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{I AM} #3

  “I AM [the Light]   John 8:12-30_     Years ago, a few of us decided to walk through Netherton tunnel, with just the aid of our torches on our phones.  It started off absolutely fine.  There was a decent pa thway, a sturdy  handrail , and plenty of light coming in from behind us through the opening of the tunnel. However, about half-way through, the  handrail  disappea red, the path got decidedly worse, there was no light coming in from behind us (and we weren’t far enough along to see any light in front of us) , and those mobile phone torches? Absolutely rubbish!  We did finally make it through to the  other side , but  we’ve  never done it again since!     [Discussion-starter question] What is you most vivid memory involving a dark place?       Jesus was not afraid to defend the truth even in the face of his enemies. In this passage Jesus makes a series of claims that his opponents try to chall...

{I AM} #2

  “I AM” [the Bread of Life]   John 6:25-51_     Most of us love to eat – at birthdays and weddings and holidays and Christmas and New Years and Easter ! The people in Jesus’ day loved to eat as well. The one fact about eating that we learn very quickly is that, even if we eat until we are full,  a few  hour s  and  we’re  hungry again!     [Group discussion starter] Talk about your  favourite  food or favourite restaurant. How do you feel after you have eaten what you enjoy?     One day Jesus feeds a LOT of people by multiplying a few small loaves of bread and a couple of dried fish (John  6:1-14) - but the next day the people are hungry again! Jesus tries to point them (and us) to spiritual nourishment that satisfies our hearts forever ...     [Read John 6:25-51]     Do you think the crowd is  favourable  to Jesus or hostile to him?   Explain your answer based on sta...