1. What do you remember about your mom praying for you? If she didn’t, how much difference would it have made if she did?

2. What in John 17 reminds you of things you want to pray for your kids, or others you pray for?

3. Who, outside of your family, do you regularly pray for?

4. Which of the things Jesus prays for are things you’d most want someone to pray for you?

1. When have you felt like the worldly system just hated you?

2. When have you most felt the Holy Spirit encouraging you?

3. How does prayer help us get through hard times?

4. What does it mean to you that God is your Father?

5. If Jesus has overcome the world, what are you trying to overcome personally?

1. Jesus calls Himself “the true vine.” What are some of the false vine alternatives today?

2. Why do you think love is such a big deal to Jesus?

3. Who first showed you the love of Jesus?

4. What is an area of your life that could use some pruning?

1. What has happened in your life to make you feel like your heart was troubled?

2. After Jesus died, rose and ascended into heaven, what do you think were the most difficult adjustments the disciples had to make?

3. Which do you personally find more comforting- that Jesus is the way, that He is the truth, or that He is the life?

4. In what ways is God using you to represent Him as a leader, teacher, or life coach?

1. In what ways do you relate to Paul’s struggles that he talks about in 2 Corinthians 4? What has made life hard for you lately?

2. How does the resurrection help you to deal with your pain?

3. Have you ever felt like you must be a bad Christian because life has been so hard?

4. Who do you know that has inspired you in the way they deal with their pain?

1.What would it feel like to have Jesus wash your feet?

2. What do you imagine Judas was feeling as Jesus washed his feet, then told the disciples that one of them would betray Him?

3. What makes it hard for us to serve each other?

4. Isn’t loving each other like Jesus loves us kind of impossible? Why would He tell us to do something He knows we really can’t do?

1. Do you think it was kind of dumb for Mary to pour $68,000 worth of perfume on Jesus? Didn’t Judas have a point?

2. Why did the religious leaders want to kill Lazarus? Wasn’t it a little late for that?

3. Why do you think the disciples didn’t understand why Jesus rode a donkey until after He was glorified? What do you suppose they did think when He got on the donkey?

4. Why do you suppose we tend to be more anxious to get people saved than Jesus was?

1. Who is the person who has died that you miss the most, and why?

2. How would you live differently if you knew you would never physically die?

3. Why do you think Jesus was crying?

4. Where does your belief come short of where you wish it was?

1. What first attracted you to Jesus?

2. Why do you think many people don’t associate freedom with following Jesus?

3. What are some of the possible appeals to following a hireling instead of a shepherd?

4. Why did most of the people who heard from Jesus, the Good Shepherd, end up rejecting Him?

1. How aware are you of disabled people around you and what is your attitude toward them?

2. How aware are you of people around you who have spiritual blindness and what is your attitude toward them?

3. What was motivating the Pharisees in this story?

4. What kinds of things are standing in the way of you letting your light shine?