Wednesday February 13th, 2008

This past Wednesday was Ash Wednesday. The start of lent leading up to Good Friday and Easter. Kyle Spoke at the Ash Wednesday service with a focus on John 6:29 Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.” Jesus is saying that God wants us to believe in Jesus. Other translations use the word “trust” in the place of “believe.” So we are to trust and believe in Jesus. But much more than just believing in His existence. Believing in Jesus Power, believing in Jesus as God’s Son, and believing in Jesus’ purpose on earth. In this series of John we will be reading through the entire book of John a few chapters a week. By next Wednesday you should have the first 4 chapters of John read because your students are supposed too and they will probably have lots of questions for you on the reading.

1. Was there anything in the first 4 chapters that sparked your interest?
2. How about something you learned from your reading?

3. Refer back to when Jesus healed the official’s son. Would you have
immediately believed Jesus if He had told you your family member was
instantly healed? Why do you suppose the official was so quick to believe
Jesus when Jesus had never even met his son?

4. What do you find hard to believe about Jesus? Why?

5. Leaders: Hand out the note cards to everyone in your group and have them
write down 2 things they believe about Jesus and 2 things they are unsure
about Jesus. Then have them go around the circle and share with the group
what they put down.

6. Leaders: At the end of the night put the note cards into the same box as
attendance at the end of the night and Kyle, John and I will go through some
of them and try to answer their questions.