Day 1 (PDF)

The Woman at the well

John 4:7-42

Ever feel like you have the weight of the world on your shoulders? Sin weighs us down and nothing we do can take that weight off of us. It is so easy to get caught up in our sin and lose sight of our Savior. 


Here’s the good news: God wants to give us a new life. The Samaritan woman Jesus met in John 4 was weighed down by sin. She was weighed down by her five ex husbands and the new man she was living with. To have one ex husband at this time was scandalous enough. To have five made her an outcast. 


The fact that this woman was living with a man she wasn’t married to and getting water during the hottest part of the day were good indicators that she was done playing by society’s rules. She didn’t want to hear what anyone had to say and she had all but given up. 


Jesus met this woman where she was. Using the well water as a metaphor, Jesus offered her a new life, and love that would fulfill her forever (John 4:14). After meeting Jesus, the Samaritan woman was so changed that she ran into town and told everyone about her encounter. 


Jesus knows everything we’ve done and will ever do. He doesn’t want us to try to fix our lives. Jesus wants us to accept His gift of salvation and follow Him. In doing so, He’ll give us a new life, a life greater than the one we imagine for ourselves. 


DAY 1 DRIVER’ S CHECKLIST

* What’s weighing you down today? Confess it to Jesus. He can handle it. 

 * How do you respond when you make a mistake? What’s the difference between hiding it or fixing it and confessing it? 

 * The woman at the well couldn’t wait to tell people about the man who knew everything about her and loved her anyway. Who do you need to share the gospel with or invite to church?

Day 2 (PDF)

Nicodemus

John 3:1-21; 7:50; 19:38-40

Throughout His earthly ministry, Jesus would have many run-ins with the Jewish religious leaders, but His late night encounter with Nicodemus was perhaps the sincerest of them all. Nicodemus, a Pharisee and teacher of God’s Law, came to Jesus acknowledging that He had come from God. 


Nicodemus thought he was doing everything right. He was a Pharisee, a religious leader of the time, and upheld every Jewish law in the book. He had Scripture memorized and was a part of the prestigious Jewish council — a group of leaders who made important decisions for the religious community. He was revered for his knowledge of the Bible. 


Nicodemus was doing all the right things and knew the right information about God, but he didn’t know God. Nicodemus saw Jesus teaching at the temple and, regardless of the other religious leaders’ opposition of Jesus’ teaching, Nicodemus wanted to know more. 


In John 3, Nicodemus snuck out in the dead of night to meet Jesus and hear more about what Jesus was teaching. His curiosity and desire to understand Jesus’ teachings led to more than he bargained for. Jesus boldly told him that only through being born again could he truly know God. 


Though Nicodemus had an encounter with Jesus that night, it wasn’t until he and Joseph buried Jesus’ body that he went public DAY 2 with his faith. Change for Nicodemus happened steadily over time, and that's OK! God isn’t looking for instant perfection in our relationships with Him. God is after our growth, and growth takes time. 


We all need new life through Jesus. Jesus came to show us a new way to live, which didn’t always align with what the religious leaders taught. God is our creator, and He knows that true life is found in relationship with Him. Only when we give our lives to Him fully will we find the abundant life that God intends for us. 


DAY 2 DRIVER’ S CHECKLIST 

* Nicodemus knew plenty about God. He studied the Bible, and new all the laws and faithfully followed them. But, he was completely missing the relationship WITH God. Relationships take time and effort. How intentional are you about getting to know Jesus?

* Are you growing in your relationship with Jesus? How has your faith grown since you first met Jesus? 

* What steps can you take today to continue growing in your relationship with Jesus?

Day 3 (PDF)

The life of paul

Acts 9

The Acts 9 story of how Saul of Tarsus came to be a follower of Jesus is a widely known passage that reveals an essential truth for us as believers: God has the power to transform the hearts and lives of anyone who places their faith in Him. The power of the Holy Spirit changes us from the inside out, and the same Lord who transformed Saul causes us to walk in new life when we turn to Christ. What do we learn about the role of God’s saving grace in this story? How can our testimonies reflect the same Spirit empowered life change as Saul’s? God sought out Saul for the work of His kingdom, despite the hostility and malice this former Pharisee had toward the Christian church. Nothing in Saul’s story—not even the wrongful executions and imprisonment of Christ’s disciples—was too big for God to forgive by grace through faith in His Son, Jesus. Through his experience on the road to Damascus, Saul realized the weight of his own sin, the power of this mighty God, and the only chance he had in being made right before Him: surrendering his life to Jesus. Nothing Saul did could separate him from God’s love for him in Jesus. The same is true for us! 


Later, in a letter to his protégé Timothy, Saul—also known by his Greek name, Paul — wrote, “‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’—and I am the worst of them” (1 Tim. 1:15). He knew he needed God’s grace to be made right before the Father and that trusting in Jesus was his only means of being saved. DAY 3 No matter how young or old we are, we all needed Jesus to come into the world to save us. The gospel transforms our hearts and propels us to share the life we’ve found in Jesus with all who will listen. 


DAY 3 DRIVER’ S CHECKLIST

* After Paul's conversion, he had an excitement to share the good news of Jesus. Do you have that same excitement for others to hear the Gospel? 

* Is there anyone in your life that you've given up hope on them coming to Christ? What is a renewed prayer you can pray for them today? Jesus can give them a fresh start!