Miracles, Part 1: Water to Wine

Published: March 17, 2009, 2:35 a.m.

(John 14:12-13)\xa0 \u201cI tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.\u201d


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(Proverbs 13:12) (NLT) \u201cHope deferred makes the heart sick..\u201d


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(John 2:1-3)\xa0 \u201cOn the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus\u2019 mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.\xa0 When the wine was gone, Jesus\u2019 mother said to him, \u2018They have no more wine.\u2019\u201d

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A.\xa0\xa0 We focus on feelings instead of faith.


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(John 2:3)\xa0 \u201cWhen the wine was gone\u2026\u201d


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(Job 30:20 GN) \u201cI call to you, O God, but you never answer; when I pray, you pay no attention.\u201d


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B.\xa0\xa0 We take matters into our own hands.


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(John 2:3)\xa0 \u201c\u2026Jesus\u2019 mother said to him "They have no more wine." \u2026\u201d


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(1 Peter 5:7) \u201cCast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.\u201d


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(Isaiah 30:15)\xa0 \u201cIn repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.\u201d


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C.\xa0\xa0 We exaggerate the negative.

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(John 2:3)\xa0 \u201c\u2026They have no more wine.\u201d

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(Psalm 116:3)\xa0 \u201cThe cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came upon me; I was overcome by trouble and sorrow.\u201d

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(Jeremiah 20:18 TEV)\xa0 \u201cWhy was I born? Was it only to have trouble and sorrow, to end my life in disgrace?\u201d

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1.\xa0 Do what Jesus says to do.

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(John 2:5)\xa0 \u201cHis mother said to the servants, \u2018Do whatever he tells you.\u2019\u201d

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(Isaiah 55:8-9 LB)\xa0 \u201cThis plan of mine is not what you would work out, neither are my thoughts the same as yours!\xa0 For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than yours, and my thoughts than yours.\u201d

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2.\xa0 Focus on what God wants to do in you.


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(John 2:6)\xa0 \u201cNearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.\u201d


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(1 Peter 1:6-7) \xa0\u201cIn this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.\xa0 These have come so that your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.\u201d


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3.\xa0 Believe the unbelievable.


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(John 2:8-9)\xa0 \u201cThen he told them, \u2018Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.\u2019\xa0 They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew.\u201d


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(Mark 10:27)\xa0 Jesus looked at them and said, \u201cWith man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.\u201d

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4.\xa0 Expect the best.


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(John 2:10)\xa0 \u201cEveryone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.\u201d


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(Ephesians 3:20)\xa0 \u201cNow to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.\u201d

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