Jesus said to her,

Your brother will rise again.

John 11, verse 23.

Welcome to this daily encouragement from our daily bread.

Prayer of desperation was written by Kenneth Peterson and read by Wes Ward.

John chapter 11 verses 1 through 7 and 17 through 25.

Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

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.

So the sisters sent word to Jesus, Lord, the one you love is sick. 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. Now, Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days.

And then he said to his disciples, let us go back to Judea.

On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.

Now, Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, and many Jews had come to Martha

and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,

she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home. Lord, Martha said to Jesus, if you had been here, my brother would not have died, but I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.

Jesus said to her, your brother will rise again. Martha answered, I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life.

The one who believes in me will live, even though they die.

Prayer of Desperation

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