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Women's Empowerment — a figure standing on a ridge in full daylight, looking out over open country

Martha's confessionJohn 11:17-44Length: Long

Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

  • Read
  • Reread
  • Retell

Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

  1. What does this passage show me about God?

    • What does Martha say to Jesus about her brother, and what does she confess about who Jesus is?

  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

    • Could you say what Martha says, in the middle of your own grief?

  3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • What will you say out loud to God this week that you have only thought?

  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who is standing at a grave right now that you could go and stand with?

Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).

Pray

Jesus, Martha said the words the whole gospel is written to produce, standing in front of her brother's grave. Give us faith like that, spoken out loud.