• Read John 7: 1-13

We don’t really have time to delve into the meaning of the Old Testament Feast that the Jews celebrated annually. They are really cool—if you have time, do some of your own reading and see how the feasts kept the people pointed towards God in the yearly rhythms, and how they ultimately pointed to Jesus, the Messiah.

Why were the leaders looking to kill Jesus? If you were Jesus, how would this impact you?

How do you think the disbelief of His brothers’ impacts Jesus?

Has there been a time of rejection in your own life? Spend some time praying that the Lord uses this time to help you identify with Jesus’ rejection and pain.

Spend some time this morning relaxing with the Father. Write out some of the characteristics of God that you can exalt in prayer today.

• Read John 6

If you had to condense this chapter to one sentence, write out that sentence on a separate piece of paper or a journal.

• Read John 6: 60-71

His disciples exclaim in verse 60 that what Jesus said was hard. They grumbled a bit. I can relate to this.

What do you do when you are confused by a scripture or by something in life?

When have you felt like leaving the faith? Has this ever happened?

Peter recognizes that there is no one else to go to for real life.

What helps you to persevere in your faith? What are the false ways that you can look for life?

• Read John 6: 44-59

What do we learn about Jesus from these verses?

How does someone get ‘drawn’ to Jesus by the Father? What does this look like?

What did it look like in your own life? Jesus, in 53-58, just says some confusing things. Why do you think He often is confusing in what He says?

• Read John 6: 25-43

So Jesus confronts the people about their seeking a miracle, seeking food versus wanting to know Him.

What does your “seeking Jesus to know Him” look like in your own life? Are their practices you use (like the ones Andrew introduced as we worked through Exodus)?

According to Jesus, what does the Father want, or what is His will? Do you see any similarities in the peoples’ response to Jesus with your own life?

• Read John 6: 16-24

I often have the picture of the disciples just understanding who Jesus was and getting the fuller picture. But that is not the story in the Gospels. They came to know and understand progressively—just like us.

If you are a disciple in the boat, what are you thinking and feeling as you see Jesus approach on the water?

I love that Jesus first tells them to not be afraid. So many times, I am afraid.

Where, in your life right now, do you need to hear “don’t be afraid”?

I also love you understated it is in verse 21, “immediately the boat reached the shore.” Jesus encouraged the disciples to see His power and His divinity.