The Transformed Life: A Well in the Wilderness

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Sermon Recap

As we began the new year, Benton resumed our series of The Transformed Life, looking at John 7. In this passage, we see how Jesus speaks in Jerusalem at the Festival of Booths, where the people remember how the Lord was with them in the wilderness. Jesus speaks boldly to the people and offers us an invitation to help us walk confidently into 2026.

REMEMBER
Seeing how God was at work in 2025

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  • As you look back over 2025, where can you now see God’s quiet faithfulness—even in moments that felt confusing, disappointing, or unfinished at the time?

  • In your spiritual life, home, work, or play, what do the hard points and high points reveal about what God may have been forming in you?

BE IT

  • Instead of rushing past last year, what would it look like to intentionally remember—to sit with your story, invite God into it, and let gratitude and humility shape how you step into 2026?

RELY
Recognizing whose authority you’re living under

SEE IT

  • Where in your life right now are you most tempted to organize things independent of God—relying on your own control, instincts, experience, or urgency rather than surrendering to His authority?

BE IT

  • What is one specific area in 2026 where you will stop asking for good advice and instead submit yourself to good authority, choosing to live by the Spirit even when it costs you comfort or certainty?

REPLACE
Receiving living water instead of a wilderness heart

SEE IT

  • If you’re honest, where does your heart feel more like a wilderness than a well—dry, tired, or just surviving—and what have you been using to cope instead of letting Jesus fill you?

BE IT

  • What would it look like to let the Spirit replace that wilderness with a stream of living water—trusting that even if wilderness seasons come, they will no longer define you or have the final word over your life? (edited) 

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