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I like to start with something funny. And I heard about this scientist. He said to God, we've decided we no longer need you.

We can clone people, transplant hearts, and do all kinds of things once considered miraculous.

God said, well, that's fine.

But to prove that you don't need me, let's have a man-making contest.

The only requirement is you have to make man out of dirt.

The scientist said, great. He reached down quickly to get a handful of dirt. God said, not so quick. Go get your own dirt. Say it like you mean it.

This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today I will be taught the word of God.

I boldly confess, my mind is alert, my heart is receptive, I will never be the same. In Jesus

name, God bless you. I want to talk to you today about even now faith. We all face situations that look like they're never going to work out.

We don't see how we could get well or how we could get out of debt, how we could accomplish a dream.

It's been too long. The odds are against us. Too often we settle where we are and just accept the fact that, hey, it wasn't

meant to be. In the scripture, there's a lady named Martha that faced one of these

impossible situations. Her brother Lazarus was extremely sick. Martha and her sister Mary were

very close to Jesus. So they sent word for Jesus to come to their house and pray for Lazarus.

Well, Jesus was in another city and he kept getting delayed. A day went by. Martha said to her assistant,

Did you tell Jesus? It was me asking for him? The assistant said, yes, I told him it was you. Well, did

you tell him it was an emergency? Yes, I told him it was urgent. Another day went by and they're

waiting and waiting. Night falls and still no sign of Jesus. They wake up early the next

morning, looking out the windows, knowing that any moment Jesus would arrive.

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