Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well and reveals himself to her as the Messiah. He also heals an official’s son in the second of his miraculous signs.
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John 4 – Verse by Verse
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A Prayer Prompted by John 4
Heavenly Father,
You reveal your heart toward those that have been set aside by others in the way you sent Jesus directly to this Samaritan woman. He then reveals his heart in the way he gently but directly made himself known to her.
We pray that you would do the same for us and for others that we know – make yourself known in the most personal way that you can. Show us how we might join with you by making you known to those who are marginalized in this world. Help us also to exercise as great a faith as the official with the dying son.
Help us to put in the same amount of effort to get close to Jesus – the kind that would walk a full day to see him if needed. And help us to be willing to trust you even when we do not see the immediate answers to our prayers. You can be at work whether we see it or not.
In Christ,
Amen
John 3 – Verse by Verse
Christ’s conversation with Nicodemus gives us a serious look into the concept of Christian conversion. Two key thoughts are, “We must be born again” and “For God so loved the world.”
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A Prayer Prompted by John 3
Dear Father in Heaven,
We thank you for sending Jesus Christ, your Son, so that we might believe in him and receive eternal life. We do not want to be among those who would hear this message from Jesus and yet reject him all the same.
We grasp the fact that our eternity depends upon our response to Jesus Christ. We receive him and believe in him so that we might be born again – born from above – and be able enter your kingdom.
We receive this free gift of eternal life, which we cannot earn or strive to achieve. It can only come from you. This is in fact why you sent your Son, so that we might believe in him. Cleanse and renew us now by your Holy Spirit’s power.
Let Christ now increase as we each decrease. Let us be who you make us, nothing more, or less or other than who we now are, in Christ.
Amen
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