What was the “clincher” for the Samaritan woman to believe Jesus that He was Messiah?John 4:18 gives the answer: Jesus knew of her past five husbands and the man she was living with at the time was not her husband. And that did not stop Jesus from telling her He was the long awaited Messiah. […]
Jesus did not let this “teachable moment” slip by, even though He was weary at the end of the day. John 4:6 The disciples were sent into the nearest town, Sychar, Samaria for food. In the meantime, Jesus had an important conversation with a Samaritan woman. John 4:7-26The woman left her waterpot and went into […]
Have you entered a room or approached others in the middle of their conversation – not knowing what was being talked about and discussed? This happened to Jesus’ disciples. They were in the town of Sychar, buying food for an evening meal. They went back to where they left Jesus, sitting beside a well of […]
Jesus said, “For where two or three have gathered together in my name, I am there in their midst.” Matthew 18:20 NASB Shall we pray… NASB Proverbs 3:5-7 paraphrased LORD I come to You, to trust in You, with all of my being.I come not to lean on my own understanding of my circumstances.It […]
Jesus was weary at the end of a day, He sat down beside an old well in Samaria. A woman comes to draw water and Jesus asks for a drink. Then Jesus takes the conversation to a spiritual level about living water. Again, Jesus shifts onto a higher level and gets really personal.NASB John 4:16-20 […]
“For I will pour out water on the thirsty landAnd streams on the dry ground;I will pour out My Spirit on your offspringAnd My blessing on your descendants.” NASB Isaiah 44:3 For our bodies to function properly we need water – liquids are, many times, not beneficial for our bodies like clean water is. Each person […]
Jesus gained in popularity and the religious leaders, the Pharisees, noted that fact.Jesus made a decision, “He left Judea and went away again into Galilee.” John 4:2 Jesus was not looking for a confrontation with the Pharisees, he avoided them by leaving the area and going North into Galilee. Today, there is a lot of unrest […]
John the Baptist understood what it was to give credit to Jesus, the Son of God. John was a popular man at one point in time. Then Jesus came and asked John to baptize Him. John tried to argue his way out of doing that. But Jesus insisted. Then John saw and heard amazing things […]
As followers of Christ, we have a great story of salvation to tell – – – ours! All followers of Christ were without Christ in their life… then that day, that time, when the Lord used a sermon, a song, a friend, something to bring to your attention that you needed to ask Jesus to […]
Jesus said, “For where two or three have gathered together in my name, I am there in their midst.” Matthew 18:20 NASB Shall we pray… John 11:25; 14:6 Thank You, Lord Jesus, for being “the resurrection and the life”… thank You for being “The way, the truth and the life”; through faith in You alone […]