Jesus wept.Jesus wept.Jesus wept.Jesus wept.
3 sermons cite this verse
… Chapter 11, verses 1 through 45. Now, a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with the perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair. It was her brother, Lazarus, who was ill. So the sisters sent word to Jesus, saying, Master, the one you love is ill. When Jesus heard this, he said, Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was ill, he remained for two days in the place where he was. Then after this, he said to his disciples, Let us go back to Judea. The disciples said to him, Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and you want to go back there? Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in a day? If one walks during the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of the world. But if one walks at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him. …
… I never understood the gravity of this scripture because when I was growing up my dad was like you need to memorize scripture so I committed to memory John 11 35 Jesus wept first verse I ever memorized two words Jesus wept but I didn't understand the power of this moment Jesus is showing up to tell all of us who he is I bring my presence before I bring my power. I would rather weep with you first and then heal with you. and I want to say that if Jesus wept then he still weeps today Jesus weeps over your pain he weeps over your brokenness he weeps over your trauma if it breaks your heart it breaks his heart anybody thankful today that we serve the God of compassion and the God of grace the God that would show up and weep with you religious people just want Jesus to show up with power but Jesus followers would rather have his presence over his power I'd rather have him be with me than do things for me I'd rather have him care about me than just be a genie in a bottle and Jesus shows up. He's going to get to the healing, isn't he? …
… I need somebody to help me cry because my emotions are running amok. John 11 verse 35 says that Jesus wept. And the thing that is important to note is that when he wept, he was by himself. But I'm not like him. I don't want to cry by myself. sometimes all you need is somebody to rub your back somebody to rub your shoulder or sometimes all you need is for somebody to sit there they ain't even got to say nothing deep they ain't got to say nothing profound they ain't even got to try to encourage me it is the power of presence just to know that i'm not crying by myself y'all like act like you ain't never been there you just got to sit in the car by yourself you just sit on the edge of the bed by yourself you just sit on the edge of your couch by yourself you ain't never been at a moment where you just wish somebody would just help you cry David didn't have anybody to cry with him but he said oh magnify the Lord with me let us exalt his name together. It's a whole lot of people who will celebrate with you and will shout with you, but it's a small circle of people that will actually be there when you need somebody to cry with you. …