ENGAGE
- What is the most memorable wedding you have ever been part of? What made it memorable?
READ
- Read or summarize the passage.
- Share any observations or questions from the passage or the sermon.
REFLECT
- Discuss the interaction between Mary and Jesus? Talk about what it might have been like for Mary to go from Jesus as her son to Jesus as her Lord.
- What was the purpose of the jars of water? Why is it significant that Jesus chose these as the vessel for the “new” wine?
- How does this first “sign” accomplish the purposes of both John the Baptist and John the Apostle? (John 1:31 and 20:31)
RESPOND
- Have you ever experienced God telling you to do something that didn’t seem to make sense? How did it turn out?
- How does this passage, combined with the passages surrounding it, signify the change Jesus had come to initiate? Read 2 Corinthians 5:17 and consider the following “acted” parables: Passover Lamb - Lamb of God, water - wine, temple - Jesus’ body, religious leaders - Jesus’ teachings, Jacob’s well - Living water.
PRAY
- Adoration
- Confession
- Thanksgiving
- Supplication
