January 11, 2026
Signs - John 4:43-54 - Rev. Justin Young
Main Idea: Seeing isn't always believing.
John 4
- Context (vv. 43-45)
- Healing (vv. 46-54)
Significance
- Signs are not bad.
- Signs are not everything.
Announcements
🌎 30 Hour Famine 2026 – Youth will fast for 30 hours and serve our community March 13 (Friday) through March 14 (Saturday). Learn more and register by this Sunday, January 11.
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This Week's Bible Reading
- January 12 - Psalm 8; John 8
- January 13 - Psalm 9; John 9
- January 14 - Psalm 10; John 10
- January 15 - Psalm 11; John 11
- January 16 - Psalm 12; John 12
(Complete plan here.)
Growth Group Guide
- Describe the most incredible thing you've ever seen -- in nature, film, your refrigerator, etc.
- Read John 4:43-45. Work as a group to describe all the events to which John is referring. (Hint: John 2 and 4) Why is this context important to our text?
- Read John 4:46-54 with the following parts: narrator, official, and Jesus.
- Describe the official's crisis, how Jesus responds, and how the official responds. What is notable about the official's response?
- How have you seen God work in your life through signs or miracles? Would you still believe apart from them? Why or why not?
- How would you encourage a friend who saw no signs, but still believed?
- How would you challenge a friend who saw signs, but didn't believe?
- Why is the resurrection of Jesus so important?
