MIRACLES
Part 3
“I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He
will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.”
(John 14:12-13)
Water into Wine
1. Do ______________________________________________________.
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” (John 2:5)
Running on Empty
“This plan of mine is not what you would work out, neither are my thoughts the
same as yours! For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways
higher than yours, and my thoughts higher than yours.” (Isaiah 55:8-9 LB)
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was
gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” (John 2:1-3)
2. Focus on what God wants to do ________________________.
ü We focus on ______________________________ instead of faith.
When the wine was gone… (John 2:3)
“I call to you, O God, but you never answer; when I pray, you pay no attention.”
(Job 30:20 GN)
ü We take matters into __________________________________.
…Jesus’ mother said to him… (John 2:3)
“In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but
you would have none of it.” (Isaiah 30:15)
ü
We exaggerate the ______________________________.
…“They have no more wine.” (John 2:3)
The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came upon me; I was
overcome by trouble and sorrow. (Psalm 116:3)
Why was I born? Was it only to have trouble and sorrow, to end my life in disgrace?
(Jeremiah 20:18 TEV)
Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial
washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. (John 2:6)
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer
grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith – of greater worth than
gold, which perishes even though refined by fire – may be proved genuine and may
result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. (1 Peter 1:6-7)
3. Believe the __________________________.
Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”
They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned
into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had
drawn the water knew. (John 2:8-9)
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all
things are possible with God.” (Mark 10:27)
4. Expect the ____________________________.
“Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the
guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
(John 2:10)
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,
according to his power that is at work within us. (Ephesians 3:20)
All scripture is from the New International Version unless otherwise noted.
MIRACLES
Part 3
“I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He
will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.”
(John 14:12-13)
Water into Wine
1. Do what Jesus says to do.
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” (John 2:5)
Running on Empty
“This plan of mine is not what you would work out, neither are my thoughts the
same as yours! For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways
higher than yours, and my thoughts higher than yours.” (Isaiah 55:8-9 LB)
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was
gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” (John 2:1-3)
2. Focus on what God wants to do in you.
ü We focus on feelings instead of faith.
When the wine was gone… (John 2:3)
“I call to you, O God, but you never answer; when I pray, you pay no attention.”
(Job 30:20 GN)
ü We take matters into our own hands.
…Jesus’ mother said to him… (John 2:3)
“In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but
you would have none of it.” (Isaiah 30:15)
ü
We exaggerate the negative.
…“They have no more wine.” (John 2:3)
The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came upon me; I was
overcome by trouble and sorrow. (Psalm 116:3)
Why was I born? Was it only to have trouble and sorrow, to end my life in disgrace?
(Jeremiah 20:18 TEV)
Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial
washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. (John 2:6)
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer
grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith – of greater worth than
gold, which perishes even though refined by fire – may be proved genuine and may
result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. (1 Peter 1:6-7)
3. Believe the unbelievable.
Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”
They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned
into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had
drawn the water knew. (John 2:8-9)
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all
things are possible with God.” (Mark 10:27)
4. Expect the best.
“Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the
guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
(John 2:10)
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,
according to his power that is at work within us. (Ephesians 3:20)
All scripture is from the New International Version unless otherwise noted.