Opening question: Share a time when you were very thirsty.
Let’s read John 7:37-39
37 It was the last and most important day of the Feast. Jesus stood up and spoke in a loud voice. He said, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 Does anyone believe in Me? Then, just as Scripture says, streams of living water will flow from inside him.” 39 When He said this, He meant the Holy Spirit. Those who believed in Jesus would receive the Spirit later. Up to that time, the Spirit had not been given. This was because Jesus had not been glorified yet.
Questions:
1. In your own words, try to retell what happened on the last day of the Feast.
2. What kind of ‘thirst’ do you think Jesus was speaking of?
3. Do you think spiritual thirst is real? Explain.
4. If anyone is spiritually thirsty, what should they do, according to Jesus?
5. What does it mean to ‘believe in’ Jesus?
6. What are ‘streams of living water’ and where do they come from?
7. Have you begun to drink this ‘living water’ yet? If so, what is it like?
Friday, November 25, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Twelve Baskets
Opening question: What is your favorite kind of food?
Read John 6:1-13
1 Sometime after this, Jesus crossed over to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. It is also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2 A large crowd of people followed him. They had seen the miraculous signs he had done on those who were sick. 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside. There he sat down with his disciples. 4 The Jewish Passover Feast was near. 5 Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him. So he said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?" 6 He asked this only to put Philip to the test. He already knew what he was going to do. 7 Philip answered him, "Eight months' pay would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!" 8 Another of his disciples spoke up. It was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 9 He said, "Here is a boy with five small loaves of barley bread. He also has two small fish. But how far will that go in such a large crowd?" 10 Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down. The number of men among them was about 5,000. 11 Then Jesus took the loaves and gave thanks. He handed out the bread to those who were seated. He gave them as much as they wanted. And he did the same with the fish. 12 When all of them had enough to eat, Jesus spoke to his disciples. "Gather the leftover pieces," he said. "Don't waste anything." 13 So they gathered what was left over from the five barley loaves. They filled 12 baskets with the pieces left by those who had eaten.
Discussion:
1. What were some of your thoughts while watching the video?
2. Try to retell what happened in your own words.
3. What does verse 6 mean to you?
4. What do we learn about Jesus?
5. How can this story apply to our lives?
Read John 6:1-13
1 Sometime after this, Jesus crossed over to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. It is also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2 A large crowd of people followed him. They had seen the miraculous signs he had done on those who were sick. 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside. There he sat down with his disciples. 4 The Jewish Passover Feast was near. 5 Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him. So he said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?" 6 He asked this only to put Philip to the test. He already knew what he was going to do. 7 Philip answered him, "Eight months' pay would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!" 8 Another of his disciples spoke up. It was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 9 He said, "Here is a boy with five small loaves of barley bread. He also has two small fish. But how far will that go in such a large crowd?" 10 Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down. The number of men among them was about 5,000. 11 Then Jesus took the loaves and gave thanks. He handed out the bread to those who were seated. He gave them as much as they wanted. And he did the same with the fish. 12 When all of them had enough to eat, Jesus spoke to his disciples. "Gather the leftover pieces," he said. "Don't waste anything." 13 So they gathered what was left over from the five barley loaves. They filled 12 baskets with the pieces left by those who had eaten.
Discussion:
1. What were some of your thoughts while watching the video?
2. Try to retell what happened in your own words.
3. What does verse 6 mean to you?
4. What do we learn about Jesus?
5. How can this story apply to our lives?
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