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Andy Raatz, October 31, 2021 John 4:46-53 The Setting: An IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION without a possible solution. The Request: An impossible situation needs help from the only possible source—JESUS. The Answer: Man’s view of the impossible is not the same as God’s understanding of impossible. ● We can come to Jesus anytime. ● The first level of trust is the willingness to ask for help…for strength…for God to work. “As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you.” - C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity ● Trust is a process; faith is a journey. "Faith is so rare--and religion so common--because no one wants to live between first base and second base. Faith is the in-between space where you're not sure you'll make it to second base. You've let go of one thing and haven't yet latched into another. Most of us choose the security of first base." - Richard Rohr ● The