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- 1:02Message
- 1:04to
- 1:04get
- 1:04there
- 1:04he
- 1:05had
- 1:05to
- 1:05pass
- 1:05through
- 1:05Samaria.
- 1:06He
- 1:06came
- 1:06to
- 1:06Sychar,
- 1:07a
- 1:07Samaritan
- 1:07village
- 1:08that
- 1:09bored
- 1:09the
- 1:09field
- 1:09Jacob
- 1:10had
- 1:10given
- 1:10his
- 1:10son
- 1:11Joseph
- 1:11and
- 1:12jokes
- 1:13Joseph's
- 1:13Jacob's
- 1:14well
- 1:14was
- 1:14still
- 1:14there.
- 1:16Jesus,
- 1:16worn
- 1:17out
- 1:17by
- 1:17the
- 1:17trip,
- 1:17sat
- 1:17down
- 1:18at
- 1:18the
- 1:18well.
- 1:18It
- 1:18was
- 1:18noon.
- 1:19A
- 1:19woman,
- 1:20a
- 1:20Samaritan,
- 1:20came
- 1:21to
- 1:21draw
- 1:21water.
- 1:22Jesus
- 1:23said,
- 1:24would
- 1:24you
- 1:24give
- 1:24me
- 1:24a
- 1:25drink
- 1:25of
- 1:25water?
- 1:25His
- 1:26disciples
- 1:26had
- 1:26gone
- 1:26to
- 1:27the
- 1:27village
- 1:27to
- 1:27buy
- 1:27food
- 1:28for
- 1:28lunch.
- 1:29The
- 1:30Samaritan
- 1:30woman,
- 1:30taken
- 1:31aback,
- 1:31asked,
- 1:32how
- 1:32come
- 1:32you,
- 1:32a
- 1:33Jew,
- 1:33are
- 1:33asking
- 1:33me,
- 1:34a
- 1:34Samaritan
- 1:34woman,
- 1:34for
- 1:35a
- 1:35drink?
- 1:36Jews
- 1:36in
- 1:37those
- 1:37days
- 1:37wouldn't
- 1:37be
- 1:37caught
- 1:38dead
- 1:38talking
- 1:38to
- 1:39Samaritans.
- 1:40And
- 1:40Jesus
- 1:41answered,
- 1:42if
- 1:42you
- 1:42knew
- 1:42the
- 1:42generosity
- 1:43of
- 1:43the
- 1:44God
- 1:44whom
- 1:44I
- 1:44serve,
- 1:45you
- 1:46would
- 1:46be
- 1:46asking
- 1:47me
- 1:47for
- 1:47a
- 1:47drink
- 1:48and
- 1:49I
- 1:49would
- 1:49give
- 1:49you
- 1:49a
- 1:49fresh
- 1:50living
- 1:51water.
- 1:52The
- 1:52woman
- 1:52said,
- 1:52sir,
- 1:54you
- 1:54don't
- 1:54even
- 1:54have
- 1:54a
- 1:54bucket
- 1:55to
- 1:55draw
- 1:55with,
- 1:55and
- 1:56this
- 1:56well
- 1:56is
- 1:56deep.
- 1:57So
- 1:57how
- 1:57are
- 1:58you
- 1:58going
- 1:58to
- 1:58get
- 1:59to
- 1:59this
- 1:59living
- 2:00water?
- 2:01Are
- 2:01you
- 2:01a
- 2:02better
- 2:02man
- 2:02than
- 2:02our
- 2:02ancestor
- 2:03Jacob,
- 2:03who
- 2:04dug
- 2:04this
- 2:04well
- 2:04and
- 2:05drank
- 2:05from
- 2:05it,
- 2:06he
- 2:06and
- 2:07his
- 2:07sons
- 2:07and
- 2:07livestock
- 2:08and
- 2:08passed
- 2:08it
- 2:08down
- 2:08to
- 2:09us.
- 2:10And
- 2:10Jesus
- 2:11said,
- 2:12everyone
- 2:12who
- 2:13drinks
- 2:13this
- 2:14water
- 2:14will
- 2:14get
- 2:14thirsty
- 2:15again
- 2:15and
- 2:15again.
- 2:16Anyone
- 2:17who
- 2:17drinks
- 2:17the
- 2:17water
- 2:17I
- 2:17give
- 2:18them
- 2:18will
- 2:18never
- 2:18thirst,
- 2:19not
- 2:19ever.
- 2:20The
- 2:20water
- 2:20I
- 2:21give
- 2:21will
- 2:21be
- 2:21an
- 2:21artesian
- 2:22spring
- 2:22within
- 2:23gushing
- 2:24fountains
- 2:24of
- 2:25endless
- 2:25life.
- 2:26The
- 2:27woman
- 2:27said,
- 2:27sir,
- 2:28give
- 2:28me
- 2:28this
- 2:28water
- 2:28so
- 2:29I
- 2:29won't
- 2:29ever
- 2:29get
- 2:29thirsty
- 2:30again,
- 2:31won't
- 2:31ever
- 2:31have
- 2:31to
- 2:32come
- 2:32back
- 2:32to
- 2:32this
- 2:32well
- 2:33ever
- 2:33again.
- 2:34And
- 2:34he
- 2:35said,
- 2:35go
- 2:36call
- 2:36your
- 2:36husband
- 2:36and
- 2:36then
- 2:37come
- 2:37back.
- 2:38I
- 2:38have
- 2:39no
- 2:39husband.
- 2:39She
- 2:39said,
- 2:41that's
- 2:41Nicely
- 2:42put.
- 2:42I
- 2:42have
- 2:42no
- 2:43husband.
- 2:44You've
- 2:44had
- 2:44five
- 2:44husbands,
- 2:45and
- 2:45the
- 2:45man
- 2:45you're
- 2:46living
- 2:46with
- 2:46now
- 2:46isn't
- 2:47even
- 2:47your
- 2:47husband.
- 2:48You
- 2:49spoke
- 2:49the
- 2:49truth
- 2:49there,
- 2:50sure
- 2:50enough.
- 2:52Oh,
- 2:53so
- 2:53you're
- 2:53a
- 2:54prophet.
- 2:54Well,
- 2:54tell
- 2:54me
- 2:55this.
- 2:56Our
- 2:56ancestors
- 2:57worshiped
- 2:57God
- 2:57at
- 2:57this
- 2:58place,
- 2:59this
- 2:59mountain.
- 2:59But
- 3:00you
- 3:00Jews
- 3:00insist
- 3:01that
- 3:01Jerusalem
- 3:02is
- 3:02the
- 3:02only
- 3:02place
- 3:03for
- 3:03worship,
- 3:03right?
- 3:05Believe
- 3:05me,
- 3:06woman,
- 3:06the
- 3:06time
- 3:06is
- 3:06coming
- 3:07when
- 3:07you
- 3:08Samaritans
- 3:08will
- 3:08worship
- 3:09the
- 3:09Father.
- 3:09Neither
- 3:10here
- 3:10nor
- 3:11are
- 3:11at
- 3:11this
- 3:11mountain
- 3:11or
- 3:12nor
- 3:12there.
- 3:13In
- 3:13Jerusalem,
- 3:15you
- 3:15worship
- 3:15guessing
- 3:16in
- 3:16the
- 3:16dark.
- 3:17We
- 3:17Jews
- 3:18worship
- 3:18in
- 3:18the
- 3:18clear
- 3:18light
- 3:19of
- 3:19day.
- 3:20God's
- 3:20way
- 3:20of
- 3:21salvation
- 3:21is
- 3:21made
- 3:21available
- 3:22through
- 3:22the
- 3:22Jews.
- 3:23But
- 3:24the
- 3:24time
- 3:24is
- 3:24coming.
- 3:25It
- 3:25has,
- 3:25in
- 3:25fact
- 3:25come
- 3:27when
- 3:27you're
- 3:27going
- 3:27to
- 3:27be
- 3:27called,
- 3:29when
- 3:29what
- 3:29you're
- 3:30called
- 3:30will
- 3:30not
- 3:30matter.
- 3:31And
- 3:31where
- 3:32you
- 3:32go
- 3:32to
- 3:32worship
- 3:32will
- 3:32not
- 3:33matter.
- 3:34It's
- 3:34who
- 3:35you
- 3:35are
- 3:35and
- 3:35the
- 3:35way
- 3:35you
- 3:36live
- 3:36that
- 3:36counts
- 3:37before
- 3:37God.
- 3:38Your
- 3:38worship
- 3:39must
- 3:39engage
- 3:40your
- 3:40spirit
- 3:40in
- 3:40the
- 3:40pursuit
- 3:41of
- 3:41truth.
- 3:42That's
- 3:42the
- 3:42kind
- 3:43of
- 3:43people
- 3:43the
- 3:43Father
- 3:43is
- 3:44looking
- 3:44out
- 3:44for.
- 3:45Those
- 3:45who
- 3:45are
- 3:45simply
- 3:46and
- 3:46honestly
- 3:47themselves
- 3:48before
- 3:48him
- 3:49in
- 3:49their
- 3:49worship.
- 3:50God
- 3:51is
- 3:51sheer
- 3:51being
- 3:52Himself.
- 3:52Spirit.
- 3:54Those
- 3:54who
- 3:54worship
- 3:54him
- 3:55must
- 3:55do
- 3:55it
- 3:55out
- 3:55of
- 3:55their
- 3:55very
- 3:56being,
- 3:56their
- 3:56spirits,
- 3:57their
- 3:58true
- 3:58selves
- 3:59in
- 3:59adoration.
- 4:01The
- 4:01woman
- 4:01said,
- 4:02I
- 4:02don't
- 4:02know
- 4:03about
- 4:03that.
- 4:04I
- 4:04do
- 4:04know
- 4:04that
- 4:05the
- 4:05Messiah
- 4:05is
- 4:05coming.
- 4:06When
- 4:07he
- 4:07arrives,
- 4:08we'll
- 4:08get
- 4:08the
- 4:08whole
- 4:08story.
- 4:10I
- 4:10am
- 4:10he
- 4:11said,
- 4:11jesus,
- 4:12you
- 4:12don't
- 4:13have
- 4:13to
- 4:13wait
- 4:13any
- 4:13longer
- 4:14or
- 4:14look
- 4:14any
- 4:14further.
- 4:16Just
- 4:16then,
- 4:17the
- 4:17disciples
- 4:17came
- 4:17back,
- 4:18and
- 4:18they
- 4:18were
- 4:18shocked.
- 4:19They
- 4:19couldn't
- 4:20believe
- 4:20he
- 4:20was
- 4:20talking
- 4:20with
- 4:21that
- 4:21kind
- 4:21of
- 4:21woman.
- 4:22No
- 4:22one
- 4:23said
- 4:23what
- 4:23they
- 4:24were
- 4:24all
- 4:24thinking,
- 4:24but
- 4:24their
- 4:25faces
- 4:25showed
- 4:26it.
- 4:27The
- 4:27woman
- 4:27took
- 4:27a
- 4:27hint
- 4:28and
- 4:28left.
- 4:28And
- 4:28in
- 4:28her
- 4:29confusion,
- 4:29she
- 4:29left
- 4:29her
- 4:30water
- 4:30pot.
- 4:31And
- 4:31back
- 4:31at
- 4:31the
- 4:32village,
- 4:32she
- 4:32told
- 4:32the
- 4:32people,
- 4:33come
- 4:33and
- 4:33see
- 4:33a
- 4:33man
- 4:34who
- 4:34knew
- 4:34all
- 4:34about
- 4:35the
- 4:35things
- 4:35I
- 4:35did,
- 4:36who
- 4:36knows
- 4:36me
- 4:37inside
- 4:37and
- 4:37out.
- 4:38Do
- 4:38you
- 4:38think
- 4:38this
- 4:39could
- 4:39be
- 4:39the
- 4:39Messiah?
- 4:40And
- 4:41they
- 4:41went
- 4:41out
- 4:41to
- 4:41see
- 4:41for
- 4:42themselves.
- 4:43It's
- 4:43harvest
- 4:44time.
- 4:45In
- 4:45the
- 4:45meantime,
- 4:46the
- 4:46disciples
- 4:46pressed
- 4:47him,
- 4:47rabbi,
- 4:48eat.
- 4:48Aren't
- 4:49you
- 4:49going
- 4:49to
- 4:49eat?
- 4:49And
- 4:49he
- 4:49told
- 4:50them,
- 4:50I
- 4:50have
- 4:50food
- 4:50enough
- 4:50to
- 4:51eat
- 4:51that
- 4:51you
- 4:51know
- 4:52nothing
- 4:52about.
- 4:53The
- 4:53disciples
- 4:53were
- 4:54puzzled.
- 4:55Who
- 4:55could
- 4:55have
- 4:56brought
- 4:56him
- 4:56food?
- 4:56And
- 4:56Jesus
- 4:57said,
- 4:58the
- 4:58food
- 4:58that
- 4:58keeps
- 4:59me
- 4:59going
- 4:59is
- 4:59that
- 5:00which
- 5:00I
- 5:01will
- 5:01do.
- 5:01The
- 5:01will
- 5:01of
- 5:02the
- 5:02one
- 5:02who
- 5:02sent
- 5:02me
- 5:03finishing
- 5:03the
- 5:03work
- 5:03he
- 5:04started.
- 5:05As
- 5:05you
- 5:05look
- 5:05around
- 5:06right
- 5:06now,
- 5:06wouldn't
- 5:06you
- 5:07say
- 5:07that
- 5:07in
- 5:07about
- 5:08four
- 5:08months
- 5:08it
- 5:09will
- 5:09be
- 5:09time
- 5:09to
- 5:09harvest?
- 5:10Well,
- 5:11I'm
- 5:11telling
- 5:11you
- 5:11to
- 5:11open
- 5:11your
- 5:12eyes
- 5:12and
- 5:12take
- 5:12a
- 5:12good
- 5:12look
- 5:12at
- 5:13what's
- 5:13right
- 5:13in
- 5:13front
- 5:13of
- 5:13you.
- 5:14These
- 5:15Samaritan
- 5:15fields
- 5:16are
- 5:16ripe.
- 5:16It's
- 5:16Harvest
- 5:17time.
- 5:18The
- 5:18harvester
- 5:19isn't
- 5:19waiting.
- 5:20He's
- 5:20taking
- 5:21his
- 5:21plague,
- 5:21gathering
- 5:22of
- 5:22his
- 5:22grain,
- 5:22and
- 5:22that's
- 5:23ripe
- 5:23for
- 5:23harvest,
- 5:24for
- 5:24eternal
- 5:25life.
- 5:25Now
- 5:26the
- 5:26sower
- 5:26is
- 5:26arm
- 5:27in
- 5:27arm
- 5:27with
- 5:27the
- 5:27harvester,
- 5:28triumphant.
- 5:29That's
- 5:30the
- 5:30truth
- 5:30in
- 5:30the
- 5:31saying,
- 5:31this
- 5:32one
- 5:32sows,
- 5:32this
- 5:32one
- 5:33harvests.
- 5:34I
- 5:34sent
- 5:35you
- 5:35to
- 5:35the
- 5:35harvest,
- 5:35a
- 5:36field
- 5:36you
- 5:36never
- 5:36worked
- 5:37without
- 5:38lifting
- 5:38a
- 5:38finger.
- 5:38You
- 5:39have
- 5:39walked
- 5:39in
- 5:39on
- 5:40a
- 5:40field.
- 5:41You've
- 5:41walked
- 5:41in
- 5:41on
- 5:42a
- 5:42field,
- 5:43worked
- 5:43long
- 5:43and
- 5:43hard
- 5:44by
- 5:44others.
- 5:45Many
- 5:46of
- 5:46the
- 5:46Samaritans
- 5:46from
- 5:46the
- 5:47village
- 5:47committed
- 5:47themselves
- 5:47to
- 5:48him
- 5:48because
- 5:49of
- 5:49the
- 5:49woman's
- 5:49witness.
- 5:51And
- 5:51she
- 5:51knew
- 5:51about
- 5:51all
- 5:51these.
- 5:52He
- 5:52knew
- 5:52about
- 5:52all
- 5:52these
- 5:52things
- 5:53I
- 5:53did.
- 5:53He
- 5:54knows
- 5:54me
- 5:54inside
- 5:54and
- 5:54out.
- 5:55And
- 5:55they
- 5:56asked
- 5:56him
- 5:56to
- 5:56stay
- 5:56on.
- 5:57So
- 5:57Jesus
- 5:57stayed
- 5:58two
- 5:58days.
- 5:59A
- 5:59lot
- 5:59more
- 5:59people
- 6:00entrusted
- 6:00their
- 6:00lives
- 6:00to
- 6:01him.
- 6:01When
- 6:02they
- 6:02heard
- 6:02what
- 6:02he
- 6:02had
- 6:03said,
- 6:03they
- 6:03said
- 6:04to
- 6:04the
- 6:04woman,
- 6:05we're
- 6:05no
- 6:06longer
- 6:06taking
- 6:06his
- 6:07taking
- 6:07this
- 6:08on
- 6:08your
- 6:08say
- 6:08so.
- 6:09We've
- 6:09heard
- 6:10it
- 6:10for
- 6:10ourselves
- 6:11and
- 6:11know
- 6:11it
- 6:12for
- 6:12sure.
- 6:12He's
- 6:13the
- 6:13Savior
- 6:13of
- 6:13the
- 6:14world.
- 6:16Well,
- 6:16that's
- 6:16the
- 6:17reading
- 6:18for
- 6:18this
- 6:18scripture.
- 6:19Let's
- 6:20really
- 6:20powerful
- 6:21scripture
- 6:21with
- 6:21the
- 6:21woman
- 6:22in
- 6:22the
- 6:22well
- 6:22here.
- 6:23And
- 6:23so
- 6:23let's
- 6:24get
- 6:24into
- 6:24a
- 6:24couple
- 6:24points,
- 6:26points
- 6:26to
- 6:26ponder.
- 6:28The
- 6:28first
- 6:28one
- 6:29is
- 6:29this.
- 6:29Jesus
- 6:29crossed
- 6:30every
- 6:30line
- 6:30in,
- 6:31in
- 6:31his
- 6:31culture
- 6:32that
- 6:32he
- 6:33was
- 6:33told
- 6:33not
- 6:33to
- 6:33cross.
- 6:34And
- 6:35that's
- 6:35where
- 6:35the
- 6:35gospel
- 6:36broke
- 6:36open.
- 6:37The
- 6:38gender
- 6:38line,
- 6:39he
- 6:39crossed
- 6:39it.
- 6:40The
- 6:40ethnic
- 6:41line,
- 6:41he
- 6:41crossed
- 6:42it.
- 6:42The
- 6:42religious
- 6:43line,
- 6:43he
- 6:43crossed
- 6:43it.
- 6:44The
- 6:44social
- 6:45respectability
- 6:46line,
- 6:47he
- 6:47obliterated
- 6:47it.
- 6:48This
- 6:49woman
- 6:49was
- 6:49on
- 6:49the
- 6:50wrong
- 6:50side
- 6:50of
- 6:50every
- 6:50boundary
- 6:51that
- 6:51mattered
- 6:52in
- 6:52this
- 6:53world,
- 6:53in
- 6:54that
- 6:54world.
- 6:54And
- 6:55Jesus
- 6:55didn't
- 6:56just
- 6:56tolerate
- 6:57her.
- 6:57He
- 6:57chose
- 6:58her
- 6:58as
- 6:58the
- 6:58person
- 6:59to
- 6:59receive
- 7:00one
- 7:00of
- 7:00his
- 7:00most
- 7:01profound
- 7:01theological
- 7:02teachings.
- 7:03He
- 7:03told
- 7:03her,
- 7:03not
- 7:04the
- 7:04Pharisees,
- 7:04not
- 7:05the
- 7:05disciples.
- 7:06He
- 7:06told
- 7:07her
- 7:07that
- 7:08God's
- 7:08spirit
- 7:08and
- 7:09those
- 7:09who
- 7:09worship
- 7:10must
- 7:10do
- 7:10so
- 7:10out
- 7:11of
- 7:11their
- 7:11very
- 7:11being,
- 7:12their
- 7:12true
- 7:13selves.
- 7:14He
- 7:14revealed
- 7:14his
- 7:14identity
- 7:15as
- 7:15Messiah
- 7:16to
- 7:16her
- 7:17before
- 7:17almost
- 7:17anybody
- 7:18else.
- 7:19And
- 7:19his
- 7:19own
- 7:19disciples
- 7:20couldn't
- 7:20handle
- 7:21it.
- 7:21They
- 7:21were
- 7:22shocked.
- 7:22Their
- 7:22faces
- 7:23showed
- 7:23it.
- 7:24And
- 7:24I
- 7:24think
- 7:24the
- 7:24church
- 7:25still
- 7:25struggles
- 7:26with
- 7:26this.
- 7:27We
- 7:27say
- 7:27we
- 7:27believe
- 7:28in
- 7:28radical
- 7:28grace,
- 7:29but
- 7:30when
- 7:30God
- 7:30shows
- 7:30up
- 7:30on
- 7:31the
- 7:31wrong
- 7:31side
- 7:31of
- 7:31the
- 7:31boundaries
- 7:32we
- 7:33have
- 7:33arbitrarily
- 7:34set,
- 7:34when
- 7:35the
- 7:35gospel
- 7:35breaks
- 7:35over
- 7:36through
- 7:36something,
- 7:36we
- 7:36don't
- 7:37expect
- 7:38someone
- 7:39we've
- 7:39been
- 7:39told
- 7:40doesn't
- 7:40qualify.
- 7:41We
- 7:42look
- 7:42a
- 7:42little
- 7:42bit
- 7:42like
- 7:42these
- 7:42disciples.
- 7:44Shocked,
- 7:45uncomfortable,
- 7:46saying
- 7:47nothing.
- 7:47But
- 7:47our
- 7:47faces
- 7:48show
- 7:48everything.
- 7:50A
- 7:51second
- 7:51point
- 7:51to
- 7:51ponder.
- 7:53The
- 7:54first
- 7:54evangelist
- 7:55in
- 7:55John's
- 7:56gospel
- 7:58is
- 7:58a
- 7:58multiply
- 8:00marginalized
- 8:01woman.
- 8:02And
- 8:02she
- 8:02preaches
- 8:03her
- 8:03own
- 8:03story.
- 8:03She
- 8:04doesn't
- 8:04quote
- 8:04scripture.
- 8:05She
- 8:05doesn't
- 8:06present
- 8:06a
- 8:06Theological
- 8:07argument.
- 8:07She
- 8:07just
- 8:08says,
- 8:08come
- 8:08see
- 8:09a
- 8:09man
- 8:09who
- 8:09knows
- 8:09me
- 8:09inside
- 8:10and
- 8:10out.
- 8:11And
- 8:11her
- 8:11testimony
- 8:12is
- 8:12her
- 8:12life,
- 8:13all
- 8:13of
- 8:13it,
- 8:14including
- 8:14the
- 8:14parts
- 8:15that
- 8:15the
- 8:15religious
- 8:16establishment
- 8:17would
- 8:17have
- 8:17used
- 8:18to
- 8:19disqualify
- 8:19her
- 8:20and
- 8:21the
- 8:21entire
- 8:21village
- 8:21believes
- 8:23because
- 8:23of
- 8:23her
- 8:23witness.
- 8:25Now
- 8:25I
- 8:25do
- 8:25a
- 8:25weekly
- 8:26podcast
- 8:26that
- 8:26helps
- 8:27cancer
- 8:27impacted
- 8:28people
- 8:29navigate
- 8:29their
- 8:29journey
- 8:30with
- 8:30hope
- 8:30and
- 8:30humor.
- 8:30And
- 8:31I
- 8:31could
- 8:31tell
- 8:31you
- 8:33the
- 8:33most
- 8:33powerful
- 8:33testimonies
- 8:34are
- 8:34never
- 8:34polished.
- 8:35They're
- 8:36the
- 8:36raw,
- 8:36honest
- 8:37ones.
- 8:38The
- 8:38ones
- 8:38where
- 8:38someone
- 8:39says,
- 8:39here's
- 8:39what
- 8:39happened
- 8:40to
- 8:40me
- 8:40and
- 8:41here's
- 8:41what
- 8:41I
- 8:41found
- 8:41on
- 8:42the
- 8:42other
- 8:42side
- 8:42of
- 8:42it.
- 8:43This
- 8:43woman
- 8:44didn't
- 8:44have
- 8:44the
- 8:44credentials,
- 8:45but
- 8:46she
- 8:46had
- 8:46a
- 8:46story.
- 8:46And
- 8:47that
- 8:47was
- 8:47enough.
- 8:48That
- 8:49was
- 8:49enough.
- 8:50So
- 8:50don't
- 8:50let
- 8:51anybody
- 8:51tell
- 8:51you
- 8:51and
- 8:52your
- 8:52story
- 8:53that
- 8:53it's
- 8:53not
- 8:54enough.
- 8:56I
- 8:56want
- 8:56you
- 8:56to
- 8:56notice
- 8:56one
- 8:57more
- 8:57detail.
- 8:57When
- 8:58a
- 8:58woman
- 8:58left
- 8:58to
- 8:58go
- 8:58to
- 8:59tell
- 8:59others
- 9:00in
- 9:00the
- 9:00village,
- 9:01the
- 9:01text
- 9:01says,
- 9:01in
- 9:01her
- 9:02confusion,
- 9:02she
- 9:02left
- 9:02her
- 9:02water
- 9:03pot
- 9:03behind.
- 9:04She
- 9:04came
- 9:05to
- 9:05that
- 9:05well
- 9:05for
- 9:05water,
- 9:06but
- 9:06she
- 9:06left
- 9:06without
- 9:07it
- 9:07because
- 9:08she
- 9:08found
- 9:08something
- 9:08that
- 9:09made
- 9:09the
- 9:09original
- 9:09errand
- 9:10irrelevant.
- 9:11She
- 9:12came
- 9:12for
- 9:13what
- 9:13she
- 9:13thought
- 9:13she
- 9:14needed,
- 9:14and
- 9:15she
- 9:15left
- 9:15with
- 9:15what
- 9:16she
- 9:16actually
- 9:16needed.
- 9:17That's
- 9:18how
- 9:18grace
- 9:18work.
- 9:20That's
- 9:20how
- 9:21grace
- 9:21works.
- 9:21It
- 9:21rearranges
- 9:22your
- 9:22priorities
- 9:23so
- 9:24completely
- 9:25that
- 9:25you
- 9:25forget
- 9:25where
- 9:25you
- 9:25came
- 9:26from.
- 9:26Now
- 9:27here's
- 9:27an
- 9:27action
- 9:28step.
- 9:28The
- 9:29woman's
- 9:29power
- 9:29wasn't
- 9:30telling
- 9:30her
- 9:30story
- 9:30honestly.
- 9:31So
- 9:32I
- 9:32want
- 9:32you
- 9:33to
- 9:33share
- 9:33one
- 9:33real
- 9:34powerful
- 9:34story,
- 9:35unpolished
- 9:36piece
- 9:36of
- 9:36unpolished
- 9:37story
- 9:37from
- 9:38your
- 9:38life
- 9:39with
- 9:39someone
- 9:39else.
- 9:40Not
- 9:41necessarily
- 9:41the
- 9:41highlight
- 9:42reel,
- 9:42not
- 9:42the
- 9:42version
- 9:43where
- 9:43you
- 9:43got
- 9:43your
- 9:44act
- 9:44together.
- 9:45The
- 9:45version
- 9:46where
- 9:46you
- 9:46were
- 9:47kind
- 9:47of
- 9:47like
- 9:47the
- 9:47woman
- 9:47at
- 9:48the
- 9:48well,
- 9:49avoiding
- 9:49everybody,
- 9:50not
- 9:50sure
- 9:50you
- 9:50belonged
- 9:51to,
- 9:52and
- 9:52just
- 9:52share
- 9:53your
- 9:53story,
- 9:54maybe
- 9:54with
- 9:54a
- 9:55friend.
- 9:55Or
- 9:55maybe
- 9:55it's.
- 9:56Maybe
- 9:56you
- 9:56need
- 9:56to
- 9:56write
- 9:57it
- 9:57down
- 9:57or
- 9:57put
- 9:57a
- 9:58Facebook
- 9:58post
- 9:59together.
- 9:59But
- 10:00let
- 10:00your
- 10:00real
- 10:00story
- 10:00be
- 10:01the
- 10:01offering
- 10:01of
- 10:02this
- 10:02week.
- 10:03You
- 10:03might
- 10:04be
- 10:04surprised
- 10:05how
- 10:05the
- 10:05whole
- 10:05village
- 10:06in
- 10:06your
- 10:06life
- 10:07shows
- 10:08up
- 10:08because
- 10:08of
- 10:08it.
- 10:10Before
- 10:10we
- 10:11pray,
- 10:11I
- 10:11want
- 10:11to
- 10:11remind
- 10:11you
- 10:11we
- 10:12have
- 10:12a
- 10:12great
- 10:12resource
- 10:12for
- 10:13you
- 10:13called
- 10:14the
- 10:14ABC
- 10:14123
- 10:15Bible
- 10:15Study
- 10:16Method.
- 10:16Go
- 10:17over
- 10:17to
- 10:17our
- 10:17website,
- 10:18voiceofgoddaily.com
- 10:20that's
- 10:20where
- 10:20you
- 10:20can
- 10:20pick
- 10:20that
- 10:21up.
- 10:22Let's
- 10:22pray.
- 10:23God,
- 10:23thank
- 10:23you
- 10:24for
- 10:24a
- 10:24Jesus
- 10:24who
- 10:24sat
- 10:25down
- 10:25at
- 10:25wells
- 10:26where
- 10:26he
- 10:27wasn't
- 10:27supposed
- 10:27to
- 10:27sit
- 10:28or
- 10:28talk
- 10:28to
- 10:28people
- 10:28he
- 10:29wasn't
- 10:29supposed
- 10:29to
- 10:29talk
- 10:29to.
- 10:30And
- 10:30he
- 10:30trusted
- 10:31his
- 10:31deepest
- 10:31truths
- 10:32to
- 10:32the
- 10:32people
- 10:32the
- 10:33world
- 10:33counted
- 10:33out.
- 10:34Forgive
- 10:35us
- 10:35for
- 10:35the
- 10:35times
- 10:35when
- 10:36we've
- 10:36been
- 10:36in
- 10:36shock,
- 10:37like
- 10:37the
- 10:37shocked
- 10:38disciples
- 10:39standing
- 10:39at
- 10:40a
- 10:40distance,
- 10:40judging
- 10:41who
- 10:41you
- 10:41chose
- 10:42to
- 10:42work
- 10:42with.
- 10:43For
- 10:43anyone
- 10:43listening
- 10:44today
- 10:44who
- 10:44feels
- 10:44like
- 10:44that
- 10:45woman
- 10:46at
- 10:46the
- 10:46well,
- 10:48showing
- 10:48up
- 10:48but
- 10:49kind
- 10:49of
- 10:49wanting
- 10:49to
- 10:49avoid
- 10:50the
- 10:50crowd
- 10:51carrying
- 10:52shame
- 10:52in
- 10:52your
- 10:52heart.
- 10:54Would
- 10:54you
- 10:55meet
- 10:55them
- 10:55today
- 10:56the
- 10:56way
- 10:56Jesus
- 10:57met
- 10:57the
- 10:57woman
- 10:57at
- 10:57the
- 10:58well?
- 10:58Not
- 10:59with
- 10:59judgment,
- 10:59but
- 11:00with
- 11:00a
- 11:00conversation
- 11:01that
- 11:01changes
- 11:01everything
- 11:02and
- 11:03for
- 11:03all
- 11:03of
- 11:03us.
- 11:03Give
- 11:03us
- 11:04the
- 11:04courage
- 11:05to
- 11:05leave
- 11:05our
- 11:05water
- 11:06pots
- 11:06behind
- 11:07and
- 11:08help
- 11:08us
- 11:08to
- 11:08stop
- 11:08clinging
- 11:08to
- 11:09what
- 11:09we
- 11:09need,
- 11:10what
- 11:10we
- 11:10think
- 11:10we
- 11:10need,
- 11:11and
- 11:11open
- 11:12our
- 11:12hands
- 11:12to
- 11:12what
- 11:12we
- 11:13actually
- 11:14are
- 11:14being
- 11:14offered.
- 11:16So
- 11:16let
- 11:16our
- 11:16messy,
- 11:16honest,
- 11:17real
- 11:17life
- 11:17stories
- 11:18be
- 11:18the
- 11:18thing
- 11:18that
- 11:18leads
- 11:18someone
- 11:19else
- 11:19to
- 11:20living
- 11:20water.
- 11:21Amen.
- 11:31My
- 11:31friend,
- 11:32I
- 11:32am
- 11:32delighted
- 11:33you
- 11:33chose
- 11:34to
- 11:34join
- 11:34me
- 11:35for
- 11:35today's
- 11:35reading.
- 11:36The
- 11:36Daily
- 11:37Bible
- 11:37Refresh
- 11:38is
- 11:38completely
- 11:40listener
- 11:40supported.
- 11:41Your
- 11:42gift
- 11:42goes
- 11:43a
- 11:43long
- 11:43way
- 11:43to
- 11:44getting
- 11:44the
- 11:44audible
- 11:45word
- 11:45of
- 11:45God
- 11:46from
- 11:46a
- 11:46progressive
- 11:47perspective
- 11:48into
- 11:482
- 11:48million
- 11:49years,
- 11:49a
- 11:49million
- 11:50people
- 11:50by
- 11:512028.
- 11:52I
- 11:52would
- 11:53be
- 11:53so
- 11:53grateful
- 11:53if
- 11:54you
- 11:54would
- 11:54go
- 11:54to
- 11:54voiceofgodddaily.com
- 11:57and
- 11:57share
- 11:57your
- 11:58gift
- 11:58of
- 11:59any
- 11:59amount.
- 12:00Thanks
- 12:00much.
- 12:01My
- 12:01name
- 12:02is
- 12:02Dr.
- 12:02Brad
- 12:02Miller
- 12:03and
- 12:03I'll
- 12:03be
- 12:03right
- 12:03here
- 12:03tomorrow
- 12:04with
- 12:04your
- 12:05Daily
- 12:06Bible
- 12:06Refresh.
- 12:07Please
- 12:08subscribe
- 12:08and
- 12:09tag
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- 12:09friends
- 12:10until
- 12:11tomorrow.
- 12:11Remember,
- 12:12God's
- 12:12loyal
- 12:13love
- 12:13doesn't
- 12:13run
- 12:14out.
- 12:14His
- 12:14merciful
- 12:15love
- 12:16hasn't
- 12:16dried
- 12:16up,
- 12:17it's
- 12:17created
- 12:18new
- 12:19every
- 12:20morning.