Do You Want to Be Well? John 5:1–15: Daily Devotional, Daily Bible Study

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Hearing Jesus: Daily Affirmations & Bible Study Podcast

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🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Do You Want to Be Well? John 5:1–15: Daily Devotional, Daily Bible Study In this episode, Rachael Groll looks at the story in John 5:1–15, where Jesus asks a man a simple but powerful question: “Do you want to be well?” Healing often starts with honesty—being willing to face what’s really holding us back and trusting Jesus to make us whole. Rachael shares how true transformation happens when faith leads to action, reminding us that Jesus still invites us to rise, pick up our mats, and walk in freedom today. ☆ This podcast devotional is a companion to Knowing God’s Voice, Grab Your Printed Copy Here! ☆Go Deeper and Learn to Hear God’s Voice: Knowing Jesus Course ☆To Learn More About Sponsoring a Child, check out Compassion International here: ➤ Sponsor a Child ☆Go on a trip with Rachael: Bible Study Live ☆Have a question for Rachael? Ask it here: Ask Rachael a Question ☆Get Ad-Free Episodes, Bonus Content, and more here: ⁠ patreon.com/HearingJesus ☆If you would like to give to Hearing Jesus and financially support the podcast, you can do so here ! ➤ Give Here ☆Facebook ➤https://www.facebook.com/SheHears.org/ ☆Instagram ➤ https://www.instagram.com/rachael.d.groll/ ☆Website ➤ Hearing Jesus Takeaways We must confront the desires of our hearts honestly. True change requires action in faith. Jesus calls us to respond to His presence. Restoration is a personal journey. Miracles can manifest through our willingness to act. Faith is a crucial component of transformation. We should not rely solely on external sources for healing. Personal growth involves confronting our own desires. Acting in faith can lead to profound change. Chapters 00:00 The Journey of Healing Begins 00:34 Holistic Restoration and Transformation Bible, Bible Study, Devotions, Devotional, Daily Devotional, Prayer, Jesus, God, Holy Spirit, Spiritual Growth, hearing God’s voice, Hearing God, Hearing Jesus, Praying, Pray, God’s Word, Scriptures Hearing Jesus, Knowing God's Voice, Female Prophets, Bible Study, Spiritual Growth, Christian Podcast, Faith Journey, Obedience, God's Communication, Personal Reflections, prophecy, faith, surrender, spiritual gifts, women's ministry, Christian podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey friends, I'm Rachel Grohl and I'm your host for the Hearing Jesus podcast, where I help you to know God and to make him known.
0:10.8	One of the most frustrating things when I was a staff pastor, and even now as somebody who spends a lot of time with people in spiritual direction, is working with somebody who almost
0:23.9	wants to stay stuck where they're at. And maybe that's not what they would say, but yet their
0:33.2	behavior reveals something pretty powerful. I think sometimes it reveals the fact that they might
0:39.6	not even believe that they can heal. Sometimes we circle the same mountain. And so I think that's kind of
0:47.1	what we're looking at today. It's this powerful moment where Jesus meets a man who's been sick for
0:51.9	38 years. He's been waiting for 38 years. And yet,
0:57.1	the first thing that Jesus asks him isn't, how bad is it? Or do you want help getting in the water?
1:04.1	Because they're talking about these healing waters. Jesus asks him instead, do you want to be well?
1:12.9	And I think that's a question that we have to ask ourselves too. And so in this episode, we're going to look at what healing looks like. We're starting in on
1:18.8	John chapter 5. We're looking at what Jesus is offering. And we're looking at how this moment connects
1:25.7	to so many of our own stories because healing isn't always just about our body. Sometimes it's about our heart and what we're willing and not willing to let go of. And so I'm going to read John chapter 5 versus 1 through 15.
1:42.7	Sometime later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals.
1:47.6	Now there is in Jerusalem near the sheep gate a pool, which an Aramaic is called Bethesda,
1:53.5	and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here, a great number of disabled people used to
1:59.2	lie, the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.
2:04.6	One who was there had been an invalid for 38 years.
2:08.5	When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long
2:12.1	time, he asked him, do you want to get well?
2:15.9	Sir, the invalid replied, I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred.
2:21.2	While I'm trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.
2:24.9	Then Jesus said to him, get up, pick up your mat and walk.
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