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Thank you.

We'll be in Luke Chapter 7 starting in

verse 11. If you've got a Bible, feel free to go there. Father God, as we come to a

devastating section of scripture. I pray you would devastate us.

As we come to a liberating section of scripture, I pray you would liberate us as we come to a rising

section of scripture I pray you would give us hope and faith in the day of our

own resurrection and God I ask and invite you Holy Spirit to be with us

so that we might come to know Jesus if we don't know him, come to trust him if we

don't fully and necessarily and Lord God come to worship him if we find

it hard to do so because of suffering and we ask for this grace in Jesus good name.

Amen.

Today we're going to look at a story of a dead man.

So I'll start with this question.

Do you remember the first funeral you went to?

The first person that you really loved who died.

I could still remember the first funeral I went to,

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