moving. Amen.
• 22:25
  You see his patience in the text.
• 22:26
  Doesn't complain at all. Let me say this
• 22:28
  to you, church. When God's not working
• 22:29
  the way you want him to, don't complain.
• 22:32
  >> That's right. You just say, "Lord, I
• 22:34
  know what I I don't know what you're
• 22:35
  doing, but Lord, I know who you are."
• 22:37
  >> You're right.
• 22:37
  >> And Lord, I can't trace your hand, but I
• 22:39
  will trust your heart. Amen. I know
• 22:41
  you've got my best interest in mind,
• 22:43
  whether this all works out or whether it
• 22:46
  doesn't. God, I know it'll be your will
• 22:48
  either way. Amen. AND I'LL JUST TRUST
• 22:50
  YOU. AMEN. HEY, BE PATIENT IN THAT TIME
• 22:52
  OF WAITING. IF YOU'VE MADE YOUR PRAYER
• 22:54
  AND YOU'RE ON THE PATHWAY HOME, YOU JUST
• 22:56
  KNOW THAT GOD WILL MEET you there. Amen.
• 22:59
  Notice this in the text, and I'll get
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  into the message this morning. Notice
• 23:03
  his place in verse 23. And when Jesus
• 23:06
  came, notice that into the ruler's
• 23:09
  house. He's made it home.
• 23:13
  Now, what happens? I'm talking about
• 23:15
  revival. You know what revival is?
• 23:17
  Revival is personal.
• 23:18
  >> That's right.
• 23:20
  >> If you're going to have revival, it's
• 23:21
  going to have to start in here.
• 23:23
  >> Amen.
• 23:23
  >> Amen. Notice what happens in this text.
• 23:27
  The Bible says there in verse 23 verse
• 23:29
  he number one you see at this place what
• 23:32
  Jesus saw. Look what the Bible says.
• 23:34
  When Jesus came into the ruler's house
• 23:36
  and saw the minstrels and the people
• 23:38
  making a noise. You know what this is?
• 23:41
  This is the Jewish ceremony of death.
• 23:44
  >> This is Jewish funeral. What they would
• 23:47
  do is is there would be family there
• 23:48
  weeping and mourning of course for
• 23:50
  death. and the climate there in this
• 23:52
  land, the Middle East, as soon as a body
• 23:54
  would pass on, they would immediately
• 23:56
  have the the funeral because, you know,
• 23:58
  the their ability to inbomb and all of
• 24:01
  that just wasn't the way it is now and
• 24:02
  preserve the body. And so, they would
• 24:04
  immediately begin the funeral and daddy
• 24:07
  gets home and they're already singing.
• 24:11
  You imagine coming down the road, those
• 24:13
  open
• 24:14
  >> doored houses, no windows, no doors, and
• 24:17
  what does he hear? He heals the weeping
• 24:20
  of those mourers that are hired to
• 24:23
  grieve the loss of those that were dead.
• 24:24
  You say, "Preacher, that's terrible.
• 24:26
  That's just the culture." Amen. That's
• 24:27
  just the way it was. They hired mourers
• 24:29
  that went to these these funerals. And
• 24:32
  you see that he saw them in verse 23.
• 24:34
  And notice what he said in verse 24. He
• 24:37
  said unto them, "Give place, for the
• 24:40
  maid is not dead, but sleepeth."
• 24:43
  >> They laughed him to scorn. Now, what's
• 24:46
  Jesus saying? You say, "Preacher, that
• 24:48
  she's dead." She is dead. Jesus in the
• 24:51
  same occasion when Lazarus was dead. The
• 24:53
  Bible says that, you know, he he told
• 24:56
  his disciples, "What do you tell him?"
• 24:57
  He said, "I go to wake L. He's he's
• 24:58
  asleep and I go to awake him." That's
• 25:00
  >> right.
• 25:01
  >> And the disciples said, "Lord, if he'd
• 25:02
  be asleep, he'd do well." And Jesus said
• 25:05
  to him plainly, "The Bible says he's
• 25:07
  dead." What was it? What's the truth
• 25:10
  he's teaching them? That this body was
• 25:11
  just asleep. That's
• 25:12
  >> right.
• 25:13
  >> Amen. We don't believe in soul sleep
• 25:15
  this morning. That's not what I'm
• 25:16
  talking about. But in comparison to the
• 25:19
  power of God, death is just sleep.
• 25:20
  >> You're right.
• 25:21
  >> And so what happens? Jesus comes to this
• 25:24
  house. He sees the mourers. He hears the
• 25:26
  music. Verse 24, he says, look what he
• 25:29
  says. Give place. What does that mean?
• 25:32
  Y'all back up a little bit. Amen. You
• 25:36
  say, "What is that, preacher?" Well,
• 25:38
  when Jesus comes down to your house,
• 25:40
  he's going to move some things out of
• 25:41
  the way.
• 25:41
  >> You're right.
• 25:42
  >> Amen.
• 25:43
  >> He have to He may have to move some
• 25:44
  people out of the way. You're right.
• 25:46
  >> He have to may have to move some
• 25:47
  programs,
• 25:48
  >> you're right,
• 25:49
  >> out of the way.
• 25:49
  >> Come on.
• 25:50
  >> He He may have to move some of the
• 25:52
  operation of your life out of the way.
• 25:54
  Notice what happens in this text. You
• 25:55
  see, they're already mourning. She's
• 25:57
  dead. They're going on about their daily
• 25:59
  life. They're mourning. Verse number 24,
• 26:01
  he says to them, they, you know, give
• 26:03
  place. The maid's not dead, but
• 26:05
  sleepeth. Notice this. And they laughed
• 26:07
  him to scorn.
• 26:09
  They mocked him. Why is that? Because
• 26:12
  these mourers were hirelings.
• 26:15
  They were actors,
• 26:17
  >> right?
• 26:18
  >> They didn't really care. That's right.
• 26:19
  >> They were paid to be there.
• 26:21
  >> You say, "What's the emphasis of that?"
• 26:23
  Well, I'm talking about revival.
• 26:25
  When Jesus shows up, you know what's
• 26:27
  happen? What happens? Those that's not
• 26:29
  real reveal themselves.
• 26:31
  >> Right.
• 26:32
  >> Amen.
• 26:33
  >> Oh, friend.
• 26:34
  >> Come on.
• 26:35
  >> That's right.
• 26:35
  >> When Jesus shows up and he's going to do
• 26:37
  a work, you know what happens? Those
• 26:39
  that really don't care, they show
• 26:40
  themselves.
• 26:42
  It shows who's real and who's not.
• 26:44
  Notice this. I give you the message.
• 26:45
  It's going to be short. I've built a big
• 26:46
  old foundation. I'm going to put a
• 26:48
  teepee on it. All right. You see what he
• 26:51
  saw at the house. You see what he said
• 26:53
  at the house. But notice where he
• 26:54
  started when he got to the house in
• 26:56
  verse 25. Look at look at that first
• 26:59
  phrase. But when the people were put
• 27:02
  forth, he said give place. You know what
• 27:06
  had to happen? There was some people
• 27:08
  that had to get out.
• 27:09
  >> Right?
• 27:11
  >> Look at it again. First of all, in the
• 27:13
  message this morning, I'd say if you're
• 27:14
  going to have revival, there's got to be
• 27:16
  an exit.
• 27:18
  >> Right?
• 27:19
  >> Now, I know we don't like that this
• 27:20
  morning, but it's it's in the text. But
• 27:22
  when the people were put forth, what is
• 27:25
  the exit of? Well, it's of the
• 27:26
  hypocrites,
• 27:27
  >> right?
• 27:28
  >> It's of the actors, those that's not
• 27:30
  real, those that aren't going to be
• 27:31
  saved. And you say, "Preacher, well, as
• 27:33
  long as somebody's lost and they're in
• 27:35
  the house of God, they're in a good
• 27:36
  place." Here's the truth about this. All
• 27:39
  what you need to know this morning. An
• 27:40
  apostate who has been in the house of
• 27:42
  God for 20, 30, 40 years or however long
• 27:45
  it is, whatever it is, if they've been
• 27:47
  there that long and they still haven't
• 27:49
  got saved, sometimes the best thing they
• 27:51
  can do is get out and quit messing up
• 27:53
  the house of God.
• 27:54
  >> You're right.
• 27:55
  >> You say, "What's the truth about that?"
• 27:57
  Here's the truth about that. THEY'RE NOT
• 27:59
  SAVED YET. PROBABLY NOT EVER GOING TO
• 28:01
  BE. And what they're doing is hindering
• 28:03
  other people from getting saved.
• 28:06
  >> They're hindering OTHER PEOPLE FROM
• 28:08
  BEING SAVED. and they're hindering the
• 28:10
  saved people from being joyous.
• 28:12
  >> Amen.
• 28:13
  >> Amen. That's good preaching this
• 28:15
  morning. I'm saying he there's an exit.
• 28:17
  There has to be some hypocrites that
• 28:20
  have to get out of the way. And who's
• 28:21
  the one that does the removing?
• 28:25
  Notice it again. Verse 25. But when the
• 28:28
  people were put forth, you know what
• 28:30
  they were doing? They were laughing at
• 28:31
  him. You say, "What were they laughing
• 28:33
  at, preacher?" They were laughing at his
• 28:35
  word.
• 28:36
  >> That's right.
• 28:36
  >> Notice it again. He said unto them,
• 28:39
  "Give place, for the maid is not dead,
• 28:41
  but sleepeth." What do they do? They
• 28:43
  laugh at him. They laugh at his word.
• 28:45
  You know what the hypocrite does?
• 28:46
  Somebody that's apostate, never going to
• 28:48
  be saved. They mock at his word.
• 28:50
  >> Oh, preacher, it don't really mean that.
• 28:52
  You're just swelling that
• 28:54
  >> preacher. We don't really believe that.
• 28:56
  You don't really believe that, preacher.
• 28:58
  You mean that's right? You're trying to
• 29:00
  tell me that I've got to live like that
• 29:02
  and be like that and do that to be
• 29:04
  saved. No. No. I don't add no works to
• 29:06
  salvation. But I'll tell you this, if
• 29:08
  you are saved, there's going to be some
• 29:09
  things that just come along with it.
• 29:11
  Amen. The hypocrites HAVE TO GET OUT OF
• 29:13
  THE WAY. AMEN.
• 29:14
  >> AMEN.
• 29:16
  >> Come on.
• 29:17
  >> I'm talking about revival. If we want to
• 29:19
  have real revival, the hypocrites, those
• 29:22
  that mock at the word of God, those that
• 29:24
  laugh when the preacher gives the
• 29:25
  message. Jesus gave the diagnosis. Amen.
• 29:28
  But they didn't like what he had to say.
• 29:29
  And so, you know what happened? They got
• 29:31
  to get out,
• 29:32
  >> right?
• 29:34
  >> I'm just preaching this morning. You
• 29:36
  notice the exit of the hypocrites. Verse
• 29:39
  25. But notice what happens. And I love
• 29:42
  this, brother Matt. The Bible is written
• 29:44
  this way for a reason. Amen. Look what
• 29:46
  the Bible says. But when the people were
• 29:50
  put forth, what's the next three words?
• 29:54
  He went in.
• 29:57
  At the same time,
• 29:59
  all them actors was exiting. All them
• 30:02
  paid performers was walking out and
• 30:04
  getting out of the way. You know what
• 30:05
  was happening? Jesus was stepping back
• 30:07
  into the situation. Amen. He got to the
• 30:10
  house and he looked at Jay Iris and
• 30:11
  said, "All right, this is what's going
• 30:13
  to have to be. You're going to have to
• 30:14
  get them out of the way. She ain't
• 30:16
  really, she's not really dead." Amen.
• 30:18
  She just needs some help from me. Amen.
• 30:20
  Oh, friend. Hallelujah. Boy, I'm
• 30:22
  thankful that when Jesus looks at A
• 30:24
  SINNER, YES, THEY ARE DEAD. But aren't
• 30:26
  you thankful IN LIGHT OF THE CROSS, in
• 30:28
  light of Calvary, Jesus looks at them
• 30:31
  and he says, "Oh, friend," he don't he
• 30:33
  don't see the judgment. He sees the
• 30:35
  possibility. Amen. He sees what THEY CAN
• 30:37
  BE, WHO THEY'RE GOING TO BE. AMEN. HE
• 30:40
  SEES THE FUTURE, AND HE SAYS, "ALL
• 30:41
  RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET all
• 30:42
  these others out of the way."
• 30:44
  >> That's right.
• 30:46
  >> Amen, friend. He looks at them, and the
• 30:48
  Bible says, "When they were put forth,
• 30:50
  then he goes in." Let me say this, it's
• 30:52
  only on the precipice when they get out.
• 30:54
  >> You're right.
• 30:56
  >> He doesn't go in till they get out.
• 30:59
  >> Why? Because there ain't enough room.
• 31:02
  >> That's good.
• 31:04
  You say, "Preacher, there's plenty seats
• 31:05
  in here." I know what I'm talking about.
• 31:08
  >> I'm talking about room for the Holy
• 31:10
  Ghost of God to work.
• 31:11
  >> Amen.
• 31:14
  >> You see, Jesus steps in the entrance. He
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  enters into the situation here in the
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  text. And what does he do? You notice
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  not only the exit and the entrance, but
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  notice the embrace in verse 25. But when
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  the people were put forth, he went in.
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  Notice this. Nobody had to ask which one
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  was dead.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> When Jesus walked in, Amen. She was
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  laying over there and everybody knew.
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  Let me say this to you this morning.
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  Just as clear as it was to Jesus in this
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  text that that LITTLE GIRL WAS DEAD, he
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  knows everybody in here that's lost. He
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  knows everybody IN HERE THAT'S SAVED.
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  AMEN. And he CAN POINT YOU OUT. WE MAY
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  NOT KNOW IT THIS MORNING, BUT I CAN
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  ASSURE YOU HE DOES. AN OLD FRIEND. HE'LL
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  MOVE EVERYBODY ELSE OUT OF THE WAY. AND
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  HE'LL COME TO YOUR BEDSIDE. HE'LL COME
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  TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU'RE LAYING DEAD
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  WITHOUT GOD. WHERE YOU'RE LAYING WITH NO
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  LIFE IN YOU, NOT KNOWING JESUS CHRIST.
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  AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE'LL DO?
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  >> RIGHT.
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  >> Come on.
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  >> I'm telling you, I about lost my mind
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  studying this. Amen. Look what he says.
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  Verse number 25, the Bible says, "He
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  went in and took her by the hand." Jesus
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  reached down his hand for this little
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  maiden, 12 years old. What does he do?
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  The moment he clasped her hand, what
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  does the Bible say?
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  >> And she arose.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> I like that old song. Talks about that
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  old violin.
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> That violin was brought into the pawn
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  shop. You've all heard it. Says worth1,
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  two, three dollars. Amen.
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  The man comes in there and he gets hold
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  of that violin's all dusty and beat up
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  and he starts playing that violin on
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  that I guess it's an auction and the
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  bids go from one $2. It goes from 1,000
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  2,000 3,000 and the song ends. It says
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  it's just the touch of the master's
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  hand.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You see the value of a soul is not the
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  value of a soul itself.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> But it's the value of whose hand it's
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  in. You're right.
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  >> You and I ain't worth a thing.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You said, "Preacher, I thought you
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  supposed to be encouraging." No, I'm
• 33:32
  telling you the truth. Amen.
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  >> You and I ain't worth the God blessed
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  thing. Amen. Hey, friend. If it was if
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  it was left up to us to live our life,
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  we die and go to hell and burn just like
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  every sinner and every devil that's been
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  in history. Let me tell you something.
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  Jesus saw something.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Amen. And here's the thing about it.
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  Every sinner that dies and goes to hell,
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  Jesus got a plan for them, too. That's
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  right.
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  >> Amen. They just didn't receive his plan.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> But I'll tell you this, he walked into
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  that house that day. His entrance
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  brought about an embrace. And who did he
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  embrace? He embraced that little girl.
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  And the moment that his hand clashed in
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  hers, she arose up to to new life. Amen.
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  She's restored. She's revived. And you
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  say, "Preacher, what's the emphasis?"
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  I'm saying she'd have never been revived
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  if daddy hadn't went and got Jesus.
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  Amen. If daddy HADN'T COME TO WHERE
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  JESUS WAS AND GOT JESUS AND STARTED ON
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  THAT PATHWAY HOME, HE MADE A PRAYER. HE
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  SHOWED HIS FAITH. LORD, I KNOW I WORSHIP
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  YOU. I PRAISE YOUR NAME. BUT LORD, I GOT
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  A PROBLEM I CAN'T FIX. I GOT A SITUATION
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  MY DAUGHTER'S NOW DEAD. AND THE BIBLE
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  SAYS, HE SAYS, LORD, I KNOW that you can
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  TAKE CARE OF THIS. I BELIEVE THAT YOU
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  CAN HANDLE IT. AND SO WHAT DOES HE DO?
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  HE GETS JESUS BY THE HAND AND THEY START
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  HOME. AMEN. And what happens when they
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  get home? The same HAND THAT THAT
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  FOLLOWED THAT MAN ALL THE WAY HOME is
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  the SAME HAND THAT PICKED UP HIS LITTLE
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  GIRL AND BREATHED NEW LIFE INTO HER. YOU
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  SAY, "HOW IS IT, PREACHER?" WELL, IN THE
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  WOMB WHEN THAT WOMAN CONCEIVED WITH THIS
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  LITTLE GIRL, IT WAS THE SAME HOLE
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  FRIEND, THE SAME mouth that breathed
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  life into THAT CONCEPTION IS THE SAME
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  HAND, FRIEND, THAT STEPPED INTO HER LIFE
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  AND REVIVED HER. AMEN.
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  I'm
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  >> talking about a revival.
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  There have to be an exit.
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  He's got to make an entrance.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> But there's going to have to be an
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  embrace.
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  >> Notice the excitement.
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  There's new life in the text.
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  But what happens after this revival?
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  Verse 26. What's your Bible say?
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  And the fame hereof
• 35:38
  went abroad into all that land.
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  You want to know how you measure true
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  revival?
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  >> I've heard of a lot of good meetings
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  down through the years.
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  And this is what I hear about most of
• 35:52
  them. Well, we had 70 people get saved
• 35:55
  in that meeting.
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  >> We had 40, 50, 60, 70 people get saved
• 35:59
  in that meeting. And you know, I think
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  to myself, that's great.
• 36:03
  >> Y
• 36:04
  >> glory to God. Praise the Lord. That's
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  wonderful. But when you look at the
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  amount of people that they say got saved
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  in that meeting,
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  >> come on.
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  >> And how many of them still in church?
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, how can you judge a
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  revival meeting by by that?" Let me say
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  this. When Jesus saves somebody, he
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  saves them to last.
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  >> When he saves you, he seals you.
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  >> Right?
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  >> I tell you this, we ought not ever judge
• 36:30
  a revival meeting by how many people get
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  saved.
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  >> Right?
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  There's churches all over this country
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  that preachers will preach in a big
• 36:38
  emotionalistic move and the same people
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  will get saved every year.
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  >> Let me tell you, God's not pleased with
• 36:45
  that. That's
• 36:45
  >> right.
• 36:47
  Cuz you know what that is?
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  That's putting Christ on the cross
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  again.
• 36:52
  >> You're right.
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  >> Well, I'm going to get it some point in
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  time.
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  I'll get it settled some way, preacher.
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  Now, let me tell you how you get it
• 37:01
  settled. It ain't in a meeting.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> It's not talking to some man.
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  >> It's not going around asking a bunch of
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  questions and, you know, trying to find
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  what day it was or your name on a roll
• 37:14
  at some church 40 years ago where you
• 37:16
  got saved. That ain't got nothing to do
• 37:17
  with it.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> It ain't got nothing to do with an
• 37:20
  experience that you had.
• 37:22
  >> Oh, friend, I'm meddling now, ain't it?
• 37:25
  >> It ain't got nothing to do where you was
• 37:26
  at, what you said, or even who you are.
• 37:29
  >> Yeah, you're right. Here's what
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  salvation is. It's two words. Jesus
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  Christ,
• 37:36
  >> right?
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  >> And you know what salvation is? Is when
• 37:39
  God in your mind turns the light on
• 37:43
  said look what Jes what what God say?
• 37:46
  Isaiah 45:22.
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  Look unto me and be ye saved. All the
• 37:52
  ends of the earth for I'm God and
• 37:53
  there's none else. You know, all it
• 37:55
  takes
• 37:59
  seeing him.
• 38:00
  >> That's right.
• 38:01
  >> Amen.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, but how do I know?
• 38:04
  How do I know, preacher, that I've seen
• 38:06
  him?"
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  When you look at this book right here,
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  >> Amen.
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  >> and you see him,
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  >> you're right.
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  >> I can tell I can take you to any page in
• 38:16
  that Bible right there and I can find
• 38:18
  it.
• 38:18
  >> That's right.
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  The reason why there's so many people in
• 38:23
  our churches that don't know the word of
• 38:25
  God is cuz they have no capacity to
• 38:26
  learn it.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> You don't want to memorize it because it
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  ain't never been in your heart.
• 38:31
  >> You're right.
• 38:31
  >> Oh, friend, when you think about
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  scripture memorization this morning, we
• 38:35
  we we press our children.
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  Memorize, memorize, memorize, memorize.
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  That's good. I think y'all do it before
• 38:41
  they get saved. Let me say this about
• 38:43
  that, okay? It's going to be a lot
• 38:45
  harder for them to memorize something
• 38:46
  that's not in their heart.
• 38:47
  >> You're right. God said, "I'll write my
• 38:49
  law on their inward parts."
• 38:51
  >> Right?
• 38:51
  >> And you know why memory is easier for
• 38:53
  somebody who's saved? Because it's
• 38:55
  already on the inside.
• 38:56
  >> You're right.
• 38:58
  >> Oh, friend, that's the best thing you've
• 38:59
  heard. And you don't know how long.
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  Right there. Amen.
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  >> Look, I'm not being prideful this
• 39:05
  morning. What I'm trying to tell you is
• 39:06
  this. Revival
• 39:09
  is when Jesus steps in.
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  >> Yes.
• 39:12
  >> And everybody else has to get out.
• 39:16
  >> You say, "Preacher, what does that look
• 39:18
  like?" in my life. Well, I'll say this
• 39:19
  right now. He's doing this. That's
• 39:22
  >> right.
• 39:23
  >> You say, "What is that?" Well, he's
• 39:25
  reaching down his hand to you. What I've
• 39:26
  done this morning is I brought Jesus to
• 39:28
  your house.
• 39:29
  >> You're right.
• 39:31
  >> You see, your life, the Bible teaches us
• 39:33
  that the body is a tabernacle of the
• 39:35
  Holy Ghost of God. You're not your own.
• 39:37
  You're bought with a price. Therefore,
• 39:38
  glorify God, your body and your spirit,
• 39:40
  which are the Lord's.
• 39:41
  >> And so, what you're doing this morning,
• 39:43
  you're living with a barred body. Amen.
• 39:46
  >> Everything you got is borrowed.
• 39:48
  >> Your husband, your wife, your life, your
• 39:50
  money, all of that. Your children, it's
• 39:51
  borrowed. It's not yours. You say,
• 39:53
  "Preacher, will they have my last name?"
• 39:54
  Well, God knew who they were before you
• 39:56
  did.
• 39:56
  >> Amen.
• 39:58
  >> God's the one that put that seed in your
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  womb.
• 40:01
  >> You're right. Come on.
• 40:03
  >> They belong to him.
• 40:04
  >> Amen.
• 40:06
  >> It's not yours. This church is not
• 40:08
  yours.
• 40:11
  the money of the church, the ministry of
• 40:13
  the church, the the the buildings, the
• 40:16
  grounds
• 40:17
  >> doesn't belong to any of us. You're
• 40:19
  >> right.
• 40:20
  >> He has given us all of this and it's
• 40:22
  just borrowed for a time. But here's
• 40:24
  what he says. I want you to give it back
• 40:27
  to me.
• 40:30
  >> Jesus is reaching out his hand this
• 40:31
  morning. I'm talking about a revival of
• 40:35
  recovery. What did he do? He brought
• 40:36
  that family back together again.
• 40:37
  >> Yes.
• 40:38
  >> You know what happened? that death was
• 40:40
  going to separate them.
• 40:41
  >> You're right.
• 40:42
  >> I tell you this, your your lost
• 40:43
  condition will separate you from your
• 40:45
  loved ones.
• 40:46
  >> Yes.
• 40:46
  >> Best thing you can do is get saved
• 40:48
  today. Every head bowed and every eye
• 40:49
  closed this morning.
• 40:54
  You're here this morning. You know
• 40:56
  you're lost without God.
• 41:02
  See, here's the miracle. He's come to
• 41:05
  your house today.
• 41:09
  He's come to your house. He's reaching
• 41:12
  out his hand.
• 41:17
  You say, "Preacher, she was dead.
• 41:21
  She could do nothing about it."
• 41:27
  Let me give you this truth this morning.
• 41:31
  You're dead and you can't do anything
• 41:34
  about it either.
• 41:36
  You know what Jesus is doing?
• 41:39
  He's reaching out his hand.
• 41:42
  If you'll take it,
• 41:45
  he'll save you this morning.
• 41:47
  Say, "Preacher,
• 41:50
  preacher, I'm not saved.
• 41:53
  I don't know God.
• 41:57
  Preacher, would you pray for me?"
• 41:58
  There's nobody looking around at me.
• 42:00
  Just slip your hand up right back down.
• 42:01
  I'll pray for you, preacher. I'm not
• 42:03
  saved.
• 42:05
  Be honest. between you and God.
• 42:10
  God knows your heart this morning.
• 42:13
  It's obvious to him. Let me say this to
• 42:16
  you this morning. You say, "Preacher, I
• 42:18
  thought revival is for saved people."
• 42:22
  And it is.
• 42:26
  Let me tell you this this morning.
• 42:29
  The same hand that reached out to you
• 42:31
  the night the day that you got saved is
• 42:34
  the same hand
• 42:37
  that you need to hold the rest of your
• 42:39
  life.
• 42:41
  He's saying, "Draw near to me. Your sin
• 42:44
  separated you, though.
• 42:47
  You're not right with God."
• 42:50
  Say, "Preacher, I'm here. I'm not right
• 42:51
  with God. Would you pray for me this
• 42:53
  morning?"
• 42:54
  Slip your hand up. I'll pray for you
• 42:56
  today. Preach, I'm not right with God.
• 43:06
  Let me say this for those of you today,
• 43:08
  you're here, you've walked away from
• 43:10
  God, you can draw near to him.
• 43:14
  He'll recover you.
• 43:17
  He'll bring you back. Let me say this.
• 43:19
  Those of you that's praying today for
• 43:21
  that lost loved one, that family member,
• 43:24
  that child that's strayed away from God,
• 43:30
  won't you get Jesus and take him to him?
• 43:35
  If Jesus followed you
• 43:38
  home,
• 43:41
  what would he find?
• 43:44
  What would he find?
• 43:49
  He wants to bring revival to your home.
• 43:51
  Let me tell you, sir, ma'am, it's going
• 43:53
  to start in your heart first.
• 43:56
  Father, I pray in Jesus name.
• 44:00
  Lord, you'd help us all
• 44:03
  embrace this truth today, God. Without
• 44:05
  you, we're nothing.
• 44:09
  And Lord, I pray you'd help give us
• 44:11
  resolve, Lord, to take you home with us.
• 44:15
  Cuz
• 44:18
  Lord, if there's anywhere that we need
• 44:21
  you, it's there.
• 44:23
  God, I pray you'd help us. I pray for
• 44:25
  this revival meeting coming up. And
• 44:27
  those that have resolved to fast, Lord,
• 44:29
  I pray that they'll do that.
• 44:32
  They'll give a day of their time and
• 44:35
  fast and pray.
• 44:37
  Lord, you'd send revival to this little
• 44:39
  church,
• 44:42
  God. We don't understand what you're
• 44:43
  doing, Lord, always. But God, we know
• 44:45
  you know best. And so Lord, we'll trust
• 44:48
  you in the removal, but we'll also trust
• 44:51
  you in the entrance of your presence.
• 44:53
  Whatever way it comes, we'll trust you.
• 44:56
  But we love you. And we ask all this in
• 44:58
  Jesus name.
• 45:00
  Amen.
• 45:01
  >> Thank you for joining our service today.
• 45:04
  We'd love it if you join us in person
• 45:06
  the next time you are able at Meadows
• 45:08
  Baptist Church. Our physical address is
• 45:11
  2988
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  Stewart Road in Walnut Cove, North
• 45:15
  Carolina. Our service times are Sunday
• 45:18
  school at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning
• 45:20
  worship at 11:00 a.m., Sunday evening
• 45:23
  worship at 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday
• 45:25
  evening Bible study at 7:00 p.m. For
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  more information, visit us at
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  meadowsbaptisturch.com.
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  Thanks again for tuning in.