Today's Favorite Verse: John 4:42, 48

Today's Favorite Verse: John 4:42, 48
"And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe."

While Jesus was in Samaria not only the women at the well believed in words, but those that she told also believed Jesus was the Christ. They received their own testimony by listening to Him themselves. I pondered on how we all need our own testimonies and cannot progress far on the faith of others. It wasn't until Jesus said in Galilee that they needed a sign or wonders to believe, I realized it never said he did any miracles in Samaria. Instead it was His words, he was able to tell them all things. As we listen to His words we can also receive a firm conviction the Jesus is indeed the Christ.

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Today's Favorite Verse: Deuteronomy 22:1-4

Today's Favorite Verse: Deuteronomy 22:1-4
"Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.
In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again."

Hiding yourself was what I pondered on. It is basically ignoring the need of others, and by looking the other way. It made me reflect on the parable of the Good Samaritan, and not be like the priest and Levite in the story. Pretending to not see someone's need does not excuse yourself from helping. We are to do what we can to help.

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Today's Favorite Verse: John 4:9, 11, 15, 19, 29

Today's Favorite Verse: John 4:9, 11, 15, 19, 29
"The saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou has nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art prophet."
Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?"

I love this story of the Samaritan woman at the well. More than likely an outcast among women because she comes to the well at noon, when the other women would not be there. From there she meets Jesus and gradually as he speaks she perceives that he is indeed the Messiah that is to come. Her testimony is gradual because at first He is called "a Jew", then "Sir" and a "Prophet". Finally she identifies Him as the Christ. With that she runs to tell the others to come and see. Her experience is like most testimonies come including mine, gradually and deepens over time. When we are converted we then invite others to come and see.


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