08/02 John 4:19-25
“Sir,” the woman said, “you must be a prophet. 20 So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?” 21 Jesus replied, “Believe me, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father here or in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans know so little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews. 23 But the time is coming and is already here when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for anyone who will worship him that way. 24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”
WHY?
Why questions are always a ploy of our enemy the EVIL ONE. Don’t get side tracked worrying about why. Read the Bible. Do what you know. Serve the best you can. Trust the Lord. Always remember that God is always good! Always without exception God is good. Praise the Lord and worship Him.
Category - Devotionals
08/01 John 4:15-18
“Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me some of that water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to haul water.” 16 “Go and get your husband,” Jesus told her. 17 “I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a husband — 18 for you have had five husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now.”
HURTING
What do a hurting woman and a Jewish Rabbi have in common? Not anything without the saving grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus knows your sorrow and He knows your need. He will not forsake you. Jesus will never let you go because He loves you.
07/31 John 4:13-14
Jesus replied, “People soon become thirsty again after drinking this water. 14 But the water I give them takes away thirst altogether. It becomes a perpetual spring within them, giving them eternal life.”
COMPLETE
We are complete in Christ. Jesus is Lord of all. Follow Him and He will guide you through each day. Praise the Lord. He will never let us get lost.
07/30 John 4:10-12
Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who I am, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.” 11 “But sir, you don’t have a rope or a bucket,” she said, “and this is a very deep well. Where would you get this living water? 12 And besides, are you greater than our ancestor Jacob who gave us this well? How can you offer better water than he and his sons and his cattle enjoyed?”
LIVING WATER
Need help? Ask Jesus. Need relief? Ask Jesus. Need a victory? Ask Jesus. He knows all about you and will not desert you. Ask Jesus.
07/29 John 4:7-9
Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.” 8 He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food. 9 The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?”
WHO?
Jesus knew who the woman was and He knew what she had done. Good folk didn’t fraternize with people like her. Jesus loves people. All people. Everyone. This woman needed Him and Jesus had come looking for her. Do you need Jesus? If you do call upon His name and He will very soon come looking for you. Have you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior? If you have remember that there is nothing stale about our relationship with Jesus. He is the Creator of all things and He wants to be a part of our life. Spend time with Jesus and He will guide you in the way you should go.
07/28 John 4:4-6
He had to go through Samaria on the way. 5 Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime.
ROUTE
Jesus followed the route set out by the Holy Spirit. Jews didn’t go thru Sychar and yet Jesus did. Jesus knows what is happening in your life and He will guide you in the correct way you should go. Praise the Lord Jesus.
07/27 John 4:1-3
Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard, “Jesus is baptizing and making more disciples than John” 2 (though Jesus himself didn’t baptize them — his disciples did). 3 So he left Judea to return to Galilee.
JESUS
Jesus knew what was happening and He knew it wasn’t His hour so He followed the lead of the Father and went back to Galilee. Do what the Lord says. Do it every day. You will find your walk miraculously paralleling God’s Word and direction. Come Lord Jesus.
07/26 John 3:36
And all who believe in God’s Son have eternal life. Those who don’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life, but the wrath of God remains upon them.”
BELIEVE
Do you believe God for your life? If you do you are saved and in His family. Don’t look at your physical surroundings instead look to Jesus the author and finisher of your faith and believe in Him. That is saving faith.
07/25 John 3:33-35
Those who believe him discover that God is true. 34 For he is sent by God. He speaks God’s words, for God’s Spirit is upon him without measure or limit. 35 The Father loves his Son, and he has given him authority over everything.
AUTHORITY
Jesus was given all authority in heaven and on earth. Ask Him to come into your life, to take control of you and give you eternal life. Jesus has that authority to give you life, real life right now. Ask Him and He will do it.
07/24 John 3:31-32
“He has come from above and is greater than anyone else. I am of the earth, and my understanding is limited to the things of earth, but he has come from heaven. 32 He tells what he has seen and heard, but how few believe what he tells them!
BELIEVE
We tend towards making things very hard and complex. That seems to be human. Jesus said He was the way the truth and the life. Do you think He was indeed that? If you believe Him He will save you. Salvation is exchanging our life for God’s life in us. Jesus brings us into the family of God and we are saved forever and ever. Simple. Do it and you will live.