Believing God For Help
Part of Snapshots of John's Gospel
October 14, 2023
Believing God For Help
Sunday | October 15, 2023
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Snapshot of John 2:1-12 — Jesus and his family attend a wedding in a neighboring village. A need arises concerning the hospitality of the guests, and Jesus steps in to help.
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John 2:1-5 / ESV, “On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
Second Chronicles 20:4 / ESV, “The people of Judah came together to seek help from the Lord; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him.”
2. Get rid of ritualistic thinking.
John 2:6-10 / ESV, “Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. 9 When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.”
Matthew 6:7-8 / NLT, “When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again. 8 Don’t be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him!”
3. Give God my decision.
John 2:11-12 / ESV, “This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.”
John 20:31 / ESV, “But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.”
My next steps
Read Next: John 1:35-51
Memorize: Second Chronicles 20:4; Matthew 6:7-8; John 20:31
Work on making your life a sacred space
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