PRODUCTIVE PRAYER:  Prayer always gets answered but rarely the way we expect.  God responds to our prayers to our unexpected benefit, better than we deserve and better than we can imagine.  Prayer and work must function together.

FREE REFILLS:  A connection with Jesus brings deep and lasting satisfaction and contentment for our souls.  In him we find spiritual nourishment.

COCKROACH THEOLOGY:  When the light of the world presents himself, don’t run for the darkness.  Instead, become vulnerable in God’s presence and allow him to regenerate you into whole and lasting life beginning right now.  

JESUS GOT MAD:  Jesus did not get mad because he had realistic expectations of people.  If we do the same we will spare ourselves much anger and regrettable decisions we make while in that state.  So let’s follow the example of Jesus and learn how to manage our anger.

150 GALLONS OF WINE:  Jesus turns stale and legalistic religion into a party.  New wine symbolizes the new covenant in him, a covenant of grace rather than a covenant of merit.

A WILD RIDE:  When you follow Jesus, you’re in for a wild ride.  You’ll like some of it and be disappointed in some of it.  It will change you for the better or the bitter.  What are you going to do?

THUNDER IN THE DESERT:  When we find ourselves in a spiritual desert, God sends some thunder that points us to Jesus.

ABUNDANCE OF BLESSINGS:  We get because he has given.

FINDING FREE DRINKS:  Jesus invites us to the Living Water, a metaphor for a rich and satisfying life that lasts for eternity.  All we have to do is give up the mundane, self-centered lives we are leading and let him bring us to the water.  Come to the water. 

HOPE FOR OLD, DRY BONES:  When we reach the lowest point in our lives, God sends hope.  Just like he did when the oppressive Roman Empire was taking over the world, Jesus arrived.  He brings life into dried up bones.