We sometimes like to hid our life stories from other people because we are ashamed. The Samaritan woman in this passage shares her story with Jesus, although she discovers he knows everything already.
We sometimes like to hid our life stories from other people because we are ashamed. The Samaritan woman in this passage shares her story with Jesus, although she discovers he knows everything already.
We can waste our energy on useless things. Sometimes we put ourselves at the centre and not God as we should.
We need a new heart and we need to be born again.
John is writing this book so that we might believe who Jesus is and what he has come to do and out of that belief we receive eternal life. We will focus on verse 17 ‘zeal for your house will consume me’.
There is nothing better than knowing Jesus but you can’t know him unless you have been shown him.
John brings another perspectives from the accounts in the other gospels, Matthew, Mark & Luke. His gospel is written after the others and he writes as an older man.
Can you think of a time when you have been spiritually exhausted, really really tired, say travelling, looking after a newborn, studying for an exam. Jesus has 3 words for us: ‘It is finished’. We are going to look at what ‘it’ is.
At this time of year, there are many things to prepare for Christmas. It’s also time to remember that Jesus came to this earth as the lamb of God, as a sacrifice to deal with our sins.
There is a difference between going to church to hedge your bets and having security through Jesus Christ.
It is sometimes hard to explain simple things … that are limitless. It is good to know the truth of John 3:16 and to remember the world was made by the Word of God.