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April 14 - Eastertide 2026 · Abide In Me

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  SPEAKER_00: Jesus says, I am the vine, you are the branches.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you abide in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit.
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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Pillars Abide in Me podcast, a weekly opportunity to abide in Christ through weekly pillar sermon and worship reflections.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Trish.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I'm Christian.
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  SPEAKER_01: Hear these words from the book we love.
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  SPEAKER_01: When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother.
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  SPEAKER_01: When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home.
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  SPEAKER_01: Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
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  SPEAKER_01: But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.
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  SPEAKER_01: Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again.
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  SPEAKER_01: Martha said to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.
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  SPEAKER_01: Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life.
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  SPEAKER_01: Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.
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  SPEAKER_01: Do you believe this?
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  SPEAKER_01: She said to him, Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.
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  SPEAKER_01: This is the word of the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_01: Thanks be to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Martha got up and went to Jesus, and she said to him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mary will say the same thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord, if you had been here, if you had showed up, this wouldn't have happened.
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  SPEAKER_00: This death of this person I love, this marriage that ended, this loss of this job, the death of this dream.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you had been here, Jesus.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jesus, where were you?
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  SPEAKER_00: Why did you not come?
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  SPEAKER_00: Why did you not intervene and do something?
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a form of lament, crying out, bringing our pain and confusion and disappointment and anger to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: We all feel this.
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  SPEAKER_00: We all have felt this.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some confuse lament with a lack of faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just grin and bear it, they say.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just trust God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't show big feelings, don't ask big questions.
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  SPEAKER_00: But that's not what we see in the Bible.
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  SPEAKER_00: Two-thirds of the Psalms would be considered laments.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's over half of the Psalter.
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  SPEAKER_00: No, lament, crying out to God in anger and desperation and protest, that's not lack of faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a courageous act of faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: Where else will we go with these raw emotions and burning questions?
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  SPEAKER_00: God is big enough.
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  SPEAKER_00: God invites us to bring them to Him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Would you bring it to Him?
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  SPEAKER_01: For our part as a Pillar Community, we'd love to be praying for you.
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  SPEAKER_01: So feel free to reach out to us at abide at PillarChurch.com.
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  SPEAKER_01: Let us pray.
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  SPEAKER_01: God of our salvation, you have restored us to life.
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  SPEAKER_01: You have brought us back again into your love by the triumphant death and resurrection of Christ.
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  SPEAKER_01: Continue to heal us as we go to live and work in the power of your spirit.
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  SPEAKER_01: To your praise and glory.
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  SPEAKER_01: Amen.