Do you want to be well?John 5:1-16Length: Long

1 Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

• Read
• Reread
• Retell

2 Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

1. What does this passage show me about God?

   • What does Jesus ask the man, how does the man answer, and what does Jesus tell him to do?

2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

   • Is there a sickness of body or habit you have grown used to and no longer really want to leave?

3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

   • What will you get up and do this week that you have told yourself you cannot?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who has been waiting a long time with nobody to help them into the water?

3 Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).