Talk

Seeds of Revival

Brad Jones
Brad Jones
January 15, 2023

Brad Jones shared the story of the Woman at the Well to highlight the possibility that surrounds us in the people who are eager for hope, forgiveness, and salvation. “Open your eyes,” says Jesus. The fields – our spheres of influence – are ripe for harvest.

Key Takeaway

May we be... "a people most concerned with the spiritual sustenance God provides for us. A people who are asking God and believing Him for the harvest. A people willing and eager to share their story so the world can hear what Jesus has done for us."

The Seeds of Revival are:

  1. Hunger (John 4:27-34)
  2. Prayer (John 4:35-38)
  3. Urgency (John 4:39-42)
"What we need more than anything is to know God and to be a part of what He is doing."
Brad Jones

Discussion Questions

  1. What is the difference in heart between asking God to bless your plans and asking God what His plans are for your life?
  2. What worldly needs make you anxious?
  3. Which needs get in the way of your spiritual needs?
  4. Where are the “fields” in your life that are “ripe for harvest”?
  5. What is the difference between believing in Jesus because of obligation and believing in Jesus because of inclination?
  6. When did your faith become personal? What led to this crucial switch?
  7. If this year is going to be marked by evangelism and winsomeness - for you specifically - what will you be doing differently?
  8. What truths about ministry and evangelism can you draw from the story of the Woman at the Well?
  9. What is not true about ministry and evangelism, according to the story of the Woman at the Well?
  10. Take a moment and pray for opportunities to point people to Jesus this year.

Scripture References

27Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”
28Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people,
29“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?”
30They came out of the town and made their way toward him.
31Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.”
32But he said to them,
“I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
33Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”
34
“My food,”
said Jesus,
“is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.
35
Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
36
Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.
37
Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
38
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”
39Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
40So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days.
41And because of his words many more became believers.
42They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”

Brad Jones
Brad Jones
Passion City Church Atlanta is pastored by Brad Jones. Together, he and his wife Brittany have been a part of the Passion Movement for over a decade helping carry the heartbeat of Passion Conference and Passion City Church. They live in Atlanta with their two children, Caleb and Addy.