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?

1. Why did the Jews bring the adulteress woman to Jesus? Why was it His problem?

2. What do you think Jesus wrote on the ground?

3. What are the main reasons why people reject Jesus today?

4. Has there ever been a time when you badly misjudged someone?

5. What do you like most about Jesus in this story?

1. Has it ever been hard for you to reach your own family? If so, why?

2. Why does being gossiped about hurt so much?

3. Have you ever felt like you were surrounded by people who want you to fail?

4. How does the Holy Spirit help us to refresh others?

1. Why do you think Jesus fed a large crowd of people in such a miraculous way?

2. If you could choose between personally witnessing either the feeding of 5,000 or Jesus walking on water which would you choose and why?

3. Why do you think Jesus chose the metaphor of bread to describe Himself?

4. What does it mean to eat of Him?

5. Have you ever felt like you were following Jesus mostly for the fringe benefits?

1. What would it feel like to be healed after 38 years? What are the first three things you’d want to do?

2. Why were the Jewish leaders so mad about Jesus healing a guy on the Sabbath?

3. Why was it such a big deal to them that Jesus was claiming to be God?

4. Have you ever met people who have strong religious opinions but seem like they are missing God’s love?

1. What touches you most about the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman?

2. Why are we so pressured by time?

3. Why do you think so many people in the Samaritan village gave this woman credibility? What made her believable?

4. What are some ways that we could show more vulnerability to those around us who don’t know Jesus?

1. Who in your life has just seemed like God is really with them in a special way?

2. How did your life change when you decided to follow Jesus? Was it an immediate change or a gradual change?

3. When have you seen God work in a surprising and mysterious way?

4. What do people love about the darkness?

1. What do you find most odd about the story of Jesus changing water into wine?

2. Where do you experience the most joy in life?

3. When you were younger did you have anyone who helped you associate joy with being a Christian? How about people who did the opposite?

4. In what ways do you see the equivalent to money changers in Christianity today?

5. How was Jesus able to be vulnerable with people without totally trusting them?