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Monday Apr 03, 2017
Lent 5: Broken Hearts - Raising Lazarus
Monday Apr 03, 2017
Monday Apr 03, 2017
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Read along with John 11 here. (I summarize the first 38 verses then read from verse 39 to 45, then 45-53 at the end.)
Special note: for those of you listening at home: we borrowed a thurible from our friends at All Saints' Episcopal Church and they burned some frankinsence and myrrh in it for this sermon that particularly appeals to our sense of smell. These Lenten sermons about engaging all the senses are great "live" but I know they lose a little something when you listen to them later on. So maybe as you listen to this, light some sort of scented candle to get a simiarl effect!
Sermon excerpt:
The Bible frequently talks about the pleasing aroma of properly motivated sacrifices and of Jesus as the supreme fragrant offering.[1] And Revelation tells us that, in God’s presence, each of the 24 elders are holding “golden bowls of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.”
That has to be one of the loveliest images I’ve ever read. “Golden bowls of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.” I love the idea that God collects our prayers, that he honors them so much that he keeps them in golden bowls, an infinite number of prayers eternally burning as an act of praise and worship.
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In our next hymn, we will sing the words, “When friend was lost, when love deceived, dear Jesus wept, God was bereaved.” The death of Lazarus broke Jesus' heart.
What other things break Jesus’ heart, do you think?
How many times a day is God bereaved?
Who are the people and where are the places that make Jesus weep today, in our world?
[1] Ibibd.
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