John 4:13 Yeshua answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I will give him will never be thirsty again! On the contrary, the water I give him will become a spring of water inside him, welling up into eternal life!”
15 “Sir, give me this water,” the woman said to him, “so that I won’t have to be thirsty and keep coming here to draw water.” 16 He said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.” 17 She answered, “I don’t have a husband.” Yeshua said to her, “You’re right, you don’t have a husband! 18 You’ve had five husbands in the past, and you’re not married to the man you’re living with now! You’ve spoken the truth!”
19 “Sir, I can see that you are a prophet,” the woman replied. 20 “Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, but you people say that the place where one has to worship is in Yerushalayim.” 21 Yeshua said, “Lady, believe me, the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Yerushalayim. 22 You people don’t know what you are worshipping; we worship what we do know, because salvation comes from the Jews. 23 But the time is coming — indeed, it’s here now — when the true worshippers will worship the Father spiritually and truly, for these are the kind of people the Father wants worshipping him. 24 God is spirit; and worshippers must worship him spiritually and truly.”
25 The woman replied, “I know that Mashiach is coming” (that is, “the one who has been anointed”). “When he comes, he will tell us everything.” 26 Yeshua said to her, “I, the person speaking to you, am he.”
27 Just then, his talmidim arrived. They were amazed that he was talking with a woman; but none of them said, “What do you want?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” (Complete Jewish Bible)
People put a lot of time, thought, and energy into external parts of worship such as music, lighting, liturgy, décor, and personal appearance. While each of these things is good, they are not enough by themselves. What God wants from us is true worship that involves our hearts, minds, and bodies.
Jesus tells the Samaritan woman at the well that people would soon begin to worship in spirit and truth instead of focusing where they worshiped, since Jews and Samaritans disagreed about this. Jesus knew that worship would very soon be not about location, but about a fundamental change in heart and thinking.
In Romans 12:1, the apostle Paul asked the people to offer their bodies “as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” If we worship God in spirit and truth, we seek to obey Him. We surrender our thinking to God's truth. We surrender our will to God's flawkess one. Through Jesus, we can truly worship, enjoying a relationship with God that is all about His Spirit dwelling within us and not about any of the external “stuff” that loses meaning with time and repetition.
Hymn for Today: "Hallelujah! Amen!" by Henrietta E. Blair.
1. How oft in holy converse With Christ, my Lord, alone,
I sseem to hear the millions That sing around His theone:
Refrain: Hallelujah! Amen! Hallelujah! Amen! Hallelujah! Amen! Amen! Amen!
2. They passed thro' toils and trials Ans, though the strife was long,
They share the victor's conquest, And sing the victor's song:
Refrain: Hallelujah! Amen! Hallelujah! Amen! Hallelujah! Amen! Amen! Amen!
3. My soul takes up the chorus And, pressing on my way,
Communimg still with Jesus, I sing from day to day:
Refrain: Hallelujah! Amen! Hallelujah! Amen! Hallelujah! Amen! Amen! Amen!
4. Thro' grace I soon shall conquer, And reach my home on high;
And thro' eternal ages I'll shout beyond the sky:
Refrain: Hallelujah! Amen! Hallelujah! Amen! Hallelujah! Amen! Amen! Amen!
Thought for Today: All the earth bows down to you, sings praises to you, sings praises to your name.”(Selah) (Psalm 66:4).
Please pray: Tbat many people in Peru will come to know Yeshua as their Messiah and receive the fullness of the Ruach HaKodesh.
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