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Day 27 of 47 going through John's gospel - more info at https://www.severnvineyard.org/time-space-jesus

What could happen if you take time and make space with Jesus today? This ten-minute podcast is part reading, part music, and part silence, all designed to help you create a space to picture and feel the scene with Jesus in it. You can use this space in lots of ways, including meditation, prayer, re-reading the passage or thinking about what it means for you today.

Today's reflection: Think about what people expected and wanted from Jesus before he arrived, and how he brought life beyond all expectations here. How do you feel about this?

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So when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away, and many of the Jews had come to see Martha and Mary, to console them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house. Then Martha said to Jesus, \u201cLord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn\u2019t have died. But even now, I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.\u201d

Jesus said to her, \u201cYour brother will rise again.\u201d

Martha said to him, \u201cI know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.\u201d

Jesus said to her, \u201cI am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will still live, even if they die. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?\u201d

She said to him, \u201cYes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God\u2019s Son, the one who is coming into the world.\u201d

When she had said this, she went away and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, \u201cThe Teacher is here and he\u2019s calling you.\u201d When she heard this, Mary got up quickly and went to him.

Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him. When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary getting up quickly and going out, they followed her, thinking she was going to the tomb to weep there.

When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, \u201cLord, if you would have been here, my brother would not have died.\u201d

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled in himself, and said, \u201cWhere have you laid him?\u201d

They told him, \u201cLord, come and see.\u201d

Jesus wept.

So the Jews said, \u201cLook how much he loved him!\u201d Some of them said, \u201cCouldn\u2019t this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have also kept this man from dying?\u201d

Deeply moved again, Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay across it. Jesus said, \u201cTake away the stone.\u201d

Martha, the dead man\u2019s sister, said to him, \u201cLord, by now he stinks, for he has been dead for four days.\u201d

Jesus said to her, \u201cDidn\u2019t I tell you that if you believe, you will see God\u2019s glory?\u201d

So they took away the stone. Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, \u201cFather, I thank you that you have heard me. I know that you always hear me, but I say this because of the crowd standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.\u201d When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, \u201cLazarus, come out!\u201d

The man who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face with a burial cloth.

Jesus said to them, \u201cUntie him, and let him go.\u201d