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How to use it: After watching/listening to this week’s message, from October 15, 2023, use the questions to go deeper into the message, with your group…or on your own. The questions will introduce you to the topic, reflect content from the sermon, go ‘Beyond the Message’, & get you thinking about practical applications for your life.

1. What is your favorite story of all time? It could be a book, movie, or bedtime story from when you were a child.

2. Read John 3:1-17. What do you find most interesting about this encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus? How much of what Jesus said do you think Nicodemus understood?

3. When did you first come to understand the meaning of John 3:16? How would you convey the meaning and impact of these words if someone were to ask you about them?

4. Which of the “Reluctant Reasons” for sharing your story do you relate to most?

5. Read John 9:1-11. How would you have felt if you were the man who was blind since birth and suddenly could see? How would you explain what happened?

6. What is your reaction to the simplicity of his story, “I was blind but now I see” (John 9:25)?

7. What words would you use to share with someone: 1) your life before Jesus, 2) how you met Jesus, 3) your life since you met Jesus?