never settling

                             When Miracles become mundane
John 5:1-9Jerusalem¹Afterward, Jesus returned to for one of the Jewish holy days. ²Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches. ³Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches. ⁵One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years. ⁶ When Jesus saw him and knew how long he had been ill, he asked him, "Would you like to get well?"
⁷"I can't, sir," the sick man said, "for I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get there, someone else always gets in ahead of me."

⁸Jesus told him, "Stand up, pick up your sleeping mat, and walk!"

⁹Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up the mat and began walking!

• It’s      easy to PURSUE COMFORT
• It’s      easy to MAKE      NON-CHRIST-FOLLOWING EXCUSES
• It’s      easy to MISS MINISTRY      OPPORTUNITIES

Truths that require action . . .

1. Respond to God’s CALL ON YOUR LIFE.

2. Identify your pool OF HURT.

3. Ditch the EXCUSES.

The question isn’t whether people are hurting…the real question is whether healed people have the courage to help those who are hurting because they’ve been healed by the Great Physician.