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  • Transformation Thrives in Resurrection Community

    Transformation Thrives in Resurrection Community
    May 19 2024
    In today’s text, we see the rippling effect from Jesus' resurrection of Lazarus. Many of the Jews who had come with Mary saw plainly what Jesus did and believed in Him. As we can imagine, word based on irrefutable proof spread rapidly, so much so that a large crowd of Jews came “to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead” (v9) … and “were going away and believing in Jesus” (v11). Here we see an important principle: transformation flourishes in community. Lazarus’ new life impacted the crowd. One person’s transformation by Jesus inspires others, and so does yours! The Bible is full – not with trophies of transformation that few can attain – but with ordinary men and women who exemplify God’s transformative work in their lives as they do life in community with other believers. Today more than ever, we need each other to move forward in our spiritual life – to show up for each other, to reach out, to help one another on this journey of transformation with Jesus. A community that’s conducive for transformation provides a safe space to share stories, embodies grace and truth, and practices acceptance. We form a circle of resurrected people with the same desire to know Jesus more.
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  • Words That Bear Transformative Power

    Words That Bear Transformative Power
    May 13 2024
    The stone rolled away from Lazarus’ tomb, Jesus prays to His Father, crying out with a loud voice: “Lazarus, come out.” And the man who had died came out. John emphasized throughout the story Jesus’ love for Lazarus: “Lord, the one you love is sick” (v3); “Jesus loved…Lazarus” (v5); “See how Jesus loved him” (v36). The love of Jesus speaks, acts, and transforms a person – not power, information, or personal efforts. Yet as Henri Nouwen says, we live in a “world filled with voices that shout: ‘You are no good; you are ugly; you are worthless; you are despicable; you are nobody.’” We hear plenty of internal voices too, inner words filled with self-rejection, fear, guilt, shame, and disappointment. Only the voice of Jesus is life-giving! “Lazarus, come out!” The more we get to know Jesus, the easier it becomes to hear His voice where there is no shortage of powerful, charismatic, and other influential voices. Daily, keep coming back to His voice. He alone is the first word to us and the last word to us – The Voice of Love.
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  • Jesus Transforms Us Wherever We Are

    Jesus Transforms Us Wherever We Are
    May 6 2024
    In today’s portion, Mary runs out of their house to meet Jesus where Martha had met Him. The Jews who were there consoling Mary and Martha followed her. Jesus asks to see where they have laid Lazarus, and there He weeps. Through His weeping the gathered see the depth of Jesus’ love for Lazarus. John describes the tomb as a cave with a stone laying against it. In astonishment, Jesus commands them to remove the stone. Martha raises concern about the strength of odor, for he had been dead four days. (p95-111) Jesus answers Martha, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” So the people take away the stone. Whether you find yourself in grief, disappointment, shame, brokenness, doubt, fear, worry, burnout – or a dead man in a remote tomb outside a small village called Bethany, Jesus can transform anyone at any time in any circumstance! “Take the stone away.” Are you longing for something different from the life you’ve been living so far? Tired of keeping external appearances up to hide internal pain from others? Ready to surrender personal efforts to control sin (i.e., “sin management”...p15-21) ? Jesus can help.
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