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We can’t control the reality of it, and we’re not over the resurrection, but we can control our response in the middle. Our reality is not good, and we get mad about why we’re not where we should be. My Response Is More Important Than the Reason Why

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We shout for the resurrection but don’t know how to conduct ourselves when we’re in the middle.ġ. We’re still stuck in the pain still in the middle of feeling like we’re not being provided for. What in the world do we do with the middle? We’re dealing with the pain of not being supported, then it just skips to early Sunday morning.

On Friday we’re dealing with our reality and dysfunction. On Friday, he’s in a tomb – then it skips to Sunday. 42 And so, because it was the day of preparation for the Jewish Passover and since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.Ģ0 Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.

John 19:41-42 New Living Translation (NLT)Ĥ1 The place of crucifixion was near a garden, where there was a new tomb, never used before. Image Credit: Adrian McDonald Message Title: The Middle Think about this in reality – where they just lost the person they thought would save them

Think about being at the last supper and eating with Jesus, think about eating in that moment, with Judas about to betray him, when they came for him and mocked him, when the man you put your time and treasure into, and he ends up dying with regular people.

He is alpha and omega, but he cares about us in the middle

God is standing in our eternity – He’s looking at our situation and pain and God has us.

We’re in history, but for many of us, we’re thinking about our reality, which is unsure and doesn’t feel good.

Mike has come to give a message of hope today, that God has something specific and wants us to get out of the place that we’re stuck.

God is saying, that his people, everybody, we’re stuck in the middle.

God has shut down everything to bring a word to you where you are most comfortable, in your home, in your bed, wherever it may be.

God is coming to turn situations around.

God loves you, even when you don’t feel comfortable.

God is intentional and cares about the details of your life.

In this moment, the goal is that you would find the cure for everything humanity has been looking for, and his name is Jesus.

This is the super bowl of our Christian faith – the resurrection of our Lord and savior – He lives.

He’s the only one that takes all the mess and turns them into a masterpiece.