What If God Feels Late? A Promise Beyond Timing

What do you do when it feels like God showed up too late? In John 11, Jesus delays while Lazarus is dying—and it raises a question many of us carry: where is God when we need help the most? This sermon explores that tension honestly, while pointing to a deeper promise—one that isn’t about perfect timing, but about life that cannot be undone.

What You’ll Learn:

How God’s love is not measured by speed, but by promise

Why we struggle with “transactional” faith—and what Jesus offers instead

What it means that Jesus meets us in grief, not around it

How Christ brings life into places we’ve given up on

Why the church’s role is to help “unbind” one another

Scripture Section:

John 11:1–44

Call to Action:

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