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I'm going to invite you if you can join me in the book of Mark chapter 5 and verse 21.

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I want to share with you a word that God has placed in my heart today.

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Mark chapter 5 and verse 21, amen.

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God's been so good.

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God's been so good.

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I know some of you fathers right now, you're like, I hope he doesn't preach too long because

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I got a steak waiting for me.

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I got a burrito or something waiting for me.

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Amen.

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Well, if you preach with me today, praise God, I won't be too long.

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But amen.

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This message has got to get through.

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The word of the Lord says, now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other

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side, a great multitude gathered to him.

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And he was by the sea and behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name.

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When he saw him, he fell at his feet and begged him earnestly saying, my little daughter lies

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at the point of death, come and lay your hands on her that she may be healed and she will

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live.

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So Jesus went with him and a great multitude followed him and thronged him.

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Skipping to verse 35.

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While he was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue's house who said,

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your daughter is dead.

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Why trouble the teacher any further?

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Why trouble the teacher any further?

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I came to preach today this thought, it's worth the trouble.

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It's worth the trouble.

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Someone say it's worth the trouble.

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Let us pray.

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Father, I thank you for your presence that is here in this place today.

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Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.

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And I thank you Lord for all that you've done.

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I thank you God for being our heavenly father.

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You taught us to pray our father who are in heaven and we honor you today as our everlasting

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father.

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And we also thank you God for all the fathers, Lord, those that are here, those that are

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not.

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We pray a special prayer blessing over them and their families and their children, God.

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And I ask that in this message, Lord, you would anoint my lips of clay and anoint the

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hearing of all that are here today that we can receive this word.

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We ask this in the name of Jesus.

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Someone say amen.

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You may be seated in the presence of God.

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I want you to know that we live in a busy world where most people don't want to be bothered.

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One is walking around these days with their heads down, eyes glued to their smartphones

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and in a hurry to get somewhere, anywhere as fast as they can.

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Nobody wants to be troubled and nobody wants to trouble anybody.

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I'm old enough to remember that you used to have to stop and ask a stranger, sorry to

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trouble you but can you point me to the nearest gas station?

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How many of you remember when we used to have to do that?

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Now some of you, many of you don't know what I'm talking about because you've always had

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GPS and you could just pull it up on your phone and know right where you're going.

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Some of us know what it's like to have to stop and interrupt somebody and say sorry

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to trouble, sorry to be a bother but I need your help.

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And there seems to be now a new kind of social anxiety about interrupting people, about disturbing

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someone from their busyness.

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And if that person happens to be a high profile figure, your chances are even less because

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if you want to get close to them, you got to get past their security and those that

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are guarding them and they don't want you troubling them.

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They don't want you bothering that important person.

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Even if all you want is an autograph or just a thumbs up, you know, a wink even.

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They can't be bothered.

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They have other important things to do.

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But what if that person had the power to cure your affliction?

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The power to save your life or the life of your loved one, the life of a child.

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I want you to know that there are some needs in life that it doesn't matter who or what

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you have to push through.

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You cannot take no for an answer.

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Especially when that need again is for someone you love.

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You have to tell yourself that it's worth the trouble.

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Someone say it's worth the trouble.

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That's where Jairus was and I think that's what Jairus must have told himself when a

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group of people tried to dissuade him from bothering Jesus with his daughter's illness.

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They tried to stop him and tell him, you know, your daughter's already dead.

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Why trouble the teacher any further?

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In other words, it's already over, Jairus.

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It's a waste of time.

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Why don't you just leave Jesus alone and let him go about his business because it's too

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The situation has progressed and now it's final.

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So leave him alone.

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Just don't bother him.

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He's got more important things to attend to.

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He's got other matters to deal with.

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And so just don't bother him anymore.

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But what I love about this text is the story is I love the father's mindset here because

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to him it was worth the trouble.

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And I believe today that the world needs fathers like Jairus.

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Somebody say amen today.

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The world needs fathers like society needs fathers like Jairus.

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It needs good and godly men.

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I want to tell you today that the world needs real men.

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Amen, somebody.

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Oh, come on now.

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I said the world needs some real men, real fathers who will fight for their families

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and fight for their children and fight for their marriages and fight for what's right.

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I think that we are living in a day and age.

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We're living in a time where we ought to look at examples like Jairus and and tear a page

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out of his playbook and and learn from a father that was not willing to give up no matter

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what it cost him, no matter who he had to step over or step by in order to do what was

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right for his family and for his child.

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And I hope and I believe and I pray and I know in my heart that there are some Jairuses

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in the house of God today.

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There are some real men and some real fathers that are willing to stand up for what is right

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for their family.

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Come on somebody that are willing to call upon that name that are willing to say to

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themselves and to their family that is worth the trouble.

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Somebody give God a hand, praise today.

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It's worth the trouble.

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Your children need you.

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Your families need you.

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They need you present in their life.

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They need you to fight for them.

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And I believe that there are fathers like that here today.

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There are Jairuses like that here today.

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And we honor you and we thank you and we applaud you for what you are doing.

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But every once in a while even real fathers have real problems they have to deal with.

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Real fathers have real issues and real dilemmas.

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They have real needs in their life.

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According to Mark's gospel, Jairus was a ruler in the local synagogue.

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And this would have created a unique dilemma for him because he was a prominent social

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and religious figure in his community.

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And as a leader Jairus was expected to uphold a certain kind of order, a religious order,

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a an established order.

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And often such figures like him during the time of Christ were skeptical of Christ's

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ministry.

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Disappointment because they saw him to be a controversial teacher.

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It was not popular in his time among Jairus's friends, among his peers, among other leaders

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of the synagogue.

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It was not popular.

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It was not common.

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It was not acceptable.

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It was taboo for someone of his stature, for someone of his reputation, for someone of

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his status to pursue this Jesus.

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And so what I love about this man is that he was willing to risk his reputation, his

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status and even face possible backlash.

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He could have faced possible retaliation from among his peers who may want to punish him

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for what he did.

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But what I love about Jairus is that he sought the Lord anyhow.

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And he didn't just come to Jesus with a little petition like, you know, some people are accustomed

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to doing and I'm not here to rag on that or anything, but like he didn't just write a

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little note and, you know, I don't know if some of you remember, you know, back in the

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days in church, you know, if somebody had one prayer request and it didn't make the

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official list, you know, there would be a little note that would come up, give it to

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the usher, send it up to the, you know, put it on the, you know, put it right there on

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the pulpit.

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He didn't send him a little note, you know, he didn't pass the note to the other disciples.

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What I love about Jairus is that no, for the situation that I'm in right now, I've got

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to do everything I can to get the attention of this man.

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And so the Bible says that he sought Jesus and he fell at his feet and he began to worship

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him and he humbled himself before the Lord and he began to plead and cry out to God and

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say, I need, I need a miracle in my house and, and there's something about what Jairus

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did that no matter where you are today, be husband, be father or mother, saint of God.

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There are certain things that will get God's attention.

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And one of those things are, is if you start to seek him, somebody say seek him.

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If you start to seek God, the Bible says seek and he shall find.

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If you seek him with all of your heart, you're going to find him.

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I came to tell somebody that all you got to do is start seeking him here today.

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Start calling upon his name today and God and God will begin to turn to where you are.

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Amen.

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And not only that, but the Bible says that he fell at his feet.

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Another thing that gets God's attention.

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If you want to get his attention is you humble yourself.

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You fall at his feet and you say you are greater than me.

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Hallelujah.

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You are greater than I.

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And so Jairus gets to the feet of Jesus and he gets on his knees, a man of stature, a

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man of reputation, a man who's got people who are watching him, a man who's got a, who's

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got a status to uphold a man of the cloth and he gets on his knees and he starts pleading

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to Jesus.

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I don't know if there's somebody like that here today that says, I don't care what anybody

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says about me.

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I don't care what people think about me.

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I don't care if they talk about me.

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I need to get to the feet of Jesus.

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I wish somebody would magnify him right now.

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I wish somebody would glorify him in this place today.

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He threw himself down at the feet of Jesus and he began to plead and say, God, I've got

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a situation at home that I need you to fix.

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And these are the things that will get God's attention.

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But I didn't come just to preach about that today.

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I come to talk about what happens after you do that because it was after Jairus got the

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attention of Jesus.

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Jesus is now going to his house.

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He's bringing Jesus back home to his problem, which was his sick daughter.

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But ultimately the things that we want from God, the things that we desire, the needs

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that are in our life are going to be decided by how you respond to the forces that work

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against you.

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And there are some forces that are working against you.

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There are some hindrances that can stop you from receiving what God has for you.

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And the first force could be an unexpected delay.

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Someone say delay.

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An unexpected delay is exactly what Jairus faced just as things were starting to turn

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around in his favor.

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Just as things were starting to look good.

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Jesus is coming home with me.

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He probably felt good about that one.

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I'm going to get Jesus to come to my house.

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And he's feeling good about that.

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Hey, everything is going to be all right.

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Maybe he even sent one of his servants to run ahead of them.

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Tell my wife, tell the family, everything's going to be because Jesus is coming home.

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Amen.

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He probably feels good about that.

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He's just, you know, his emotions have just turned around.

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But as he's on his way, he gets interrupted by another person who needs a miracle.

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That other person happened to be the woman with the issue of blood.

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The one that we've all heard about who crawled and finally touched the hem of Jesus's garment

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and was made well.

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Well, that's a beautiful story.

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I didn't come to preach about that today.

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Amen.

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Maybe another Sunday.

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Hallelujah.

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But you have to understand that what is happening here is that this miracle is right in the

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middle of Jairus trying to get his own miracle.

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Now put yourself in Jairus's shoes for just a moment if you can.

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Here's a father whose daughter is on death's door.

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And every minute could mean the difference between burying his baby girl or celebrating

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her healing.

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This delay could not have come at a worse time.

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This delay could not have come at a worse time.

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And I want to ask you a question today.

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What's your response to delay?

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What's your mindset when God pauses your miracle?

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Amen.

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And pauses what he's doing in your life when you encounter an interruption.

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Now if we were like Jairus, I might have said something like, hold up, Lord, I came to you

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first.

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You know, first come, first serve.

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I came to you first, Lord.

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And I'm just being real with you if that's all right.

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I mean, maybe some of you wouldn't think like this.

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But I might have said, Lord, I got to you first.

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And she's had this problem for 12 years.

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I mean, what's another day?

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My daughter is literally about to die.

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Okay, I'm just thinking like a human.

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I'm just thinking like a desperate dad right now.

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Like, Lord, my daughter's about to die.

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I understand this.

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But can we postpone this?

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Can you help this lady afterward?

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Time is of the essence, God.

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We got to get back.

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And it's not like we could just catch an Uber.

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I mean, we got to walk there.

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This is going to take some time.

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And so, Lord, can you help me out here?

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What you don't read in the passage is you don't read anywhere that Jairus started to

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complain to God.

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In fact, he waited on Jesus without complaint.

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And he must have said, you know what?

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I wasn't planning for this.

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I didn't think this was going to happen.

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I thought we were going to go straight to the house.

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I wasn't planning on making any pit stops.

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I would just want to get home.

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But he must have said to himself, you know what?

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It's worth the trouble.

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I came all this way.

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I went through all the things I did.

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I pushed and I pressed.

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I finally got to Jesus.

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So guess what?

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I'm not going to let this little interruption stop me from the miracle and the blessing

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that I need from God.

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I think Jairus had made a mind in his life that said, you know what?

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If it costs me a little more time, if it's a little inconvenient, if God doesn't move

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on my timetable, that's all right with me.

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As long as I got Jesus, hey, I'm talking to somebody right now.

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And I'm telling you that even if you're experiencing a delay, everything is going to be all right

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as long as Jesus is with you.

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Somebody give God some praise today.

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And here's the beautiful thing about Jairus is that he's on his way to his daughter's

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miracle.

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He's never seen a miracle of Jesus, probably with his own eyes.

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He's only heard about it.

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But now he gets to see a miracle of healing right before his own eyes.

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The woman with the issue of blood and that have that has to have done something to his

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faith.

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When Jairus saw that he probably said to himself, it is true.

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He is a miracle worker.

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It did something to him.

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And I tell you that as you are waiting for the big thing to happen, as you are waiting

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for the great miracle, as you are waiting for the big breakthrough, there are some little

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breakthroughs along the way that God will show you about his goodness.

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And there are some things that God will show you about him, about yourself.

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And so don't miss those miracles in the making.

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Oh, he saw with his own eyes.

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And you see, I can relate to Jairus because there's been times in my life that as a father

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and as a dad, I needed God to do something on behalf of my children.

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I needed God to bring my baby girl, my three pound baby girl out of the hospital when she

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was born.

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And all I wanted was to see her get out of there.

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And all I wanted was to see her get delivered and get her life back.

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That's all I wanted.

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But it didn't happen on my timetable.

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But I need to tell you that it was during those moments of desperation.

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It was during those moments of loneliness.

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It was during those moments where I felt like God was taking his sweet time that I came

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into contact with other miracles.

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Let me tell you, can I testify?

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Is that all right?

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Somebody say go ahead.

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Come on.

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Somebody say go ahead.

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I want to testify that I was as I was waiting on the miracle of my daughter's healing, I

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discovered the miracle of the church.

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I discovered the miracle of belonging to a body of people who were praying for us, who

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loved us, and who supported us.

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Some of you are here today who were among them that brought food to us in the hospital.

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I would have never known the miracle of belonging to the body of Christ like I did in that moment.

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I would have never known what it was like to be a part of the faithful brethren that

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when we are down we're never by ourselves.

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But it's called the miracle of the brotherhood.

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The miracle.

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How many of you believe it's a miracle to belong to the body of Christ?

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Hallelujah!

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It's a miracle.

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I discovered the miracle of strength.

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I learned that if I can survive this I can survive whatever the devil throws at me.

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I learned some miracles along the way to the miracle of miracles and I've come to encourage,

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I've come to tell a father, a saint of God that your blessing is delayed but not denied.

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That the promises of God are yes and amen.

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It's okay.

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It's okay.

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Everything's gonna be all right.

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You just hold on.

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Hallelujah!

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Hallelujah!

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Somebody give God a hand.

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Praise today.

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Oh thank you Lord.

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Thank you Lord.

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Those unexpected delays.

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Oh hallelujah!

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Those divine interruptions are not sent to harm us but to help us.

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They are sent to show us something about God that we've never seen before and I just want

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to encourage you today.

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I want to let you know that if you're experiencing a divine interruption, a divine delay, understand

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that God is still sitting on the throne.

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Understand that God is still the one in charge.

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Understand that God is still, my Lord I wish I had some help right now.

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Understand that everything is good.

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I don't know who I came to preach for today but I need to let you know that now is not

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the time to give up.

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Now is not the time to quit.

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Now is not the time to throw in the towel.

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God wants you to know that if you can just tarry a little bit longer I'm gonna show you

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that I am awesome.

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Oh my God, hallelujah.

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Hallelujah God!

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Come on somebody just praise him for a moment.

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Thank you Jesus.

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Thank you God.

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Oh hallelujah Jesus.

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Hallelujah Jesus.

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Another force that he had to deal with was an undesirable update.

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He got an update he didn't want.

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In the middle of the waiting, in the middle of waiting on that miracle someone came from

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his house and they told him your daughter is dead.

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You know can I tell you today two words that should never be in the same sentence is child

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and dead.

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You don't ever want those two words to be in the same sentence.

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And that's exactly what this man heard.

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Your daughter is dead.

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Now I cannot for one moment begin to imagine what must have went through his mind when

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he heard those words.

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I can only try to think that possibly when he heard that he probably didn't hear anything

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else after that.

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I think his world started to spin.

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I think he started to question and wonder what was going on.

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I think that his body must have froze.

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Oh my God.

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I think that his heart must have been shattered into a million pieces.

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I think that he just must have been at a place of beyond words as he's wrestling.

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Now what do I do?

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And what am I supposed to think?

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How am I going to explain this to my wife that instead of being there at our daughter's

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side in her last moments that I was over here pursuing and chasing this man of miracle,

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he's trying to think about how he's going to explain all of this, what's going on.

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And these people they just they don't just tell him that his these people are cold hearted.

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They don't just tell him that his daughter is dead.

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They said stop troubling him.

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Can you just leave him alone?

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Can you just stop troubling the teacher?

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What's the point?

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Iris, what's the point?

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And Iris is now hearing conflicting voices in his life.

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On the one hand, he's got people telling him, man, what are you doing, man?

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Your daughter is dead.

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You ought to be home.

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You ought to be planning her funeral and going through all of that.

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You ought to be grieving.

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What are you doing?

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And then on the other hand, he's hearing this voice.

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Yeah, but you came all this way and you just saw him do a miracle.

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And so he's kind of caught between the two of these voices.

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And so I need to tell somebody that you need to know some of the things that the difference

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between the voice of fear and the voice of faith.

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You need to know the difference.

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And I need to tell you that let me can I help you out with that here today?

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You need to know what things that faith will never say.

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Can I tell you some things today that you will never that faith will never say that?

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Oh, hallelujah.

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Faith never says it's too late.

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Faith never says it's too late.

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Faith never says it's too hard.

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It never says it's too bad.

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It never says it's not worth it.

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And most importantly, faith never says it's not worth the trouble.

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And if that's what you're hearing today, I can assure you that's not the talking of the

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Holy Ghost.

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That's not God that is talking to you saying it's too late.

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It's too bad.

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It's too it's too this or too that.

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That's not God talking to you.

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And if you want to know if it's the Lord talking to you, this is what Jesus said in verse 36.

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As soon as Jesus heard that the word was spoken, he said to the ruler of the synagogue, do

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not be afraid.

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Only believe somebody say believe.

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Faith never says it's too late.

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It says only believe.

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Only believe someone say only believe.

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Only believe.

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And I love the timing of God's word.

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How many of you know God's word is always on time?

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Can I get a better amen than that?

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How many of you know God's word is always on time?

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Yes, it is.

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What I love about how Jesus responds is Jesus responds to the word of fear immediately with

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a word of faith.

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He turns to Jairus even before Jairus can speak.

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And he says, don't panic.

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Hold on to your faith.

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Don't panic Jairus.

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It's all right.

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I know what they're saying.

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I know what the word out is on the street.

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I know what people are saying.

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But Jairus, don't panic.

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It's going to be all right.

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But how?

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Tell me.

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Just don't worry.

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Only believe.

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I came to tell somebody, I'm only going to be a few more moments.

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I'm just about done.

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I came to tell somebody that God will never let a word of fear go unanswered.

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There is a word of faith to counter every word of fear.

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That's what I love about his word.

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Is that his word comes into our life just at the right time.

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Can I tell you?

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There is truth.

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Someone say truth to counter every lie.

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And God, Jesus looks to Jairus.

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He says, I know it sounds bad.

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I know what you heard.

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But you got to trust me on this.

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I'm with you.

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All you got to do is believe.

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Everything is going to be all right.

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I just came to tell somebody that everything is going to be all right.

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Can you clap your hands and give God a praise right now?

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Hallelujah!

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But God doesn't stop there.

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He doesn't just replace the wrong word with the right word.

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There is a third element here.

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There is a third force and that is the unbelieving crowd.

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Watch what happens because there is one more barrier.

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There is one more force working against Jairus and all that God wants to do in that moment

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for his family, for his daughter.

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And there was a gathering of people there at his house that before Jesus was going to

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perform his miracle, he had to take care of some matters.

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And so watch what happens in verse 37.

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And he, speaking of Jesus, permitted no one to follow him except Peter, James and John,

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the brother of James.

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Then he came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue and saw a tumult and those who

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wept and wailed loudly.

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And he came in, he said to them, why make this commotion and weep?

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The child is not dead, but sleeping.

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Through his actions, Jesus is teaching us a principle.

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Through his actions, Jesus is revealing that not everyone is qualified to accompany you

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in your miracle.

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Well, praise God.

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Not everyone is qualified to accompany you in your blessing and in your victory.

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Jesus gets to Jairus' house and then he sees a group of people there.

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And they're all telling him, they're all telling Jairus, it's not worth the trouble.

489
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It's not worth the hassle.

490
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It's not worth trying anymore.

491
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Hallelujah.

492
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:15,480
And those are the exact voices that the Holy Ghost wants to evict from your life because

493
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they could stand between you and the very thing that God wants to do in your life.

494
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Hallelujah.

495
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:24,040
Oh, hallelujah.

496
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:31,600
Don't ever underestimate the power of who you have in your life and the things that

497
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they are saying and enforcing or reinforcing in your spirit.

498
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Don't underestimate those that are around you because it could be that they are the

499
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:47,520
very thing blocking you from the thing that God wants to do in your life.

500
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Hallelujah.

501
00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:54,200
As I get ready to close, according to Jewish tradition, those who are wailing outside of

502
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:58,800
Jairus' house, these were professional mourners.

503
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These were hired people who came to mourn and to grieve and to play sad music.

504
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,080
I mean, think about this.

505
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:14,800
And all of the songs they had, you know, they were all sad songs.

506
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:19,520
It's just like, you know, grieving songs, mourning songs.

507
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:25,880
And they would all surround the house and with the deceased person there, they would

508
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:31,200
create this spectacle of grief and to think you had to pay these people.

509
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And they were all there.

510
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,400
And Jesus gets to the house and he sees these people.

511
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:40,840
He says, who said there was going to be a funeral today?

512
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:44,920
Who said I didn't come to officiate a funeral?

513
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:47,920
I came to officiate a miracle.

514
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,880
I didn't come to bury the dead.

515
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I came to resurrect into new life.

516
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And so he began, I just came to tell somebody that the same thing happens today.

517
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:03,760
There are certain people that thrive on the pain and the weaknesses of others.

518
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They benefit from people being depressed, broke, upset, and bitter, disgruntled, so

519
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:11,600
that they will be needed.

520
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:15,400
And they truly don't care about you if that's what they're doing.

521
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Because if they really care about you, they wouldn't be telling you, just give up.

522
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,400
It's not worth the hassle.

523
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:22,400
It's not worth the trouble.

524
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:27,120
On the contrary, they would be telling you, it's worth the trouble.

525
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:28,120
It's worth it.

526
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,120
It's worth you staying in the fight.

527
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,640
It's worth you going the distance.

528
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:39,840
Why don't you hang in there and give it to God?

529
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:41,560
Somebody give the Lord some praise right now.

530
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:46,120
I feel something in my, would you stand up on your feet this afternoon?

531
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:51,720
I came to tell you that God is still in the miracle working business.

532
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,920
God is not in the grieving business.

533
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:59,560
God, now I know it says that we ought to mourn with them that mourn.

534
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:03,520
But it also says we ought to rejoice with them that rejoice.

535
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:07,120
I didn't come for a funeral here today.

536
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:11,760
I didn't come to tell a father, to tell a husband, or a saint of God.

537
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,760
Oh, I'm so sorry.

538
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:15,760
Is it life tough?

539
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,160
I don't know if it's going to get any better, man.

540
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:22,160
You know, I guess we'll just, you know, we'll just see how it goes and stuff.

541
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:30,120
No, I came to tell you, square your shoulders, look to the hills from what cometh your help.

542
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,120
My help comes from the Lord.

543
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,840
I don't know if I'm talking to somebody right now.

544
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:40,800
I don't know if there's somebody in this place that says, God, only you can do it, Lord.

545
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:44,600
Only you can make a way where there is no way.

546
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,160
Only you, God, can bless me.

547
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:48,800
Oh, hallelujah.

548
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:50,960
Somebody say hallelujah.

549
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,640
They got to Jairus' house.

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00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:58,800
And when they recognized what was going on, I want to read this for you right here in

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00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:02,240
Matthew 924, and we'll wrap this thing up.

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Jesus told the crowd this.

553
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:05,920
He said, make room.

554
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:06,920
Somebody say, make room.

555
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,520
Oh, I need you to help me right now.

556
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,920
I said, I need you to say, make room.

557
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:13,880
Oh, one more time.

558
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:15,600
Help me out, musicians.

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00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,600
Somebody say, make room.

560
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:19,600
That's what you got to do.

561
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:24,960
Could it be that your miracle is waiting on you to make room?

562
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:32,920
Could it be, my God, I decided that I've got to make room, even if I got, hallelujah,

563
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,520
Jesus, hallelujah, God.

564
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:39,600
That's why when I praise God, I need to make some room.

565
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:42,160
I don't want anybody locking me in.

566
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:44,880
I don't want anybody forcing me in.

567
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:48,080
I need room to lift up my hands.

568
00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:49,080
I need room.

569
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:52,600
Oh, I don't know if I'm making any sense to you right now.

570
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,320
I need room to live for joy.

571
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,400
I need room to shout, hallelujah.

572
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,240
Oh, somebody say, make room.

573
00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:03,280
Come on, say, make room.

574
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,720
I need some room, hallelujah.

575
00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:12,480
And if I make some room, and if I start dismissing this attitude and that mentality or this person

576
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:16,880
or that thing, and I say, God, here's my life.

577
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,000
You know what the Lord told me?

578
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:24,800
If you'll just let me make some room in your life, I will shut down the mourners.

579
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:26,800
I'll put the grievers out of business.

580
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:32,800
Oh, my God, my God, I feel like preaching if that's all right with somebody.

581
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,800
I said, is that all right with somebody?

582
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,800
I'll put the mourners out of business.

583
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:39,800
Yes.

584
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:46,800
I'll put the grievers to the unemployment line because they're going to know that at

585
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:52,800
the Rodriguez household, they're going to know that at your household, the devil is

586
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:53,800
not allowed.

587
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:54,800
Fear is not allowed.

588
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:55,800
Those lies are not allowed.

589
00:35:55,800 --> 00:36:03,800
But the presence of God, mighty God, I feel so.

590
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:05,800
I wish somebody had some joy.

591
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:07,800
I wish somebody had some faith.

592
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:13,800
I wish somebody would lift up those hands right now and call on the name of Jesus.

593
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,800
Call on his name right now.

594
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Hallelujah, hallelujah.