When we do not yet know the will of God in a matter, God's revealed will commands us to continue to pray and not to give up, no matter how impossible the circumstances may be.
(I made a mistake at the beginning by saying that all sexual activity apart from a man and woman married to each other carried the death penalty, but there is one exception: when the couple was not married at all. The penalty of that was life-long marriage.)
1. David's Agony: 2 Samuel 12:13-25
2. Resurrection: Now and Not Yet 2.1. Elijah: the son of the widow of Zarephath (1 Kings 17:17-22). 2.2. Elisha: the son of the Shunammite (2 Kings 4:32-35). 2.3. Elisha's bones: the man whose body touched (2 Kings 13:20-21). 2.4. Jesus: the son of the widow of Nain (Luke 7:11-15). 2.5. Jesus: the daughter of Jairus (Luke 8:41, 42, 49-55). 2.6. Jesus: Lazarus (John 11:1-44). 2.7. Peter: Dorcas (Acts 9:36-41). 2.8. Paul: Eutychus (Acts 20:9-10).
3. How to pray: 3.1. Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 3.2. The Lord Jesus in Mark 14:36
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After serving Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, Bob was honorably retired on Sunday, September 27, 2015, and given the title "Pastor Emeritus." This was forty years to the day after he became their pastor.
He now works for the Presbytery of the Gulf South as...