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Could This Be The Christ? · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise this evening in Psalm 96 in the Scottish Psalter.
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Psalm 96 in the Scottish Psalter, singing from verse 1 to verse 6.
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The tune is St. Magnus.
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We'll sing a new song to the Lord, sing all the earth to God.
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To God sing, bless his name, show still his saving health abroad.
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We'll sing verse 1 to 6 to God's praise.
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O sing a new song to the Lord, sing all the earth to God.
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To God sing, bless his name, show still his saving health abroad.
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Among the heathen nations, his glory do declare.
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And unto all the people show his works that wondrous are.
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For great the Lord, and greatly he is to be magnified.
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Yea, worthy to be feared is he above all God's beside.
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For all the gods are idols come, which blinded nations fear.
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But our God is the Lord by whom the heavens created well.
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Great honour is before his face, and majesty divine.
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Strength is within his holy place, and there doth beauty shine.
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Amen.
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Let us come to God in prayer.
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Let us pray.
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Our gracious Father in heaven, we do give thanks to you that we can come and sing.
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Sing a song to you, a song of praise, a song of worship, a song of thanksgiving.
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A song that reminds us that you are the only one worthy of praise.
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We live in a world that makes up its own idols in so many different ways.
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There is worship going on around us.
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Even though it's unknown to some, they feel that they are just living life,
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and yet they worship the gods of this world.
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And we can be so guilty of it ourselves and being caught up in the worship that does not give all our glory and focus to you.
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But we get distracted, Lord.
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We worship the things of this world more than we should.
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But we thank you that your word reminds us that you are the only one who is worthy of our praise.
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That you are the only one who we are to worship with all of our hearts.
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And so we thank you for the reminder of your word and of your day.
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We thank you for the reminder of your people.
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All these reminders that you have given to us.
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That we are people who are to be set aside.
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Set aside for a great purpose to live in this world, not for our glory, but fully for yours.
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And we thank you that for that purpose, for that reason, in the midst of all the distractions that we face,
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and the ways that we were living, and maybe still are living to some,
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that you gave your own son.
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That your word reminds us that in the lostness of this world,
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and in the hopelessness that we can experience and feel,
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that you sent your son to offer us the way to hope,
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and the way to salvation.
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The way to find that path to the living waters that will fully quench our souls,
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and quench our appetite.
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That will fulfill us and satisfy in all things.
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We thank you for your word, and how it does that.
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How it refreshes our souls.
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How even the singing of your praises uplifts our spirits.
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And how we are able to come and unite our hearts and our voices in praise of you.
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We ask, O Lord, that you will come and be in our midst this evening.
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That you will help us to offer up praise worthy unto you.
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Spirit filled and with rejoicing and gladness in our hearts.
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That you are the one who has opened our eyes,
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or who is able to open our eyes,
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and to see the wonder and the beauty of salvation in Christ Jesus.
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So we pray, Lord, that you will be with us.
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That your name will be magnified and blessed.
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Not just here, but around the world today.
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In the worship of your name and the praising of it.
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That your people will be uplifted.
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That sinners may be saved.
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And that your name would go far and wide.
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That people would hear it, maybe even for the first time.
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Hear the name of Jesus.
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And wonder what it means.
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But come to behold the wonder of the name above every name.
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That name that we are to worship.
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So, Lord, may you guide us in our worship this evening.
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May you open your word to us.
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And may your spirit be upon us.
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May you open your heart and in our hearts.
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And in our souls and in our minds.
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As we can feel the distractions of this world.
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And even perhaps the distractions of the week that lies ahead.
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With all the plans that we may have.
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And all the different things that we will be looking forward to.
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And anticipating.
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That we would not be so distracted.
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That we would not go into the week forgetting about you.
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So, Lord, we ask for your blessing on us as a people.
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And as a congregation of your people here.
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That we will know, Lord, your presence.
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That we will know your hand upon us.
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Leading us and guiding us.
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Every step of the way.
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We thank you, Lord, for your day.
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That day in the week when we have the quietness of it.
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We are able to put all other things to one side for a time.
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And we know there are those who have works of necessity and mercy.
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We remember them, Lord.
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We remember the many who have to work today.
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And who may be even feeling the tiredness of this day.
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And a busyness.
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The busyness of a week.
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We remember those who work in hospitals and homes.
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And all the different services that provide safekeeping for us, Lord.
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The police, the fire service, the coast guard.
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There are so many who have to work, Lord, for our needs.
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Even on this day.
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And we do thank you for them.
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And we pray that they will have rest for their own bodies and souls.
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During the week.
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In their own time as well.
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And we thank you for the means that we have to engage in worship.
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That we can come together here.
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That we can tune in online.
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That we are able so often to catch up with services during the week as well.
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And we pray that in the week ahead that we will take heed of your word.
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That we would come to unite our hearts in the prayer meeting.
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During the week.
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On the different evenings, Lord.
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That we would enjoy being together with one another.
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And hearing your word.
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And praising your name in that way.
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And we ask that you will hear our prayers.
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We know that there is much to pray about.
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Even as we look at our own notice sheet.
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We realize, Lord, the different things going on around us.
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Both locally and nationally.
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And even internationally too.
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We thank you for the work of among our young people.
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And we pray for the youth fellowship to take place this evening.
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May you be with them there.
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May you be with Mojo as he speaks and shares a word of testimony.
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May you be with the leaders and the young ones who gather as well.
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That they would enjoy that time together.
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Of getting to know one another.
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But above all to hear of the wonder of your work.
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How you are a God who longs to save his people.
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And longs to show that real care and compassion towards us.
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We thank you, Lord, that even when we are blind.
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That there are times when we can look back and see.
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The wonder of your grace and your mercy towards us.
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So we pray for all our young ones to know the wonder of your grace.
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And that saving grace.
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That saving faith.
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We pray too for the youth and discipleship worker, Gordon MacLeod.
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We thank you for all the work he is doing.
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And for our presbytery.
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Throughout our islands.
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The way he encourages.
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The way he helps.
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The way he supports.
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And guides.
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Not just the young.
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But ministers.
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Elders.
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Deacons.
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And even all congregations as a whole.
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How he is able to encourage.
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And share of his experience in different ways.
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And we pray that he will be encouraged.
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In his own heart.
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That you will help him, Lord.
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To lean upon you.
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And to look to you.
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And in all the plans for the future going forward.
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In that work.
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We pray that you will lead and guide in it.
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And may your hand of blessing be upon him.
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And upon all that he does.
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We pray too for our congregation as a whole.
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And all the different activities going on.
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And all the people associated with us.
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We thank you for those who have gone out from our midst.
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To different parts of the world.
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And we think of Muriel.
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We thank you for her work.
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And pray for her as she prepares to return home.
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That that would go well in her preparations.
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And planning for it.
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And her travels too.
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And all the arrangements to be made.
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That all would go well with her.
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And that her time at home would be a refreshing time for her.
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And a time where we can enjoy fellowship with her.
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We thank you for the great privilege of being able to share.
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In the prayerful work of your ministry far and wide.
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That when we feel that there is maybe little else we can do.
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That we would remember the great power that there is in prayer.
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And that we can pray for the work of your ministry here and far and wide.
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To know the blessing of your hand upon it.
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Remember our nation at this time as well.
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As we look ahead in the week before us.
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Lord and we think of the funeral to take place tomorrow.
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We pray for those who will minister in it.
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We pray for your word.
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As it will be read and sung and heard.
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That it will be heard.
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We thank you that your word reminds us that your word is powerful.
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That it is sharper than a two-edged sword.
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That it can pierce deep within us.
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And we pray that that will be the case even tomorrow.
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That as your word is proclaimed.
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As it is read.
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As it is heard.
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That your spirit will be with it.
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That you will pour out your blessing on us as a land.
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And that you would, Lord, come in a day of your power.
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To revive us.
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To renew us.
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To give us a real sense of our need of you.
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We pray, Lord, for our nation in the days ahead.
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For all who will rule over us.
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A new king.
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A new prime minister.
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And the governments.
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Throughout our land.
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In terms of Westminster.
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Hollywood.
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And also our council chambers as well.
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That, Lord, you will grant great wisdom to all who rule.
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And to rule well and according to your word.
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So, Lord, we pray.
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Looking to you now.
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That you will continue with us.
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That you will open up your word to us.
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As we come to share from it.
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As we continue to sing your praise.
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Be with the one who leads us in the singing this evening.
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Help us all, Lord, to lift up our voices in praise to you.
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And to have ears to hear what you are saying to us.
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And, Lord, we pray that your word will minister to our hearts.
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And to our souls.
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That it will refresh us.
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And challenge us.
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And convict us.
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Above all, it will convince us.
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Of the wonder of your glory.
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Of the wonder we have.
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In the saviour Christ Jesus.
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The one who we can come.
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And call our Lord.
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Our Father.
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And our God in heaven.
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So, we pray you'll hear our prayers.
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That you'll continue with us.
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And refresh your people far and wide.
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And bless your word.
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To all ends of the earth.
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For all we ask.
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We ask for the forgiveness of our sins.
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And to your name be the praise and the glory.
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Amen.
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Let's again sing to God's praise.
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And sing Psalms.
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Version of Psalm 62.
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Page 80 of the psalm books.
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Psalm 62.
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We're singing from verse 5.
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The tune is Heron Gate.
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Find rest my soul in God alone.
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In him my hope is ever sure.
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My safety fortress sheltering rock.
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In him alone I am secure.
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We'll sing from verse 5.
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Down to the end of the psalm.
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To God's praise.
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Find rest my soul in God alone.
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My hope is ever sure
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My safety for the sheltering rock
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In him alone I am secure
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My honor and salvation rest
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On broad my walk and mighty fort
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O people, trust in him always
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To him alone for a good heart
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The low for man is but a breath
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The high for man is but a life
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Within a bullet, side by side
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They come to nothing but a sign
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Do not seek after wealth by force
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Or die afraid, will God in gain
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And even though your wisdom please
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Set not your heart on what is vain
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My God has spoken, I have heard
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That you are strong and loving Lord
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Each one according to his deeds
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You will assure and be reward
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Can we turn together now to read in God's Word
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In the Gospel of John
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We're going to read in chapter 4
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The Gospel of John chapter 4
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And we read from the beginning down to the verse marked 42
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And here we have one of these wonderful encounters
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Where Jesus meets with someone who in many people's eyes
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Would seem to be a hopeless case
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And yet he opens her eyes to see
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The wonder of having her thirst quenched
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In a way that's so amazing
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And just a reminder to ourselves too
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That when we feel a little lost in this world
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And maybe don't know where to turn
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That we have the one we can call on to
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The one who is the Christ
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So we come to read here in John chapter 4
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Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard
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That Jesus was making and baptizing
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More disciples than John
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Although Jesus himself did not baptize
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But only his disciples
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He left Judea and departed again for Galilee
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And he had to pass through Samaria
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So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar
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Near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph
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Jacob's well was there
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So Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey
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Was sitting beside the well
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It was about the sixth hour
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There came a woman of Samaria to draw water
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And Jesus said to her
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Give me a drink
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For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food
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The Samaritan woman said to him
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How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?
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For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans
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Jesus answered her
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If you knew the gift of God
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And who it is that is saying to you
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Give me a drink
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You would have asked him
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And he would have given you living water
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The woman said to him
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Sir, you have nothing to draw water with
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And the well is deep
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Where do you get that living water?
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Are you greater than our father Jacob?
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He gave us the well and drank from it himself
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As did his sons and his livestock
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Jesus said to her
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Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again
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But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him
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Will never be thirsty again
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The water that I will give him
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Will become in him a spring of water
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Welling up to eternal life
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The woman said to him
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Sir, give me this water
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So that I will not be thirsty
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Or have to come here to draw water
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Jesus said to her
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Go, call your husband and come here
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The woman answered him
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I have no husband
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Jesus said to her
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You are right in saying I have no husband
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For you have had five husbands
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And the one you now have is not your husband
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What you have said is true
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The woman said to him
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Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet
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Our fathers worshipped on this mountain
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But you say that in Jerusalem is the place
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Where people ought to worship
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Jesus said to her
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Woman, believe me
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The hour is coming
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When neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem
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Will you worship the Father
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You worship what you do not know
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We worship what we know
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For salvation is from the Jews
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But the hour is coming
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And is now here
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When the true worshippers
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Will worship the Father in spirit and truth
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For the Father is seeking such people to worship him
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God is spirit
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And those who worship him
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Must worship in spirit and truth
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The woman said to him
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The woman said to him
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I know that Messiah is coming
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He who is called Christ
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When he comes
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He will tell us all things
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Jesus said to her
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I who speak to you
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Am he
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Just then his disciples came back
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They marveled that he was talking with a woman
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But no one said
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What do you seek?
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Or
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Why are you talking with her?
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So the woman left her water jar
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And went away into town
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And said to the people
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Come
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See a man
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Who told me all that I ever did
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Can this be the Christ?
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They went out of the town
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And were coming to him
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Meanwhile the disciples were urging him
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Saying Rabbi
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Eat
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But he said to them
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I have food to eat
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That you do not know about
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So the disciples said to one another
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Has anyone brought
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Brought him something to eat?
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Jesus said to them
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My food is to do the will of him who sent me
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And to accomplish his work
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Do you not say
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There are four months
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Then comes the harvest
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Look
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I tell you
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Lift up your eyes
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And see that the fields
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Are white for harvest
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Already
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The one who reaps
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Is receiving wages
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And gathering fruit
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For eternal life
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So that sower and reaper
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May rejoice together
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For here the saying holds true
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One sows and another reaps
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I sent you to reap
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For that which you did not labour
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Others have laboured
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And you have entered into their labour
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Many Samaritans from the town believed in him
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Because of the woman's testimony
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He told me
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All that I ever did
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So when the Samaritans came to him
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They asked him
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To stay with them
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And he stayed there two days
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And many more believed
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Because of his word
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They said to the woman
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It is no longer because of what you said
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That we believe
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For we have heard for ourselves
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And we know
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That this is indeed
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The saviour
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Of the world
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And so on
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And may God bless
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That reading from his word
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We again sing
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To God's praise
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Before we turn
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To look at that passage
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In Psalm 107
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In the Scottish Psalter
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At the beginning of the psalm
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Psalm 107
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Page 382
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I'm going to sing
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From verse 1
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To verse 9
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Praise God
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For he is good
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For still his mercy's lasting be
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Let God's redeemed say so
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Whom he from the enemy's hand
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Did free
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We sing from verse 1
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To verse 9
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To God's praise
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Praise God
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Praise God
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For he is good for still
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Praise God
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For he is good for still
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Praise God
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For he is good for still
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His mercy's lasting be
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Let God's redeemed say so
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His mercy's lasting be
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From the enemy's hand
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He is great for still
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His mercy's lasting be
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From the enemy's hand
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He is a great for still
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His mercy's lasting be
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And gather there out of the lands
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From north, south, east, and west
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They stayed in desert pathlessly
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No city found to rest
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For thorns and hunger in them face
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Their soul well streets them blessed
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They cry unto the Lord
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And he then frees from their distress
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Them also in a way to walk
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That brightest he did die
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That he might do a city go
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Where in the mind abide
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O thy name to the Lord who fear
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Praise for his goodness there
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And for his words of wonder done
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Unto the sons of men
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For he the soul that longing is
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Thou fully satisfied
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With goodness he the hungry soul
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That fell under thee
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Well, let's turn back to our reading in the Gospel of John
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In this reading in chapter 4
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We're going to look at the whole of the passage that we read
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But we can read again at verse 25
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The woman said to him
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I know that Messiah is coming
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He who is called Christ
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When he comes he will tell us all things
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Jesus said to her
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I who speak to you
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Am he
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Just then his disciples came back
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They marveled that he was talking with a woman
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But no one said
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What do you seek?
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Or why are you talking with her?
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So the woman left her water jar
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And went away into the town
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And said to the people
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Come
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See a man who told me all that I ever did
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Can this be the Christ?
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Have you ever had a meeting
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With someone that just stays with you
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For maybe days, weeks, maybe even years afterwards
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Maybe it's a meeting you've had
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Some point in the past
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Maybe you can even look back
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In your more recent experience
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Maybe even this last week
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You've met someone out and about
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Or maybe someone's popped in to visit
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And you've had a conversation with them
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And you've come away from it thinking
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That did me good
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That was a good experience for me
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Because there are times in the hustle and bustle of life
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When just a wee conversation with someone
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And especially a conversation from a believer
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A Christian
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Who has a word
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Just to refresh our souls
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Just makes us ever so thankful
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For all that the Lord has done
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Have you ever had an experience though
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Like this woman of Samaria has
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In this passage that we've read together
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Perhaps you have
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Perhaps you know what it is
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To have met with the one
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Who is able to give you waters
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From a well that will never run dry
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To satisfy a thirst that you've had for a long time
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And to know that you will thirst no more
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Because you are believing and trusting in him
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Or perhaps you haven't had this meeting yet
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Perhaps you are longing for this meeting
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To encounter with this one
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Who is able to satisfy your thirst
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Perhaps you are looking in life to find something
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That will just give you that satisfaction
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That joy
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And yet all the time you are just feeling tired
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And jaded with it all
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While our text this evening
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Reading this evening shows us
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This woman of Samaria
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Whose life is very much
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In that category of being just tired
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And jaded
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And weary
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A life that has perhaps been going
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Round and round in circles
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For a very long time
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And she's just worn out
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By it all
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And she's tried
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Drinking from every well that there is around her
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And every place she's gone
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Every time she's come away
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Feeling even more thirsty than she was
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When she first came
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But then something happened
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A meeting happened
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A meeting happened
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That completely changed her life
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The Lord Jesus came to her town
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And outside that town
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In the middle of the day
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In the heat of the day
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In the weariness of life
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She finds one who is able
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And who does indeed transform her life
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He opens her eyes
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To see what she needs
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And not just that
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He opens her eyes to see
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Where that need can be found
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And this woman
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Who was tired and weary
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Coming to the well
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Returns to her town
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To a people that perhaps
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Had shunned her and turned away from her
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As we'll see as we go through this passage
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They turn to hear
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What she has to say
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And in listening to her
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They begin to realise
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That something as incredible
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Has happened in her life
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That she has met with someone
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Who has made all the difference
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And as she says to them
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Could this be the Christ
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The Messiah
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The promised one
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Well, Jesus we see here
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Takes this jaded
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This hardened woman
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And he leads her to a place of trust
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And a place to
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Coming to quench her thirst
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And drink
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From the living water
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Of the well of faith
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And the well of salvation
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And she realises
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There is much more in this well
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Than just the water that quenches her natural thirst
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Here her very soul
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Her very being
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The very thirst in life
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Is quenched
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And satisfied
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And these
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This meeting, these verses
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They remind us
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Of two things
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First of all
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They remind us that
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If you are saved
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If you have encountered with this Jesus
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Who offers you living water
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We are reminded how good
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He has been
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How gracious
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He has been to us
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In redeeming our soul
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What He has done for us
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Goes beyond
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Any way we can give thanks to Him
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And yet we come
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Praising His name
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Thankful
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That He is the one
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Who continues to refresh our soul
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And to refresh us through His words
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That even as we feel weary and jaded in this world
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Through all that is going on around us
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As we come to the living water of His word
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We find ourselves refreshed
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And encouraged
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But it also reminds us too
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Secondly, if you are lost
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If you are like this woman was
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As she made her way to the well
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Just jaded and weary
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Trying to find a way to find joy and happiness
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And hope in this world
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It reminds us that the answer is found
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Not in the wells of this world
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And the things that this world will say
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Will satisfy us
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Our satisfaction
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Our thirst can only be quenched
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Into coming to the living water
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That the Lord Jesus Christ offers us
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And to drink from this well
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To drink from His word
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To find with Him
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Through His word
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Through His word
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The Spirit
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Convicting us and convincing us
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And giving us that hope
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That hope of eternal life
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Through Him
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I want us to see
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Three things as we look at this passage
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Three things of the ones
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Who we see in this passage
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And the first thing we are going to look at is
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The woman in the sense of
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The lonely woman
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We read here that
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Jesus had left Judea
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At the beginning of the chapter
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To go to Galilee
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And that journey
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Took Him through Samaria
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And on this journey
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He enters into a region
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That the Jews would be very hesitant
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Of going into normally
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Normally the Jews would avoid
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Going through Samaria
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We read here
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That the Jews
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And the Samaritans
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They didn't get on
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They didn't see eye to eye
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In fact there was a real
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Hatred and a real bitterness
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Between them
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But on this journey
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He and his disciples
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Making their way through Samaria
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They stop in this town
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Called Sychar
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A small town
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And here they stop for a time
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It tells us there in verse 4
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That he had to pass through Samaria
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And he came to the town
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Of Samaria called Sychar
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Near the field that
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Jacob had given to his son
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Joseph
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And Jacob's well was there
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So Jesus
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Weed as he was from his journey
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Was sitting beside the well
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And it was about
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The sixth hour
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His disciples
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Had gone ahead of him
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Into the town
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To get some food for them
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To share together
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And it was while
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Jesus was left alone
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At this well
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That this amazing encounter
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Happens
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Where this woman
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Of Samaria
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Comes along
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Just by chance
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She happens to come along
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When Jesus is sitting there
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That's the way many people
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Would look at it
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Isn't it?
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Just this chance encounter
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Perhaps you've had some
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Chance encounters
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As you see it in your own eyes
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When maybe you meet with someone
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Who has a word to give you
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But they're not chance encounters
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They're appointments
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From God himself
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They are there in God's providence
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And here we see in God's providence
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Jesus meets with this woman
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Of Samaria
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And I've called her
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The lonely woman
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First of all
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Because that's what you see of her
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At the start of this
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This encounter
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She's a lonely woman
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In the sense of
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The kind of life
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That she is now living
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And there are little things
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That give us a hint
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To that in this passage
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The information we are told about
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Or would indicate this
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To us
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First of all
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You see there
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When Jesus was sitting at the well
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What time was it?
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It says at the end of verse 6
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It was about the sixth hour
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That's midday
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That's middle of the day
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In the middle of the day
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Noon
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And here he is
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Out at the well
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At midday
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And this woman
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Comes to the well
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And this is unusual
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Because normally
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In those days
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The woman would come out
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To the well
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Either early in the morning
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Or late into the evening
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In the cool of the day
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Not in the middle of the day
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When the scorching sun
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Is beating down on them
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And they have to carry
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These heavy water jars
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They wouldn't make the journey then
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Because it would just
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Tire them out
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And burn them out
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Even quicker
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So a work that was
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Already difficult enough
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Would be even more difficult
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Here coming
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At the sixth hour
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And the other thing you notice
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About when she came is
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She was by herself
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There was nobody else
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With her
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And again
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This is a telling insight
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Into her life
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Because normally
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They would come
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As a crowd
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They would come together
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To do this work
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So they would be speaking
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With one another
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Talking with one another
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Helping one another
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If the need arose
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So this woman
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Was different to the others
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In the middle of the day
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And by herself
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This was unusual
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And it's telling
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It's telling that she was doing this
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And then it goes on
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To explain perhaps
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The reason why
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It was
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That she was alone
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And coming in the middle
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Of the day
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She had a lifestyle
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That would seem to indicate
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That grief and sorrow
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Was never far from her
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She had had five husbands
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We are told
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And now she's with a man
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Who's not her husband
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And again
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This insight just shows us
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The kind of life
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That she had
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It was one
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That was lonely
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Weerisome
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No friends
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Around her
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Perhaps being shunned
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By many who had once
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Been her friends
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There seems to be little
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In her life
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To fill her with joy
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And happiness
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What we are seeing instead
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Is a lonely woman
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And yet
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It is a woman
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That Jesus
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Meets with
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A woman that comes
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In the middle of the day
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And finds herself
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Talking to one
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Who is the Christ
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And it's a great reminder
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To us all
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That Christ is there
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For anyone
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That Christ is there
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For everyone
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But it's a reminder too
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Of what loneliness
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And isolation
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Can do to us
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It can often leave us
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Feeling a sense of hopelessness
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But it also leaves us
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In a very dangerous situation
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As well
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When we're lonely
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When we're isolated
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When we're feeling weary
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In this world
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It can often lead us
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To turning to look for happiness
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Anywhere and everywhere
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We will try and find something
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That will give us joy
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But we're often looking
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In the wrong place
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And it would seem
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That this woman
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Had craved
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The company of men
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It would seem
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That her whole lifestyle
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Had just left her
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Ended up
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Seeking what would normally be
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A happy and a healthy way of life
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But to her
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It had just led to disappointment
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After disappointment
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And for ourselves
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It may not be
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That's the way we try
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And find our happiness
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But there are other things
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Where we try and find
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Our happiness today
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So where do you look for joy?
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Where do you look to have your thirst quenched today?
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In loneliness
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In isolation
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In our own weariness of life
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We can turn to the wrong place
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Perhaps it leads us
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To turning to drink
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Perhaps it leads us to thinking
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Oh, I'll do the lottery
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Or I'll place a bet
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Or I'll place a bet
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And all of a sudden
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We find ourselves
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Just getting sucked into
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A way of life
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That is wrong
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We try and find and think
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That joy and happiness
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Will be found in all the wrong places
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People so often
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Turn to things like a horoscope
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And they think to themselves
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Well this might have something good
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To say to me
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It'll give me something
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To encourage me
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It'll give me something
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To encourage me
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We're turning to all the wrong places
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We all have a great need
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And a hunger for joy in life
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But so often we miss the mark
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We look in the wrong place
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And now the amazing thing
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We see in this woman's situation
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Is the one who comes to her
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Is the one who can meet her every need
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And that's the great news
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Of the gospel for ourselves today
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We have tried maybe
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Drinking and filling her
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Trying to quench her thirst
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In all kinds of different ways
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And there's no satisfaction
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There's no quenching of that thirst
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We're still feeling
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That emptiness inside us
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It is Pascal who once said
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There's a great God-shaped void
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In the heart of every man
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Which cannot be satisfied
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By any created thing
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But only by God
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The creator made known
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Through Jesus Christ
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You have that void
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And you're trying to fill it
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It's like the child
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That's trying to put the blocks
43:52
Into the bucket
43:54
Where you're trying to put the circle
43:55
Through the square
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It's just not going to go
43:58
You're trying to hammer it in
43:59
But it's just not going to happen
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You have to put it into the right shape
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And for ourselves
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We're constantly just trying to put
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The wrong shape into our life
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It just will not fit
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Because the only thing
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That's going to fit
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The only thing that's going to change
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And fill that void
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Is Christ
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So here
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This lonely woman
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She meets with this Christ
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That's what was missing
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In this woman's life
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Is it missing in yours?
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Is that void in your heart tonight?
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If you want to find answers
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We're not to turn to the wisdom
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Of this world
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And the false temptations
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The false longings of this world
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That will say to us
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This will satisfy you when it won't
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And our only way to find satisfaction
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Is in Christ
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And this is a day that would change this woman's life forever
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And as a Christian tonight
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There's a great reminder to you if you're a Christian here
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Of the importance of making time for people
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The importance of being there when people perhaps have their questions to ask
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The importance of getting alongside those who maybe in your eyes
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Seem so far away from God that there's no hope
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This is a reminder to us
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That there's a void in every heart
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And no matter how far away someone seems
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We are to always have time
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To always have time to come along and to answer
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There's a man called Charles Adam
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An American in the 19th century
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He was a very important political figure
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And he had a busy life
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And again he didn't like things to interrupt his life
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And he saw many things that were a waste of time
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And he kept a diary
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And one day he entered this into his diary
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Went fishing with my son today
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A day wasted
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That was an assessment of that time spent with his son that day
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What was interesting was his son kept a diary
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He was called Brook Adams
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And he kept a diary that day
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And his entry was this
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Went fishing with my father
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The most wonderful day of my life
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And you see when you look at the experiences
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That when the encounters we have in life
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Sometimes we feel that was just a waste of time
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But you never know what's going on in someone's heart
46:57
In that person's heart
46:59
It might be the most wonderful experience in their life
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If the disciples as you see them coming back
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They looked on this woman
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Speaking with Jesus
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And they wondered why on earth is he spending time with her
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Why is he wasting his time?
47:14
That's the way we would have seen it
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But not Jesus
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He had time for her
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And she
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Her life was totally transformed
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By this encounter
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Because who did she meet with?
47:30
Well we see
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This lonely
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This lonely woman met with a loving saviour
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We're showing here just the love of Christ
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Jesus had to meet with this woman
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It was the only thing that was going to make a difference in her life
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And the wonderful thing today is that God sent his son
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Into this world for that very reason
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To meet with sinners
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Not just the woman of Samaria
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Not just the ones we read of through the scriptures
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Those who had gone away from God
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The likes of maybe Paul
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You see how Jesus met with him
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And you think well there's a sinner
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He was persecuting
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He was killing Christians
48:23
And you look at the obvious candidates
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And you think well there's someone who Jesus
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Should meet with and needs to meet with
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But the amazing thing is
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That God sent his son to meet with you
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Every one of us
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That we would encounter this loving saviour
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And the question is then
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How do you respond?
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What do you do with this loving saviour?
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This woman as she comes
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She begins to question
48:59
She begins to ask him
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And you see this
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The loving way that Jesus speaks to her
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He opens up her eyes to see
49:09
How much he knows about her
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He says in verse 16
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Go call your husband and come here
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The one answered him
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I have no husband
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Jesus said to her
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You are right in saying
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I have no husband
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For you have had five husbands
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And the one you now have
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Is not your husband
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What you have said is true
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So as he questions
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She begins to realise this man
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He knows all about me
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He knows everything that there is about me
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But does he judge her?
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No
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He begins to talk to her
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In a way that she begins
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To have her eyes opened
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As to who he is
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And he does it in this way
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Where he talks about
49:54
This living water
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That he would get a drink from her
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He opens her eyes to see
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What is worship?
50:02
In verse 24
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He says God is spirit
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And those who worship him
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Must worship him in spirit
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And in truth
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So there is this discussion
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There is this discussion
50:12
Going on between them
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And all the time
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Jesus is working away in her heart
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And in verse 25
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The woman says to him
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I know that Messiah is coming
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He who is called the Christ
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When he comes
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He will tell us all things
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Jesus said to her
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I who speak to you
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You am he
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That realisation
50:35
That donning
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That donning of the one
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Whom she is speaking to
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I who speak to you
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Am he
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And that's the wonder of coming
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To the word of God
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That's the wonder of coming
50:52
And drawing near to God
50:54
You meet with the Messiah
50:56
The Christ
50:58
This loving Saviour
50:59
And you see the one
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Who has done all for us
51:04
She knows
51:06
The Messiah is coming
51:08
Perhaps you believe
51:09
That God is coming
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Perhaps you know
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Through all you have heard
51:14
And read in the scriptures
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Yes there is a day
51:16
That God will come again
51:18
Maybe you believe it
51:20
But the question is
51:22
Do you believe in the Christ
51:24
The Messiah
51:26
The Saviour
51:27
Are you ready
51:28
For that day
51:30
He is the one
51:31
Who has come so lovingly
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Alongside his people
51:34
He comes lovingly
51:35
Again and again
51:36
To show us the way
51:37
To speak to us
51:38
Through his word
51:40
He comes
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As a great shepherd
51:42
Calling his sheep
51:44
I remember speaking
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To a minister once
51:48
And who was telling
51:49
Of how he was dealing
51:50
With someone who had come
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From a foreign land
51:53
And they had
51:55
He had come into this land
51:56
He had been a shepherd
51:57
Where he had come from
51:58
And he had come
51:59
To Scotland
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He was based in Edinburgh
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And he was living in this city
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And he just hated it
52:05
He was lonely
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He was afraid
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He was isolated
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He longed to be a shepherd
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Back home again
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But he knew it couldn't be
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But the minister was able
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To explain to him
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And tell him
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Of the good shepherd
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Of the Lord Jesus
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And one who knows his sheep
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And calls them by name
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He had to come
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From his homeland
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He had to come away
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From everywhere
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Where he was comfortable
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He had to come into
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A foreign city
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A foreign country
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To meet a stranger
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Who could explain to him
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The things of Christ
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And there are many things
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In our lives
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That we cannot understand
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Many paths
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We maybe have to go down
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And things that experiences
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We have in life
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And we cannot understand them
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But as we look back
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We see that God
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Has used them
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For our good
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To bring us to a point
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Where we hear
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Of this wonderful Saviour
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Jesus knew
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Everything about her
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And the scary thing
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For you tonight
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Is he knows everything about you
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He knows everything about me
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But our past
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Our background
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Is no barrier
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To the offer
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Of the gospel
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And that's the offer
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That we have here
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To come
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And take of this water
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To come
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And drink from this well
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The offer that Jesus gives
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To her here
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Is that she would take a drink
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And not thirst
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Anymore
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In verse 14
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Whoever drinks of the water
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That I will give him
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Will never be thirsty again
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The water that I will give him
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Will become in him
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A spring of water
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Welling up to eternal life
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That is the offer
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That Christ has
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For us all tonight
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To come
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And take
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Of this water
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The woman
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Listened
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To Jesus
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And suddenly
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In the midst
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Of her loneliness
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And in the most
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Unexpected of places
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There was this dawning
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Of hope
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In her life
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When he comes
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He will tell us
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All things
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She said
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But Jesus said
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I who speak to you
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Am he
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Jesus offers
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This living water
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He is a loving
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Saviour
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And if you haven't
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Come
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To this well
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The invitation
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Is there
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And you say
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But my heart
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Is so wicked
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I've done so much
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In my life
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That's wrong
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Well so had this woman
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So have we all
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And yet we can still come
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The offer of the gospel
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Is free
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And for all
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So we are to come
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And find
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This loving Saviour
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And to know him
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But what do we do
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To do with that?
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Well then we see
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The transformation
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That comes
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In this woman
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She goes
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From a lonely woman
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To one who is longing
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Longing to tell others
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Of this loving Saviour
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When the disciples
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Came back
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She was maybe
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Afraid of them
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But what she did then
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Was she went back
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Into the town
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She went away
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Into the town
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She left her water jar
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Went away into the town
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And says in verse 29
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Come
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See a man
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Who told me
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All that I ever did
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Can this be
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The Christ?
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What a wonderful
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Transformation
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Here she is
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The one who was lonely
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And had this encounter
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Now she is
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To be the one
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The means to others
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Coming to know
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Of this Saviour
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And it's a great reminder
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To us all
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This woman
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Who had her life
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Changed
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What does she want
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To do now?
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She wants to tell people
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She has had this encounter
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She has met the Christ
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And she wants to say
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To others
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Come
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Come and see
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This man
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Could this be
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The Christ?
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And they come
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And you notice
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That they don't mention anything
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About her past
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Her background
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Or everything that was leaving
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Her lonely and isolated
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They listen
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And so we are to be bold
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To tell others
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We've had a
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Today
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In the Sunday school
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This morning
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Joanne and I
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Last Friday
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The over 55s
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We were open to questions
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And you never know
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What kind of questions
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Are going to come your way
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But the questions
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Were really good
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In terms of
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They make you think
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They make you ask
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Questions of yourself
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Well why do we do
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What we do?
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Why do we believe
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What we believe?
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One of the questions
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That came up
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Among the young ones
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Today was
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How do you go about
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Telling others?
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Telling others about Jesus?
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And the great thing is
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That question is there
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But it's not just
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Among the young folk
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Every one of us
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Will maybe have that question
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How can I go and tell others?
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Well here's a great example to us
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First and foremost
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First and foremost
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Is to be excited about the one we've believed
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To know the difference that he can make
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Come she says
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Come see a man
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Who knows everything I ever did
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Could this be the Christ?
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She's enthused
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She's longing to tell others
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And there's a great example to us there
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Just come and share with others
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Come
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In other words
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Invite
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Invite people to come and hear of this Christ
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Come and see of this man
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This man who knows everything about me
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A sinner
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Just like you know me
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A sinner in my past
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And my present
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And my future
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And yet
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I know a loving saviour
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I know this loving saviour
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Who can make all the difference
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This woman's life
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This woman's life
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Is totally transformed
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Where she's able to tell others
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And the interesting thing is this
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You never know
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What other people are thinking
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And maybe they're just wishing
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I wish they'd say something
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To me
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There's a man called
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Thomas Huxley
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And he was
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An agnostic
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Quite a famous agnostic
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And that's someone
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Different to an atheist
59:08
Now an atheist
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They would say
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Doesn't believe in God at all
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An agnostic
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Will not say they don't believe
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But they'll say that
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Well God just cannot be proved
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But at the same time
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There's maybe a more openness
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To reason there
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To discussion there
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Thomas Huxley was very anti-Christian
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But there was a time in his life
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It's said when one day
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One Sunday morning
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He had been with a crowd of men
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In the evening before
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And on the Sunday
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There was a host of the men
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Who were getting ready to go to church
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And Thomas Huxley turned to one of them
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And said
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He knew he was a Christian man
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He said to him
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Will you stay at home
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And tell me this
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Why are you a Christian?
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The man knew Thomas Huxley very well
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He knew he was very good in debate
1:00:05
And discussion about the Christian faith
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And why not to believe it
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And he was a little bit hesitant
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But Thomas Huxley said to him
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I don't want to argue with you
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I just want you to simply tell me
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What Christ means to you
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And so the man stayed at home that day
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And spoke with him
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And he explained to him
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The reasons why he loved his Saviour
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And how the Saviour had loved him so much
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And Thomas Huxley's eyes filled with tears
1:00:40
And he said
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And he said
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I would give my right hand
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If only I could believe that
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And he rejected it
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He pushed it away
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But there was something that was making him ask the question
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Because there's a void in us all
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And there are in voids in many people around us
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And we are to have the courage
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And the boldness to say
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Come
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Come
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See a man
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Who knows everything about me
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Could this be
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The Christ?
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Are you saved today?
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If you are
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Rejoice
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Rejoice like the Samaritan woman did that day
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But you have discovered the greatest thing in this world
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A well that will quench your thirst
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A place where there is love
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And joy
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And hope
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But if you are not saved
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What for you?
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Will you come?
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Come to this well
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Come to Christ
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Come
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See a man who knows all about you
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Who knows what's missing
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But above all
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Has what you need
1:02:04
Will you come?
1:02:05
To this well
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Of living water
1:02:09
There is hope with Christ
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What's the greatest encounter you could have today?
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It's to meet with him
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To meet with Christ
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And to bow before him
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And worship him with all your heart
1:02:29
And to know his love
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And his care
1:02:34
And his compassion
1:02:36
The one who says come
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Will you not come
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And have your thirst quenched?
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Let us pray
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Our Father in heaven
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We do thank you
1:02:49
We do thank you for the gospel hope
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We thank you for the Christ
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The Messiah who has come
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To come to give us that invitation
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To the well of living water
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And we pray that Lord you will help us to come
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And to invite others to come
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To come and meet with the Christ
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Who can fill the void in all our hearts
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We pray that we will know
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Your blessing over us
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And to go with us
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In all the days ahead
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In Jesus name
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Amen
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We're going to conclude by singing to God's praise
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And sing psalms version of Psalm 139
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Psalm 139a
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And we sing at verse 16 to verse 18
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And the tune is brother James' ear
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Psalm 139a and at verse 16
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And all the days that I should live
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Which you ordained for me
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Were written in your book O Lord
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Before they came to be
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We'll sing from verse 16 to 18
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To God's praise
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Psalm 139a and at verse 17
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Amen
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And all the days that I should live
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Which you ordained for me
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Were written in your book O Lord
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Before they came to be
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were written in your book, O Lord, before they came to thee.
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O God, how precious are your thoughts, I scan them from afar.
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And as I seek to grasp them all, how numberless they are.
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When I took out them, they would be more than the grains of sand.
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When I awake, I am with you, still safe within your hand.
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When I awake, I am with you, still safe within your hand.
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Now may grace, mercy and peace from God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore. Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
1:06:21
Amen.
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Amen.