The Miraculous Work of Jesus (Part 2): Miraculous Words

TO START: In this series, we walk through the seven miracles—or “signs,” as John calls them—recorded in his Gospel. Each miracle beautifully reveals both Jesus’ identity (who He is and what He’s like) and His work (what He does and will ultimately accomplish). 

In John 4, we see Jesus as the bringer of life, working miraculously through a royal official who chose to trust His word—even when it didn’t seem ideal or make sense in the moment.

TO READ: John 4:43-54

TO DISCUSS:

(1.) As a kid, what three must-haves did you think were the secret to the ‘good life’?

(2.) Why do you think Jesus chose not to go with the royal official and instead simply spoke life over his son?

(3.) This moment in John’s Gospel shows that belief means taking Jesus at His word. What words of Jesus in the Bible have you taken at face value and trusted?

(4.) Are there any words Jesus has spoken in the Bible that you still struggle to trust?

(5.) Who in your life do you see following Jesus’s words in a way that helps others encounter the life He offers?

TO CLOSE/TO PRAY:

Consider circling back to the responses to question 3 & 4, anything that someone named where Jesus's words are trustworthy as well as the words that are still hard to trust or see realized for them. We invite you to name those again before the Lord and close by praying part of Psalm 19:7-10 over the group (consider praying the Psalm and waiting to see if anyone has something bubble up in them as these words are prayed over the group and then close out the prayer) 

“The instruction of the Lord is perfect, renewing one’s life; the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise. The precepts of the Lord are right, making the heart glad; the command of the Lord is radiant, making the eyes light up. The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the Lord are reliable and altogether righteous. They are more desirable than gold–than an abundance of pure gold; and sweeter than honey dripping from a honeycomb.”