Lent & Lazarus
John 11: Playing Tag
1. Attentiveness — Noticing the Work of Jesus
As you listened to the story, where did you sense Jesus inviting your attention?
What moment disrupted you or challenged your assumptions?
What revealed something about how Jesus actually operates?
2. Formation — Being Honest Before God
Jesus meets Mary and Martha in their grief—and weeps with them.
What does this story invite you to unlearn about how you relate to God in pain?
Where are you tempted to manage, minimize, or spiritualize your struggles?
What would it look like to practice honest presence with Jesus this week?
3. Theology in Practice — Trusting Jesus’ Timing and Way
Jesus delays. Jesus weeps. Jesus acts.
What do you notice about the way Jesus brings life—not just the outcome?
How does this challenge your expectations of how God “should” work?
Where do you struggle to trust Jesus when things feel delayed or beyond hope?
4. Participation — Joining the Work of Restoration
Jesus raises Lazarus… but then tells the community to “unbind him.”
What does this teach us about our role as apprentices of Jesus?
Where might Jesus already be at work bringing life around you?
What does it look like to participate instead of just observe?
Where is Jesus inviting you to help “unbind” someone (practically, relationally, spiritually)?
5. Integration — Living Resurrection This Week
Jesus says, “I am the resurrection and the life.” Not just someday—but now.
Where is Jesus inviting you to live as if resurrection is already true?
In your thinking?
In a relationship?
In how you see a “hopeless” situation?
What is one concrete practice or step you will take this week to align your life with that reality? Invite people to share.
Take a moment of silence and close in prayer.
