{"id":647,"date":"2023-02-08T13:26:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.com\/wpbobnichols\/?p=647"},"modified":"2023-02-08T13:26:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:26:32","slug":"resurrection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2023\/02\/08\/resurrection\/","title":{"rendered":"Resurrection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Below is an excerpt from Pastor&#8217;s book, &#8220;How to Find Life in Dead Situations&#8221;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have talked to many who desperately needed to change, but it just did not seem possible.&nbsp; I have walked through so much with people who seemed unresponsive to God\u2019s Word.&nbsp; I just say, \u201cLord, I do not know what to think.&nbsp; They are yours.\u201d&nbsp; Then someone else comes up and gets right in my face and looks at me and kindly says, \u201cThank you, I see the light.&nbsp; You will never know what deposits you made in my life.\u201d&nbsp; That person has broken through to resurrection in their life.&nbsp; All things are possible if we only believe.&nbsp; John 11:25 says, <em>\u201cJesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:&nbsp; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:\u201d<\/em> My paraphrase of that is: though your situation seems dead, if you believe, there will be a resurrection.&nbsp; If you want to strengthen your faith remember that God is able.&nbsp; That is the message that God wants us to get a grip on today \u2013 you can find life in a dead situation.&nbsp; When something seems over, hopeless, helpless, you need to remember that nothing is impossible with our God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Below is an excerpt from Pastor&#8217;s book, &#8220;How to Find Life in Dead Situations&#8221;) I have talked to many who desperately needed to change, but it just did not seem possible.&nbsp; I have walked through so much with people who seemed unresponsive to God\u2019s Word.&nbsp; 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