This week's newsletter from Karen

In John 4 we find the story of Jesus and the woman at the well. At the end of this encounter we find these verses, “The woman left her water jar and ran back into town. She said to the people, ‘Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! Could he be the Messiah?’ Everyone in town went out to see Jesus.” (v. 28-30)

Later we find these verses, “A lot of Samaritans in that town put their faith in Jesus because the woman had said, ‘This man told me everything I have ever done.’ They came and asked him [Jesus] to stay in their town, and he stayed on for two days. Many more Samaritans put their faith in Jesus because of what they heard him say. They told the woman, ‘We no longer have faith in Jesus just because of what you told us. We have heard him ourselves, and we are certain that he is the Savior of the world!’” (v. 39-42)

We, like the woman at the well, need to be willing to say (not debate) we are changed because of Jesus and ask our friends/neighbors/acquaintances to come and hear for themselves.

My prayer is that many in this city will be able to say that their belief in Jesus was initiated because of what we have said, but was solidified because they have heard him [God’s Word; John 1:1] and “are certain that he is the Savior of the world!”