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Summer Revival

Don't Go to the Graveyard Yet

Tuesday, July 7, 2026special
📖 LUK.7.11-LUK.7.17
At Nain, Jesus meets a grieving widow before death has the final word. His compassion interrupts the procession and creates room for resurrection where everyone else expects only burial. We are challenged not to carry hope to the graveyard too quickly. Christ can meet us in what appears finished and awaken possibility before we accept loss as the end of the story.
Key Points
1.
Jesus meets the widow and her only son in the place of death.
2.
Jesus has compassion and tells the young man to arise.
3.
Do not give death the final say before Jesus speaks.

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At Nain, Jesus meets a grieving widow before death has the final word. His compassion interrupts the procession and creates room for resurrection where everyone else expects only burial.

We are challenged not to carry hope to the graveyard too quickly. Christ can meet us in what appears finished and awaken possibility before we accept loss as the end of the story.

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