Welcome to the Bethel Church Sermon of the Week.

We hope you enjoy this message by Pastor Bill Johnson.

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I believe you got set up by God to show up on a Sunday when it's a family meeting because we have

gone through one of the most challenging weeks of our life this last week. And it's important that I take

at least the first half of the message time and just talk to you about this journey, this process that we are on.

I'll start by reading something that Dan wrote to kind of represent our posture as a church family.

If you do not, well, you'll hear it in here.

If you're a guest and you're not aware of what's

been going on, you will in the moment. Since learning the news of two-year-old, all of Halingthal's

sudden death, we have sought a miracle from God to raise her from the dead. We realize this is

out of the norm, but that's what a miracle is. It's outside the box

of nature and our power. As the Bible testifies, God is the God of the reasonable, probable,

and possible, as well as the God of the unreasonable, improbable, and impossible. In this process, we've been asking God to fulfill our

heart's desire to see his kingdom manifested in great power. When you are a friend of God and know

that he is your heavenly father, you trust him and ask for big outlandish miracles. As a church, we've been contending for, singing about,

and witnessing God's power to save, heal, and deliver for over 50 years. It is normal for us to

ask for things, trust him, and then glorify his name regardless of the outcome. This is what life with the king is all about.

In this situation, grief has not been avoided,

as we have all been grieving from the moment we heard the news.

Faith isn't denial of the facts or of our emotions.

It is knowing God cares and intervenes in the midst of them. Here's where we are.

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