One of the great encounters Jesus had with others is the story of the Samaritan woman at the well. Here we see Jesus reaching beyond the borders of custom, hostility, bias, and shame to bring the good news of the Kingdom to someone desperately in need of what Jesus has to offer. With food and drink as the backdrop, Jesus offers us some valuable lessons on what it looks like to live a life of grace and truth.
Romans 1:8-17 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God’s will I may now at last succeed Read More
Isaiah 66:15-23 “For behold, the Lord will come in fire, and his chariots like the whirlwind,to render his anger in fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.For by fire will the Lord enter into judgment, and by his sword, with all flesh; and those slain by the Lord shall be many. “Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst, eating pig’s Read More
Isaiah 12:1-6 You will say in that day:“I will give thanks to you, O Lord, for though you were angry with me,your anger turned away, that you might comfort me. “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid;for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.” With joy you will draw water from the wells Read More
