9.3.2025 Prayer Room

John 11

20 As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary remained seated in the house. 21 Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died. 22 Yet even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”23 “Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her. 24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live. 26 Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” 27 “Yes, Lord,” she told him, “I believe you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who comes into the world.”

32 As soon as Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and told him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died!” 33 When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, he was deeply moved in his spirit and troubled. 34 “Where have you put him?” he asked. “Lord,” they told him, “come and see.”

35 Jesus wept. 36 So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” 37 But some of them said, “Couldn’t he who opened the blind man’s eyes also have kept this man from dying?”

38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39 “Remove the stone,”Jesus said. Martha, the dead man’s sister, told him, “Lord, there is already a stench because he has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?”41 So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you heard me. 42 I know that you always hear me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so that they may believe you sent me.” 43 After he said this, he shouted with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him and let him go.”

HEAR:

• What are the grave clothes that need to be removed from your own life? Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal what you need to be untangled from.

• This passage shows the deep love that Jesus had for Lazarus. Reflect on the heart of Jesus and the love that he has for you, your campus/workplace, city, etc.

• Jesus prayed to the Father who always hears. Do you believe that the Father hears you and is pleased to give you his kingdom (Lk 12:32)?

RESPOND:

• Intercede on behalf of those who have yet to receive the resurrection life of Jesus.

• Pray for increased faith – to believe in God for greater things.

• Jesus invited Lazarus’ family and friends to unwrap him and let him go. Ask for the boldness and power to partner with the ongoing ministry of Jesus in our city.

• Jesus demonstrates what the kingdom of God is like, pulling the future into the present. Contend for the kingdom of God to expand in our time and in our city.