Thursday, November 16, 2023

Jesus Offers Living Water

 Jesus Offers Living Water

Jesus offers living water is a story about how Jesus used water from a well to tell a woman from Samaria about the Living Water of everlasting life. 

Jesus met the woman as He traveled from Judea to Galilee with  His disciples.  On the way, the Lord came to Jacob's Well and sat near it.

Jesus was tired and thirsty and really needed a drink of water. Meantime, His disciples had gone into the city of Samaria. 


A woman from Samaria came to the well to draw water, so Jesus asked her for a drink.  She was puzzled because Jews did not talk to people from Samaria.

Jesus replied by telling her that God had a gift for her and that she should ask Him for living water.  The woman replied that the well was deep and that Christ could not reach that far. How could you then give me living water, she wondered!

Jesus told her that people who drank living water would never become thirsty again. He told the woman that the living water was everlasting life.

In response, the woman asked the Lord Jesus to give her everlasting life.






Jesus asked the woman to call her husband

On hearing her request for living water, Jesus asked the woman to call her husband.  She said that she had no husband.

Jesus told her that He was pleased that she had told the truth, and that she had been married five times.

The woman was amazed that Jesus told her these private details about her life. She said, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet." 







Jesus and the woman continued to speak

The woman wanted to challenge Jesus, so she said: 

"Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, and you people say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.’

Jesus replied that a time would come when people would worship the Father neither on the mountain of Samaria nor in Jerusalem. 

He told her that the Samaritans did not know who they were worshiping. Instead, the Jews knew who they were worshiping, because salvation comes through the Jews.






Jesus said that true worshipers would worship God in spirit and in truth

Jesus explained to the woman that a time would  come when the true worshippers would worship the Father in spirit and truth.

He told here that the Father seeks such people to be His worshipers. 

To worship God means to bow down to Him and to obey His Word. It means that the person does not secretly have another god.

Therefore, a true worshiper is someone who loves God and who knows  Him personally. He or she worships Him without pretending to love Him.

This is what it means to worship God in spirit and truth.






Do you have the living water of everlasting life?


Jesus told the woman of Samaria that she needed the living water of everlasting life.  People who want to live forever must believe that Jesus is the Christ who died to save them from their sins.


They must ask for forgiveness of sins and stop sinning.   Jesus will give everlasting life to those who believe in Him and turn away from their sins.

Everlasting life is like water in a well that never dries up. Those who have it live for ever and ever and ever.








Do you worship God in spirit and in truth? 


In order to make God happy, we must bow down and serve no other god. We must always be honest with God, confess our sins and never lie when we do wrong.

God really appreciates honesty and will bless those who always tell Him the truth, like the woman of Samaria.



To be continued.






Jesus offers living water bible verses John 4: 1 - 42 ESV


Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 

(although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 

he left Judea and departed again for Galilee.

And he had to pass through Samaria. 

So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 

Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.

A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 

(For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) 

The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 

10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 

11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? 

12 Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” 

13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 

14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again.  The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 

15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” 

17 The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; 

18 for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.” 

19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 

20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” 

21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 

22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 

23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. 

24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” 

25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.”

26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.”

27 Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” 

28 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, 

29 “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” 

30 They went out of the town and were coming to him.

31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” 

32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 

33 So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?” 

34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. 

35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. 

36 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. 37 For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 

38 I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”

39 Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, “He told me all that I ever did.” 

40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. 

41 And many more believed because of his word. 

42 They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”









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Thursday, November 9, 2023

Jesus Calms The Storm

Jesus Calms The Storm

Jesus Calms The Storm is today's amazing story. It shows the Lord's power over winds and waves.   

The event was so impressive that Matthew, Mark, and Luke wrote about it.

Let us read on to learn more.




Jesus calms the storm introduction


This story began one evening after Jesus had finished a long day of teaching. 

He got into a boat with His disciples in order to cross over to the other side of the lake.






Jesus had been busy all day, teaching people about God. 

He was very tired, so He lay down and went to sleep.





A storm arose on the lake


The wind began to blow and the waves got bigger and bigger.

 The little boat bobbed up and down. 

Jesus’ disciples became scared. 




The disciples began to yell!


“Jesus wake up. Help us! The waves are too big, and we are not safe,” they said. 






Jesus awoke and spoke to the storm


Finally, Jesus awoke!

He stood up in the boat and said,

“Wind and waves be still!” 

There was an instant change!

The wind stopped raging!

The waves stopped tossing the boat around! 






The disciples were amazed



Jesus’ disciples were extremely amazed!


“Jesus can even tell the storm to stop. Only God can do that!” they said. 

This miracle helped them to believe that Jesus is the Son of God.




Jesus calms the storm meaning


Sometimes everyone has storms or difficult times in his or her life. 

These can include things like exams at school, difficult subjects,  family problems, times of ill health, and more.

However, Jesus is with those who love Him and who obey His Word.

Like the disciples, we can call on the Lord for help.

This means that we can tell Him the problem and ask for His assistance.

The disciples knew that they were safe with Jesus.  He has all power over everything!

We can trust the Lord Jesus because He said that He will never leave us nor forsake us (Hebrews 13 5).

The Bible also says, “When I am afraid I will trust in you”  (Psalm 56: 3).

We encourage you to trust the Lord for help and not to be afraid.




Jesus calms the storm bible verses - Mark 4: 35 - 41 ESV


35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” 

36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. 

37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. 

38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” 

39 And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

 40 He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?” 

41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”



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Thursday, November 2, 2023

The Lord's Prayer

The Lord's Prayer

The Lord's Prayer is one of the best-known teachings of Jesus. Lord Jesus gave us the secret for praying to our Heavenly Father.

I encourage everyone reading this post to learn this prayer.





 The Lord's Prayer KJV Matthew 6: 9 - 15


After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: 

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.






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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Secrets Of Giving And Praying


Secrets Of Giving And Praying

Secrets Of Giving And Praying are among the most important teachings of Jesus.  The Lord was on a mountain  when He taught His disciples these important secrets. 

The main lesson is that God wants His children to have a secret life of giving and praying, because He wants to reward these openly.





Jesus said that we must give charitable donations in secret


Jesus began by warning His disciples not to display their righteousness just to be seen by people. Jesus said that their Father in Heaven would not reward them for showing off.

For example, Jesus told His disciples not to blow a trumpet to alert others whenever they gave charitable gifts to others. 

This is what the hypocrites did in synagogues and on streets so that people will praise them. 

Jesus said that they have their reward.





Jesus told His disciples to do their charitable giving in a private manner:

‘But when you do your giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing."




Jesus said they must give gifts secretly in order to be rewarded by their Heavenly Father

"… so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you." 






Do not show off publicly when you pray to God


There were some people in Jesus' day who loved to show off as they prayed. They would stand in the synagogues and on street corners as they prayed loudly.

They did so in order to be seen and commended by other people. Jesus said that they have a reward for being hypocrites:

‘Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward."







Pray secretly in your room

Jesus said that His disciples must not pray publicly in order to show off. Instead, they must pray privately in their  rooms or in a private place. 

God would openly reward those who pray to Him  without making a show of it:

‘But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. 







Do not babble and repeat words over and over when you pray


Jesus said that God does not want His children to babble like babies and repeat words over and over when we pray.

Instead, God wants us to tell Him exactly what we need, so we can get directly to the point


‘When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. So pray this way:







Conclusion to Secrets Of Giving And Praying


The main lesson is that God lives in Heaven. We cannot see Him with our physical eyes. 

Therefore, God is in secret in a sense. 

He wants His children to give to Him and to pray to Him in private. He does not want us to give and to pray in order to show off publicly.

People who give and pray in order to show off publicly have a special reward reserved for them. On the other hand, those who give and pray in private in order to please God only will also receive His special reward.

Praying in secret does not mean that you cannot pray loudly to God. It just means that we are not doing it to be seen and praised by others.

Praying in secret does not mean that we cannot pray with others. This is another prayer called the prayer of agreement or corporate prayer.

One example is in Acts 2 preceding the Day of Pentecost. 

God wants everyone of His children to have a secret prayer life that He will reward openly.







Secrets Of Giving And Praying KJV Matthew 6: 1 - 8


Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.


After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.









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