With a question and an invitation (Jn 4:29), the woman initiates spiritual conversations with the very people who judged and rejected her. The Samaritans conversations with Jesus then allow the Samaritans to move from borrowed faith to owned faith. Opportunities for some of the deepest spiritual conversations come with those who know us (and our faults) best. Join a small group…! Share your story!
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October 15, 2023 • Pastor Bryan Eckelmann • John 4:27–42
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Where the Spirit Leads
October 8, 2023 • Pastor Bryan Eckelmann • John 4:16–26
Jesus uses multiple images, questions and invitations to offer the woman a spiritual conversation. There is no ‘spiritual conversation’ formula or script (bad news for some of us!); rather, we count on love for the person to urge us and the Holy Spirit to guide us.
At the Bottom of the Well
October 1, 2023 • Pastor Bryan Eckelmann • John 4:7–15
Spiritual conversations may begin with our thirst/need, but they end with Jesus. God has created the human heart to be thirsty for something beyond itself and beyond life. Jesus is both the gift of God and the one who gives us the Spirit (the living water). Every true spiritual conversation leads to Jesus.
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September 24, 2023 • Pastor Bryan Eckelmann • John 4:4–8
Surprisingly, spiritual conversations best begin with our need, not other people’s need. For instance, Jesus was vulnerable, tired from his journey and thirsty for water. Are you and I willing to be vulnerable? And spiritual conversations only happen when we cross barriers. As a Jewish man, Jesus was not supposed to talk to women. Questions are the lifeblood of conversations, and especially spiritual conversations. Questions place the asker beneath the asked; and good questions invite the hearer to share their experience without judgement or assumption.