Jesus comforts us. 5/29/15

Day 149 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/John.11

John 11:1-29

The Death of Lazarus

11 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you loveis sick.”

4 When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, 7 and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”

8 “But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?”

9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light. 10 It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”

11 After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”

12 His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” 13 Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.

14 So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15 and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

16 Then Thomas (also known as Didymus[a]) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”

Jesus Comforts the Sisters of Lazarus

17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles[b] from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.

21 “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”

23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

24 Martha answered, “I know 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 will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”

28 After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29 When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

May 29th God’s desires   


“Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men.”
1 TIMOTHY 2:1
Not only do we pray with God’s intentions passing through us, but also with His desires passing through us. This is revealed in 1 Timothy 2:3-4: “God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth.” This means that God’s expressed desire is for all men to be saved. So when we pray, we not only touch the larger scale of God’s intentions for the church and the kingdom, but we also allow God’s desires for all men to pass through us. This includes God’s desires for everyone in your life — coworkers, neighbors, classmates, the mailman, the checker at the grocery store, the person you met at the bus stop, as well as your family members and relatives. Paul says that first of all there need to be supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings made for all men. In spending time with the Lord we can allow God’s desires for others to pass through us.
Effectual prayer is made up of desire. For example, we may want to see someone saved. Yet, if in our prayer our own heart is not deeply moved for that one, such a prayer will never move the heart of God. If we ourselves do not possess the desire to see someone saved, how could God’s desire ever be released in our prayer? Paul illustrated this principle when he said, “Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we beseech you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God” (2 Cor. 5:20). This indicates that God’s desires are not merely kept within Himself. They need a human channel to pass through. God’s desire to see the lost saved must be located within our very being. God’s desire must become our desire, culminating in our persevering in prayer for them.

Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)

Anna, Ariana,Ariel, Rene, and Willie.

Health and Healing

Vonetta's mom and Willie

Support and Comfort

Praise Alert
Anna is out of the hospital.

National
Conflict between citizens and  police officer. 

International

Israel and Palestine
Iraq

Syrians

Ukraine

Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Families of slain Kenyans.
Families of all the recent plane crashes.

Song(s) of the Day.
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