Set Your Mind on the Spirit

Read John 11 and Romans 8:1-11 Fifth Sunday in Lent (Year A) Set Your Mind on the Spirit  Today’s message for the Fifth Sunday in Lent is titled “Set Your Mind on the Spirit.” Drawing from John 11, Romans 8:1-11, and 2 Corinthians 6:2, we will listen for God’s voice in the midst of silence, struggle, and hope. In the raising of Lazarus, we see that what looks like delay or distance can become the very place where God’s life and power are revealed. Romans 8 then calls us to a new way of thinking and living—no longer according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit who brings freedom and life. And 2 Corinthians 6:2 reminds us that “now is the day of salvation,” inviting us to respond today to the Spirit’s gracious work.