Fifth Sunday of Lent

Lent

When moments in our story suddenly feel like they are getting torn apart and the brokenness around us has our very soul crying out for help, where is Jesus when all of this is going on? Are my calls for help being heard? Why is this story in the Bible so important to us today? Maybe it is because the story we find ourselves surrounded by is in great need of a miracle. But is the miracle that we need the one we hope for or the one that is more than we could have imagined?

Scripture passage: John 11:1-45

This is Week 4 of our Lent Series

Reflect together:

• Take some time to read aloud the story of Lazarus: what words, whats phrases, or what detail jumps out at you? What seems to be afresh this reading?

• Paul Racine reminds us the of real living story (with real living people) that took place and was recorded in John’s gospel. How did the honesty of Martha and Mary’s statement to Jesus seem to you? Does this reflect your prayer life?

• In the scene surrounding the shortest verse in scripture, “Jesus wept” (John 11:35), we find an extraordinary (and perhaps unexpected) response of Jesus to those He loved (John 11:5). What is the Lord saying to you?

Our songs together:

• O Come to the Altar - Elevation Worship

• Brokenness Aside - All Songs and Daughters

• Goodness of God - Bethel

• Your Will Be Done - CityAlight