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. —John 5:2-3 | NIV84

Deep down we all want to be well. None of us want to be unwell.

One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. —John 5:5 | NIV84

He was stuck.

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 5:6 | NIV84

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.” —John 5:7 | NIV84

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Stop settling for a lesser story than the one Jesus wants to write for you.

“Do you want to get well?”

Jesus knows no life is too far gone.

Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. —John 5:8-9 | NIV84

You’re not stuck in the story you’ve been living; Jesus came to write a new script for your life.

Don’t let your past limit what God can do in your future.

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If you really want to get well…

Stop Making Excuses

Accept Reality

Listen to Jesus

Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” —John 5:8 | NIV84

“Now you are well; don’t sin as you did before, or something even worse may happen to you.” —John 5:14 | MSG

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Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.” —John 5:17 | NIV84

“But Jesus defended himself. ‘My Father is working straight through, even on the Sabbath. So am I.’” —John 5:17 | MSG

“Be married to the mission, not the method.”

We’re here to let everyone know there’s hope in the midst of hopelessness.