God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
"Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders," Jesus told him, "you will never believe." John 4:48 (NIV) A man is driven in his desperation and his love for his child. He comes to Jesus for help. He journeys to where he will find Jesus. He begs the Teacher for healing. Jesus hears the man´s... Continue Reading →
They said to the woman, "We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world." John 4:42 (NIV) When is it that we really know who Jesus Is? People came to see Jesus from the Samaritan... Continue Reading →
Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. John 4:36 (NIV) What is all this talk of reaping? Jesus briefly mentions this subject of a crop, a reaper and a sower. But where does He lead... Continue Reading →
"My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.’ John 4:34 (NIV) They offer Jesus some food. He´s got to be hungry. But He doesn´t accept it. Instead Christ tells them that He is fed by Something they don´t seem aware of. He says He... Continue Reading →
But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about." Then his disciples said to each other, "Could someone have brought him food? John 4:32-33 (NIV) Must it be through tedious repetition that we learn anything true about Jesus? Do we really need to be hit again and again with... Continue Reading →
The woman said, "I know that Messiah" (called Christ) "is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us." Then Jesus declared, "I who speak to you am he." John 1:25-26 (NIV) The woman expresses the fact that she has been informed. Does she speak for all of us? Have we heard that He... Continue Reading →
‘God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." John 4:24 (NIV) Oh how we shy away from a text like this? Who is left who is bold enough to tackle it? Who is willing to walk down the road where it leads? Do we just love to pick it apart? ... Continue Reading →
‘Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.’ John 4:23 (NIV) One religion points to a particular method. The next religion stands on another teaching. In this complex world we ourselves are... Continue Reading →
Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 14:13-14 (NIV) Contrast? Do we have two completely different waters? Are they set... Continue Reading →
Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." John 4:10 (NIV) If we could get quiet enough and still enough, if we close our eyes and let the world around... Continue Reading →
Searching For Christ 