RECEIVING WINS OUT OVER QUESTIONS

"Jesus answered and said to her, 'If you knew the gift of God, and Who it is Who says to you, '"Give Me a drink,'" you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.'"  (John 4:10)

Jesus here offers Himself to her, but she immediately goes to the religious arena, "Our fathers worshiped on this mountain."

Here is Jesus, in front of her, offering the Water which He Himself Is, and she speaks of going to a mountain.  Did she just get so overwhelmed with this encounter, or did unbelief, the refusal to accept what she just heard, win out?  

Thankfully, it seems as though she went from questions to receiving, receiving Jesus, our well of Living Water, "....springing up into everlasting Life."

Father, in Jesus' Name, I can never thank You enough that You invite us to, "Abide in Me and I in you."  Amen.

When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"

Hebrews 1

GOD'S REPETITION

"For we walk by faith, not by sight."  (2 Corinthians 5:7)

Every time you and I read a Bible passage which we have read many times before, God is repeating Himself.  This substantiates what Abraham Lincoln once said of the Bible, "All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book."  All we need is for our Lord Jesus to keep repeating Himself---- "through this Book."

If anyone looks at faith as a mental comprehension, or, "it just makes sense," they are in for a big disappointment.  Faith is not found in what we see, feel, or can rationalize.  Faith is found in accepting what The Word of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, says.  That's why He keeps repeating Himself.

Father, in Jesus' Name, I confess that I too often attempt to, "....walk by...sight."  I look forward to Your every day repetition.  Amen.

When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"

Hebrews 12:2

O Lord God of Israel

"Every day will I bless You, and I will praise Your Name forever and ever."  (Psalm 145:2)

The following song was involved in our text today. 

https://youtu.be/cShhUc-5afg?si=yBsxNchD-G9kFzJ2

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"LIFE IS MORE THAN................."

"Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing."  (Luke 12:23)

I'm sure you have heard the cliche, or perhaps, even said it, "Food on the table, clothes on our backs, and a roof over our heads?"  Of course, we all need these.  Yet when people say that as though this is the core reason for living and working, they are reducing human existence to the level of the beasts of the fields.

I am not going into a long writing on this, but it behooves all of us to keep this deep in our very being, "Life is more (so much more) than food, and the body is more than clothing."  Jesus gives us the foundation of our text in verse 21, "So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

Father, in Jesus' Name, continue to show me the, "more than."  Amen.

When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"

Hebrews 12:2