{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Bridge Church Greenbrier","title":"Uncommon Hope - Jed Hill","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1904,"description":"April 5, 2026 \nEaster at Bridge \nUncommon Hope \n \nJohn 11:1-6 (NIV) \n \nNow 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.\" \n \nWhen 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, \n \nJohn 11:2 (NIV) \n \n(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.) \n \nJohn 11:19-20 (NIV) \n \nand 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. \n \nUncommon Hope \n1. Reaches Beyond the Present \n \nJohn 11:21-22 (NIV) \n \n\"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.\" \n \nJoel 2:12 (NIV) \n \n\"Even now,\" declares the Lord, \n\"return to me with all your heart, \nwith fasting and weeping and mourning.\" \n \nUncommon Hope \n2. Rest in God's Promises \n \nJohn 11:23 (NIV) \n \nJesus said to her, \"Your brother will rise again.\" \n \nJohn 11:24 (NIV) \n \nMartha answered, \"I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.\" \n \nUncommon Hope \n3. Relies on a person, not a plan \n \nJohn 11:25 (NIV) \n \nJesus said to her, \"I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; \n \nUncommon Hope \n4. Responds with personal faith \n \nJohn 11:27 (NIV) \n \n\"Yes, Lord,\" she replied, \"I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.\" \n \nJohn 11:34 (NIV) \n \n\"Where have you laid...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/tJW5ow2fxn0ayntQuc0Fdl_x11NffH7-5r---HzS9m0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yZDY4/NDRkZGUyZThhN2Q5/ODBmZDcxZjI0NjFi/NDlmYi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}