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January 24
Thursday


ABSOLUTE
NEEDS

READ:
John 4:7-15
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My God shall supply all
your need according to
His riches in glory by
Christ Jesus.
__Philippians 4:19
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From our first breath until our last, we have few truly essential needs. Without oxygen, we whould perish in minutes. We must have food and water. Our bodies, when exhausted, require rest. And in harsh weather, we must seek shelter. So, while we are needy creatures, our basic needs are few.

When it comes to our wants, however, there seems to be no limit. Indeed, the entire advertising industry is devoted to expanding our "needs."

But what about those basic needs we overlook? What about our need for the Bread of Life and the living water of God's truth? What about our need for spiritual fellowship that gives strength, hope, peace, and comfort? The vague dissatisfaction so many people experience is really spiritual malnutrition and thirst.

Jesus told a Samaritan woman about water that would become "a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life" (John 4:14). He had what she truly needed__ what Peter later called "the words of eternal life" (6:68).

Have we been ignoring the words of Jesus: "Man shall not live by bread alone"? (Luke 4;4). Have we been failing to nourish our souls while pursuing our wants? "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you" (Matt. 6:33). __ Vernon Grounds
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~~~~~~~~~I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord,~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~No tender voice like Thine can peace afford;~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~I need Thee, O I need Thee, every hour I need Thee!~~~~~~~
~~~~~O bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee. __ Hawks~~~~~~~
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Just as our body needs daily food, so does our spirit

**************Today's Bible Reading __ John 4:7-15****************

7 A woman of 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 Then the woman of
samaria said to Him, "How
is it that You, being a Jew,
ask a drink from me, a
Samaritan woman?" For
Jews have no dealings with
Samaritans.

10 Jesus answered and said
to her, "If you knew the gift
of God, and who it is who
says 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 with, and the well is
deep. Where then do You
get that living water? 12 Are
You greater than our father
Jacob, who gave us the
well, and drank from it
himself, as well as his sons
and his livestock?"

17 Jesus answered and said
to her, "Whoever drinks of
this water will thirst again,

14 but whoever drinks of the
water that I shall give him
will never thirst. But the
water that I shall give him
will become in him a
fountain of water springing
up into everlasting life."

15 The woman said to Him,
"Sir, give me this water,
that I may not thirst, nor
come here to draw."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

when the Assyrians conquered the northern kingdom of Israel (722
BC), they assimilated the conquered people into their race. This new
people group became the Samaritans__a mixed race of Jew and
Gentile. They were despised by the Jews because of their mixed
genealogy and because they did not follow traditional judaism.

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And the Samaritans where the "frowned upon" people of their day. What LOVE.
Thanks Cimi. GBU