Get It Starter

Would you rather have more time or more money?
Would you rather have a rewind button or a pause button on your life

Would you rather be able to talk with the animals or speak all foreign languages?

Would you rather win the lottery or live twice as long?
Would you feel worse if no one showed up to your wedding or to your funeral?
Would you rather be without internet for a week, or without your phone?

Dig In

The beatitudes can often turn into a list of do’s to somehow earn favor with God. How has your faith felt like a list of do’s?

Jesus was teaching in the midst of a large crowd of people from all kinds of backgrounds. How does knowing that Jesus is teaching in a large crowd effect how we understand this passage?

How has God comforted you in the last few weeks?

Discuss

Read John 11

Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead
³⁸ Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. ³⁹ “Take away the stone,” he said.
“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”
⁴⁰ Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
⁴¹ So they took away the stone. Then Jesus (1)looked up and said,  (2) “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. ⁴² (3) I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
⁴³ When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” ⁴⁴ The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.
Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”

In the video Jesse stated that we see three key asppects is Jesus’ example that can help us respond to situations the bring mounting in our lives.

Does anyone remember what the they were?

1. Jesus lifts His eyes to the Father

2. Jesus prays to the Father

3 Jesus trusts the Father

How can this help you in your journey of faith?

Prayer

Spend time praying with and for one another.

Here is a prayer to pray through

‘Our Father, dwelling in the heavenly realms,
    may the glory of your name
    be the center on which our lives turn.^[h]
10 Manifest your kingdom realm,^[i]
    and cause your every purpose to be fulfilled on earth,
    just as it is fulfilled in heaven.
¹¹ We acknowledge you as our Provider
    of all we need each day.^[j]
12 Forgive us the wrongs we have done^[k] as we ourselves
    release forgiveness to those who have wronged us.
¹³ Rescue us every time we face tribulation^[l]
    and set us free from evil.^[m]
    For you are the King who rules
    with power and glory forever. Amen.(The Passion Translation)