Bring back the wine

   -Jesus went to a wedding as a guest.. and they have ran out of wine and His mother asked Him and do something abt it
John 2:4
   -even though to Jesus our situation does not matter as much as it matters to us... But cos we matter to God, He will do it for us!
   -"My hour has not yet come"... There is a time for Jesus to show His power
      -Jesus accelerate His timetable not cos of pressure... But Jesus operated under devine love
   *This won't happen all the time but He may do it

Ecclesiastes 9:7
   -wine represents Joy

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   -when we have uninvited guests, we have to stop them at the door before they take away our Joy
   Example of uninvited guests
      1. unhealthy relationship
         -loving everybody doesn't mean allowing all to enter into our life
      2. negative emotions
         -anger creates an illusion that we are taking control of the situation
          -sadness overtakes joy!
      3. Judgemental attitudes

How to being back the wine
1. Mary turned to Jesus
   2 kinds of joy
      1. Worldly joy
         -entertainment, achievement, possession, position
            -if it can be taken away, joy will also be taken away
         -it will not last..

      2. Jesus' Joy
John q15:11
            -the world have not given, the world can't take it away
John 15;5 , Galatians 5:22
               -this is the Joy that cause the rich to be jealous
2. Mary have faith in Jesus
   -Mary instructed the servants to do want Jesus ask them to do
      -she believe that Jesus will and can do it for her!
       -after Mary believed, she walked away from the situation
3. The servants obeyed Jesus
   John 2:5-9
      -sometimes God ask us to do this that we don't understand why
      -obedience requires full submission... Partial obedience is not enough!
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John 2:9-10, 11
-Jesus's first miracle done was to bring back the wine, joy!
John 16:22