Church, I hope you know that the Lord will allow things to be stripped away from us,

even good things, so that we might know that we know that we know that His grace is sufficient for us,

that we might know that what we really need more than anything is him,

that an abundant life is not just our circumstances go in the way that we hope they would go,

but that we get him and even in the midst of circumstances that we don't like.

I hope you know that Romans 828 is true, that God is at work in all things for the good of those

that love him and are caught according to his purpose.

And in fact, this past weekend, Miss Becky's son and all five grandchildren were six of the

1,125 people that were baptized in the ocean.

Amen?

Praise God for that.

Praise God.

Hey, if you got your Bible and hope you do, we're going to be in Luke chapter 8. We've

been studying miracles because the point of the miracles is that Jesus was always pointing

to the mission. And I sure do wish. I mean, one day we're going to come in here. We're just going to

have a little happy, little jolly sermon and skip out the lunch, but not today, okay? Because what we're going to see from right out of the gate here is two people

in different situations, but the same desperation. That's what's going to happen. Luke chapter 8, beginning

of verse 40, says this. Now, when Jesus returned, he had been on the other side of the Sea of Galilee,

casting out demons into a bunch of pigs and doing stuff like that.

And when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.

And there came a man named Jairusus who was a ruler in the synagogue.

This means that he was a big deal.

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