At The Well Wednesday Night

Ryan Tice

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Intro:

Have you ever tried to be refreshed physically, spiritually, or emotionally ?

What things have you tried that ended up draining you rather than filling you? (Spiritually, Emotionally, or Physically)

Scripture

John 4:7–12 NIV

When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”

Thinking about this meeting the woman had with Jesus, what jumps out at you? Or what do you notice that makes you wonder a little?

What are some things that Jesus does or says that causes questions or excitement for you?

Reasons/Excuses the Woman Gives that could cause her to miss being refreshed

Considering the John 4:7-12 what reasons or excuses can you find?

Reasons/Excuses we give that could cause us to miss being refreshed

Considering your own life discuss some excuses that you have given.

Things to Deal With

John 4:13–19 NIV

Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.” He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.” “I have no husband,” she replied. Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.” “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet.