John 5:1-9 — Do You Want To Be Healed?

"Do you want to be made well?" Jesus asks a man who has been invalid for 38 years. Why should he ask what seems like a stupid question? Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [ ] One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

John 4:46-54 — The Need for Signs

As we reflect on this passage, may we grow in our understanding of faith, moving from seeking signs to trusting the Savior. Once more [Jesus] visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.

John 4:43-45 — Unrecognized Prophets

Jesus said a prophet is without honor in his own country. Do we recognize the prophets God has raised among us? After the two days [Jesus] left for Galilee. (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.) When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, for they also had been there.

John 4:39-42 — The Evangelist

Our stories of redemption and restoration can lead others to encounter the living water, quenching their spiritual thirst and bringing new life. So don't hesitate to share your experiences with others. Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in [Jesus] because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. And because of his words many more became believers.

John 4:31-38 — Free Food and Water

In this powerful passage, Jesus invites us to prioritize the Kingdom of God, finding sustenance and purpose in fulfilling God's will. [When the Samaritan woman had left him] his disciples urged [Jesus], “Rabbi, eat something.”

John 4:27-30 — When One Meets Jesus

Discover the transformative power of meeting Jesus through the encounter of the Samaritan woman. Experience spiritual nourishment, find your purpose, and be forever changed. Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”

John 4:20-26 — Worshiping Right

Jesus said: True worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. What did he mean? [The Samaritan woman said:] “Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

John 4:15-19 — As The Deer Pants …

As the saying goes, we look for love in all the wrong places. God's love is the only source of true satisfaction and acceptance. The [Samaritan] woman said to [Jesus], “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

John 4:10-14 — Living Water

Jesus invites us to receive his living water —the Holy Spirit— and find fulfillment, hope, and purpose in our lives. Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”

John 4:7-9 — Breaking Barriers

Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman challenges us to break through cultural and societal barriers, recognizing the inclusive love and grace of Jesus that extends to all people. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

John 4:1-6 — The Divine Human

John gives us another glimpse of Jesus' humanity as he speaks of how the divine became human because of God’s love for us. Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John — although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee.

John 3:31-36 — Rejecting Jesus

John the Baptist continues to testify about Jesus in this passage, telling us we reject him at our own risk. The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

John 3:22-30 — Greater and Lesser

We can learn profound lessons of humility, purpose, and selflessness in John the Baptist's response to Jesus' increasing popularity, emphasizing the importance of recognizing our role in God's plan and rejoicing in the success of others. After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized. Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized. (This was before John was put in prison.) An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing. They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”

John 3:19-21 — Darkness & Light

Are we willing to confront the darkness within us and embrace the truth? Or do we want to cling to the shadows, allowing sin to have power over us? It is the choice we all have. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

John 3:17-18 — Be An Ambassador

If we believe in the Gospel message of salvation, we are duty-bound to be ambassadors of Christ so that the world is saved and not condemned. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

John 3:16 — For God So Loved The World

Everybody knows John 3:16, which says: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. What does it mean? [Jesus said:] For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:9-15 — Snake in the Wilderness

Jesus makes an enigmatic statement when he says that as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up. What could he mean? “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

John 3:1-8 — Born Again

Being born again is an opportunity for a personal, life-changing encounter with God that brings joy, purpose, and a deeper connection to him. It is a radical experience that enables us to enter God's kingdom. Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”

John 2:23-25 — Signs and Wonders

In today's passage, Jesus confronts our tendency to rely solely on the miraculous and invites us to a faith that transcends the temporary and touches the depths of our souls. Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name. But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.

John 2:18-22 — The New Temple

When Jesus says, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up," what did he mean? The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”

John 2:13-17 — When Jesus Gets Mad

Jesus cleansing the temple challenges us to align our worship practices with God's heart and to be catalysts for transformation both within the church and in the world around us. When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

John 2:6-12 — New Wine

The miracle at Cana serves as a powerful testimony to Jesus' ability to satisfy our deepest needs while giving us an abundance of his goodness and grace. Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.

John 2:1-5 — My Hour Has Not Come

The miracle at Cana encourages us to trust in God's timing, seek his will, and extend grace and compassion to others as we navigate our own lives and relationships. On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”

John 1:49-51 — Stairway to Heaven

Jesus is the bridge between heaven and earth. We have access to the heavenly realm, divine revelation, and an intimate relationship with the Father through faith in him. Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”