Wednesday, May 27

Today’s story is on “Lazarus” John 11:1-45. A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and  Martha. The two sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him, “Lord, your dear friend is very sick.” The bible tells us that Jesus loved Lazarus, Martha and Mary very much. But Jesus didn’t hurry to Lazarus’ house to heal him. Instead, Jesus said that what was happening would show how great God is. So Jesus waited two days to go see Lazarus. Finally, he said to his disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.” 

While Mary and Martha were waiting for Jesus to arrive, Lazarus got so sick that he died. But that wasn’t the end! When Jesus was getting near the town where Mary and Martha lived, Martha ran out to meet him. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” Jesus said to her “Your brother will rise again” (John 11:21,23). And then Jesus said something amazing to Martha. In fact, what Jesus said is our key verse in John 11:25, Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this, Martha?” “Yes, Lord,” she told him.

Martha hurried back to her house and told her sister that Jesus had come. Mary ran out to meet him. She fell at his feet and said, “Lord if you had been here, my brother would not have died” (John 11:32). When Jesus saw Mary and the other Jews who had come along with her were crying, he was deeply troubled. Jesus asked, “Where have you laid him?” When they got to the tomb where Lazarus had been laid, Jesus told them to move the stone away from the door of the tomb. “But, Lord,” Martha said “by this time the tomb might smell bad because he has been dead for four days.” 

They rolled away the stone and Jesus looked up to heaven and prayed. Then he said in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” Lazarus came out with his hands and feet wrapped in strips of linen and a cloth around his face. Jesus said, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.” Many people that were with Mary believed in Jesus that day.

I have attached a Superbook story video for you to watch with your family. Let’s see what else happens in our story.