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Scripture

Introduction

A small boy was sent to bed by his father.......

Five minutes later.... "Da-ad...." "What?"

"I'm thirsty.

......Can you bring drink of water?"

"No.

You had your chance.... Lights out."

Five minutes later: "Da-aaaad.....""WHAT?" "I'm THIRSTY.

Can I have a drink of water??"

"I told you NO!"....

If you ask again, ....I'll have to spank you!!"

Five minutes later......"Daaaa-aaaad.....""WHAT!"

"When you come in to spank me, .....can you bring a drink of water?

Background

TODAY we want to look at a woman who was thirsty.

She had a spiritual thirst in her life that Christ identified.

We all have that thirst.

Have you ever gone and worked really hard or worked out and you are so thirsty?

You can’t really quench the thirst.

Pepsi doesn’t do it.

Water doesn’t do it.

Gatorade doesn’t do it.

You just can’t quite quench that thirst.

In the same way we all have a spiritual thirst deep down inside of us.

There is nothing in this world that is going to satisfy that thirst except a relationship with God.

Jesus was heading to Galilee at this time and was leaving Judea cause he was trying to avoid confrontation with the Pharisees who at this time were trying to stir up trouble for him so he was on his way to Galilee and according to the scriptures he had to go through Samaria to get there……

Today I want to share a bit on how you can find fulfilment in your life because here is what I know about some of you listening to me today .

You are not satisfied with your life right now

You believe there is something more

You’ve been trying everything that the world says will bring you fulfilment but it doesn’t happen

If you forget everything I am about to say, the main thing I want you to remember is When Jesus is our sole satisfaction, We will have true satisfaction in our soul.

Only a relationship with him will bring you satisfaction.

You Matter To God and He Wants To Meet With You

John 4:4 “4 Now he had to go through Samaria.”

⁃ He had to go through Samaria

⁃ Samaria was an area that Jews avoided at all costs

⁃ They hated Samaritans and Samaritans hated them

⁃ Pharisees prayed that no Samaritan will be raised in the resurrection

⁃ Jesus enemies called him a Samaritan when they wanted to insult him

⁃ One of the major reasons for their dislike of each other was the Samaritans had offered to help the Jews rebuild the temple in Jerusalem after the Jews had returned from Babylonians exile and this caused great bitterness so they chose not to worship in Jerusalem but in Mt.

Gerizim.

⁃ There were even times when Samaritans will detain any Jew that is passing through their territory.

⁃ When you hate people you do whatever it takes to avoid contact with them

⁃ Jesus being a Jew had to pass through there

⁃ Because he Loved Samaritan people in the same way he love Jews

⁃ This shows how much God loves people who otherwise would have been rejected by others

⁃ God loves you irregardless of who you are

⁃ I don’t care what you have been done

⁃ Whether you are labelled as a Jew or as a Samaritan

⁃ Whether you are black or white ⁃ Jesus loves you and he cares for you a whole lot

This verse alone shows us just how intentional Jesus was.

Jesus needed to go through Samaria to meet with this woman.

This woman didn’t have a clue that she was on the Lord’s mind, but from the moment she left her house and as she was going through the motions of her day, she was on the mind of Jesus.

Yet she never knew that the Lord wanted to meet with her.

It’s the same with every one of us, we are on His mind and He desires to meet with us each day.

How amazing is that?

It is necessary for the Lord to meet with you.

It is of great importance to Him.

An encounter with God doesn’t just happen in the four walls of a church or when a special song is playing.

You can encounter God each day of your life, wherever you are.

You just have to be open.

An encounter with God is the fuel that enables us to continue our days and to live wholeheartedly for Him.

An encounter with God ignites us to live as our greatest selves through Him and it affirms us by reminding us of who we are in Him.

An encounter with God is the key to freedom from the things that hold us down.

He knows you, sees you and there is not a moment when you are not on His mind!

God hasn’t forgotten you and He has never left you.

When you come to Him, He will not reject you!

This is the truth.

The enemy can use faults and failures to stop you from encountering the Lord, but today, you can go boldly before Him, transparent and surrendered and meet with Him again.

⁃ YOU MATTER TO GOD

⁃ IT Says in verse 6 that Jesus was actually exhausted but he still reached out to talk to this Samaritan woman

⁃ God is never to tired to reach out to you

- to hear your problems

⁃ I might get tired of you but not God

⁃ He loves you with an everlasting love and he wants to shower you with his love

⁃ This woman was a whore who as we would soon see had 5 different husbands but Jesus did not care what her reputation was or how she was viewed by society he wanted to let her

know that she mattered to him

⁃ Today I want to let you know whether you are a drug addict, a whore, a thief etc you Matter to God and he loves you a whole lot.

⁃ GOD MAY NOT MATTER TO YOU BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS MATTER TO GOD

There is no person or race of people beyond the reach of God's grace.

All are sinners and are in need of salvation.

Jesus loves them all and we are commanded to love them as well.

If Jesus would reach out to the most hated people of His day, then it is up to His children to tear down every wall of prejudice and reach out to people regardless of where they are or where they come from!)

God Has A Gift For You

• Not only do you matter to God but God has a gift for you ⁃ What gift? ⁃ Today is not my birthday, it is not Valentines

Day, It is not Christmas

⁃ Why does he have a gift for me?

⁃ This gift is better than any gift you desire or ever asked for!!!!

⁃ This woman was asking for water to quench her thirst but Jesus was offering her water that when she drinks it she will not thirst again

⁃ Whatever you might be asking God for, just remember that God has better in store for you.

⁃ Ephesians 3:20 “20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,”

⁃ God offers not just any water but living water

⁃ Many times we drink water but we need to be worried

- WASA

⁃ This living water produces life

⁃ She asks how can he offer a better water than their ancestor Jacob who gave them the well.

⁃ Jacob was held in high regard by these Samaritan people because of the first 5 books

⁃ Jesus is greater than any hero you have

⁃ Nothing wrong with having a hero ⁃ Just know that Jesus is greater ⁃ There is only so much a man can do for you