John 4

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What a beautiful time of Bible Study Lauren and I shared today! We read together chapter 4 of the Book of John and just spent time discovering the truths of God's Grace in it. 

Here are some of the highlights!

• Lauren: "Jesus is the living water" 

 Verse 14

• But whoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never, be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up (flowing, bubbling) [continually] within him unto (into, for) eternal life.

2 points  that Lauren was able to take from this were

• I must be willing to accept  the living water that he offers 
• The water that God offers is good! 
• it quenches thirst and satisfies that desire for God that lies deep within our hearts! 
• She loves how he uses definitive! " will never thirst again"
• I love spring water and reminds me waterfalls and springs in Hawaii-awesome! 
• this is a challenge for her but when you accept-it is also full of hope!

Daisy: the Samaritan woman an example of the struggles we face and the change that can only happen when we meet Christ!

• She Struggles and sins as we do
• Seeking, searching and questioning
• needs to be accepted and loved
• Because she does not walk away from Jesus when he encounters her but instead converses with him and dialogues with him to have her questions answered- He meets her there! He reveals himself to her! 

• ²⁵The woman said to Him, I know that Messiah is coming, He Who is called the Christ (the Anointed One); and when He arrives, He will tell us everything we need to know and make it clear to us.
      ²⁶Jesus said to her, I Who now speak with you am He.

• boundaries set by society do not matter to Jesus he will meet you right where you are
• She was a woman
•  a Samaritan (Jews and Samaritans did not get along)
• A "married" woman
• an outcast (a scarlet letter type character)
• Jesus met her right where she was: after 5 failed marriages and living with a man that was now not her her husband-to the world standards her life was undesirable. To Jesus she was a child in need of a father and lost soul in need of a savior. When Jesus looked in to her eyes he saw a woman in need of Love- She depicts Jesus purpose for coming to this world-to save the lost. 
• An encounter with Jesus changes your life and gives you boldness and courage to live a life worthy of Jesus!

• verse 29:Come, see a Man Who has told me everything that I ever did! Can this be [is not this] the Christ? [Must not this be the Messiah, the Anointed One?]
      ³⁰So the people left the town and set out to go to Him.

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• ^{Verse 39}Now numerous Samaritans from that town believed in and trusted in Him because of what the woman said when she declared and testified, He told me everything that I ever did.

    ⁴⁰So when the Samaritans arrived, they asked Him to remain with them, and He did stay there two days.
    ⁴¹Then many more believed in and adhered to and relied on Him because of His personal message [what He Himself said].

    ⁴²And they told the woman, Now we no longer believe (trust, have faith) just because of what you said; for we have heard Him ourselves [personally], and we know that He truly is the Savior of the world, the Christ. 

God's Grace is available to you! But you must be willing to accept it! Lord, I pray give us a hunger and thirst for you! I pray that you will help us to accept your grace and set it as the standard for our lives! teach us to be more and like you! 
Gracefully Daisy