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March 23, 2025
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March 23, 2025
The Book of John - Believe
Ask the Lord to use this sermon series to increase your faith and bring people to believe in Jesus as the Savior.
The purpose of this book is to lead us to belief. If there is one thing we will focus on through this study, it is believing in Jesus. We all know John 3:16. The key operative part of that verse is belief. The entire book was written for this purpose.
Title: True Satisfaction
Mike Powers, Vision & Preaching Pastor
Scripture Passage: John 4:1-30
1 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3 he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. 4 And he had to pass through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8 (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” 13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.”
Main Idea: Real satisfaction is found when you discover the gift that's always been there, Jesus.
- Jesus is the gift of salvation for all peoples.
- Jesus is the gift of satisfaction for all purposes.
- Jesus is the gift of forgiveness for all prodigals.
- Jesus is the gift of worship for all places.
Weekly Prayer Prompts:
Praying Scripture will help build a more focused and creative prayer life. Read the Scripture text slowly and carefully. As you read, pray as the Lord brings prayers to your mind, and you can use these prompts if you get stuck or need more ideas. The point is to practice prayer, so even if you don’t pray through the whole list, just doing it is a success!
[Prayer prompts by Candi Powers]
John 4:1-30
Praise God for providing all we need both physically and spiritually.
Ask the Lord to help you understand His word.
Pray for spiritual eyes to see things the way Jesus does.
Pray that God would make His mission for your life more important to you than food.
Pray for God to show you the lostness around you.
Ask God to help you urgently share the gospel to a world that is hungry for it.
Pray for God to give you persistence in sharing the gospel whether you see fruit or not.
Praise God for all who sow seeds of the gospel and those who help reap those seeds of salvation.
Thank God for how he often uses multiple believers in a person’s life to bring them to salvation.
Pray that God would bring other believers into the lives of your lost friends and family to share the gospel with them.
Ask the Lord to give you chances before Easter to share your story with people who don’t know Him.
Pray for many to believe because of the testimonies of the people in our church.
Praise God that when people look further into Him, they will always find truth.
Thank God for speaking to each individual through His Word about the truth and hope of the gospel.
MINISTRY REPORT
March 16, 2025
Sunday Worship Count - 9:00 and 10:30 am: 1350
Total General Fund Contributions and Preschool at The Creek Income
Week of March 10-16, 2025: $76,635
Year to Date: $931,566
Food Pantry Update:
Our next Community Food Pantry - Saturday, April 12 & 26 (9-11 am)
** IMMEDIATE NEED FOR NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS **
Click Here for a List of Needed Food Items
Our Community Food Pantry events are held twice a month on the second and fourth Saturdays. Please contribute as you are able to assist us in helping families facing hunger. Items may be dropped off in the collection barrels both inside and outside the church near the office entrance. Thank you for your donations and compassion.
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