Do You Want to Be Changed?

Change can be something we pray for while still finding ourselves settled into familiar patterns. When disappointment, pain, or waiting lasts long enough, even the hope that things could be different can become difficult to imagine.

In John 5:1–14, Jesus meets a man who had been unable to walk for thirty-eight years and asks him a striking question: “Do you want to be made well?” Jesus then calls him to rise, take up his mat, and walk. The encounter points beyond the man’s physical healing to the authority of Christ and the response His grace calls forth in us. When Jesus enters the places where we have been stuck, His invitation may require us to leave behind what has become familiar and walk forward in obedience.

What might change if we take Jesus at His word, get up, and follow where He leads?

🗓️ Sunday, August 30th, 2026
🕥 10:30 AM CDT