Paul Email -4Sept2013- John 4 (Invite Jesus to Stay)

How you doin? So I have staph infection. It's taking it's toll on me. I'm very sore and sick feeling. I always experience significant attack before breakthrough. I can't wait for the breakthrough as we go to "Spiritual Boot Camp" this weekend in Delaware. So as those who still try to win a war that they've lost throw the book at me, I stand my ground. Stacey prayed for me last night, as my sickness reach a new high, and this morning I feel notably better. Praise Jesus!!!!!!! The kids demonstrated their likeness of me yesterday and showed considerably less excitement for school work. Please pray for Stacey and the kids and me. John 4 today.

Worship, according to Webster's dictionary-
reverence offered a divine being or supernatural power; also : an act of expressing such reverence

: a form of religious practice with its creed and ritual

: extravagant respect or admiration for or devotion to an object of esteem

Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. ²⁴ God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23-24)

These verses need to be bold. "A time is coming and has now come". COME ON!!!!!!! Bill Johnson pointed out that God's Word became flesh (Jesus) and Jesus' words became Spirit. Tuck that to the back of your mind. My Bible referenced Phil. 3:3, "For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—" DIG IT!!!!!!!

The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” (John 4:25)

The Samaritan woman demonstrates faith & believe in this verse.

Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, ²⁹ “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” ³⁰ They came out of the town and made their way toward him. (John 4:28-30)

The woman's testimony encouraged the people in the town to go "toward" Jesus. AWESOME!!!!!!! I love the power of testimony. I noticed the word everything in her statement of believe and in her testimony. RAD!!!!!!!

Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” ⁴⁰ So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. ⁴¹ And because of his words many more became believers.
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 4:39-42)

AWESOME!!!!!!! The woman's testimony got the Holy ball rolling and Jesus' words kept it going. Jesus' words are Spirit and Truth. I couldn't help but notice that, like the couple walking to Emmaus, the people invited Jesus to stay. Encountering Him wasn't enough, they wanted more. OH SNAP!!!!!!! I heard before in the scripture about people coming to Him, but today it's about asking Him to stay and hearing His words... the Bible in our case. This really pulls at my hearts strings. The Holy Ghost has shown me the tragedy in NOT asking Jesus to stay and listening to His words. I have such a heart for people who are satisfied with the 1st glory of acceptance. I have found in my walk that God has depth beyond our comprehension. And He wants us to seek the depth of  His glory. This chapter is intense. I would encourage you to take time today to read it. Invite Jesus to stay today... and listen to His words.