The Amazing Living Water

Scripture for the week:
If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. Psalm 66:8

Thursday reading:
John 4

key verse: 10 & 19

observations & questions:
10 if you only knew - what a phrase, if we only knew what God wants to do in us and with us. He wants us to connect with Him in an eternal relationship and reap living water. He wants us to have a connection with Him that brings a type of nourishment that this world can not bring to us. It is beyond what we naturally know in this world. There is grace, peace, love, joy etc. that has a quality that we could never experience in this life. It is beyond what we could obtain on our own. Without fellowship with Him we can never know the reality of this living water.

the gift - that otherness of Gods living water is such a gift. When you have tasted it you realize just what a gift it is. When we quit seeking God and are left to our own devices and meeting our own needs we realize how utterly helpless we are. We can't generate the qualities of the living water that God gives us. It is an amazing gift.

If we knew who we are speaking to - this speaks so much of the honor we should give this one who has the power to give us a relationship with the living, almighty God of the universe. What an incredible man to meet who can impart to us eternal life. It is the discovery of the fountain of youth. We will be enabled to live forever with the creator and in fellowship with Him as a son and daughter. The man, this day was the God man who could give this incredible gift.

vs 17 - 19 Jesus gives this woman a taste of living water flowing from Him. He speaks to her something that as a natural man he could not know. He had to get this information from His heavenly father. It is information obtained from God and given at a time to reveal to this woman that this man was more than just any ordinary man. He was a man sent from God.

She gets it to. She says sir, I recognize you must be a prophet. There is supernatural in you.

27 Jesus breaks cultural boundaries. He is not concerned with keeping cultural rules. He is concerned with eternal things.

application or concept:
Through intimacy with God we can touch people in ways that are beyond human capacity.

prayer:
Lord, continue to show me how to launch giving and ministry to others from a place of intimacy with you.

Learning Agenda:
Lessons from bloggers

notes:
p 117
Are you just being average ? are you typical, common, ordianry, all right, decent, moderate, all common synonyms of average: Yuck Don't be that person who just does enough to get buy and keep your job for one more day. Do something extradinary. Something outstanding. Make today remarkable. posted by Brad Lomenick

p 122
Significance is about impact we have ON others. Sucess is aobut comparing ourselves TO others. And comparison is the thief of joy.

We tend to think that leadership is mainly about leading those who are subordinates or work FOR us but leadership is first and foremost about leading ourselves.

50% of our leadership should go towards leading ourselves...
posted by Brad Lomenick

Prayer:
Lord, I thank you for blessing us all at prayer last night. Lord continue to show us your purposes and plans through various times of prayer at Elife.
Lord let be be conscious of your purposes today and hear your voice in serving others.

I thank you for Ethan's good report card and ask you to help him in his weak subject of history.
Continue to bring healing to Elizabeth from this virus.
Continue to fuel the fire in Callie's heart for revival.
This morning I pray for each man in our ltg.
Lord would you encourage Clinton and Val as they try and raise support to go to India. provide for their every need.