Time for a Change Selected Scripture

1) Become aware of our limitations

1) Become aware of our limitations

2) Our powerlessness to change our inner selves

1) Become aware of our limitations

2) Our powerlessness to change our inner selves

3) Believe and love His Son and the transformation He brings

1) Become aware of our limitations

2) Our powerlessness to change our inner selves

3) Believe and love His Son and the transformation He brings

4) Graciously love God and one another

I. What Does Jesus See?

II. What Does Jesus Say?

II. What Does Jesus Say?

“Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, ‘Do you want to be made well?’”

John 5:5-6

II. What Does Jesus Say?

“Jesus said to him, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk.’”

John 5:8

II. What Does Jesus Say?

“Jesus said to him, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk.’”

John 5:8

“And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.”

John 5:9

III. What Does Jesus Want?

II. What Does Jesus Want?

“Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”

Matthew 19:16

II. What Does Jesus Want?

“Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

Matthew 19:17

II. What Does Jesus Want?

“Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

Matthew 19:17

“Which ones?”Matthew 19:18a

II. What Does Jesus Want?

“’You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Matthew 19:18b-19

II. What Does Jesus Want?

“The young man said to Him, ‘All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?’”

Matthew 19:20

II. What Does Jesus Want?

1. Since you decided to follow Jesus … what has changed most in your life?

II. What Does Jesus Want?

1. Since you decided to follow Jesus … what has changed most in your life?

2. What hasn’t changed in your life that maybe you thought would or should change?

II. What Does Jesus Want?

1. Since you decided to follow Jesus … what has changed most in your life?

2. What hasn’t changed in your life that maybe you thought would or should change?

3. What keeps you from changing now?

II. What Does Jesus Want?

“If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

Matthew 19:21

II. What Does Jesus Want?

“But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.”

Matthew 19:22

II. What Does Jesus Want?

1. In what ways have I actively sought after Jesus in the past few months?

II. What Does Jesus Want?

1. In what ways have I actively sought after Jesus in the past few months?

2. What is the one thing in life that will hold me back from life change?

II. What Does Jesus Want?

1. In what ways have I actively sought after Jesus in the past few months?

2. What is the one thing in life that will hold me back from life change?

3. What should my next step be in this life change process?

II. What Does Jesus Want?

“Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”

Isaiah 41:10