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We are going to look at "The Women" as Luke describes them in the bible.  Their story is found in Luke 8:1-3. Jesus has recently left Capernaum where He had healed the Centurions servant and confirmed to John that He was the Messiah. Also in this place He had ministered to the lives and hearts of many women. Capernaum was the place where Jesus resided as stated in Matthew 4:12-17,” Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Napthali, so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “The land of Zepulun and the land of Napthali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles – the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.” From that time on Jesus began to preach, saying, Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” T

I hope this lesson is encouraging your heart so far. Let's keep going Read John 4:16-24 Jesus calls her to be honest before He will grant her this living water. He exposes the sin in her life. It’s the stuff we don’t want anyone to know about. But Jesus is not afraid to expose those things which we keep hidden. Jesus tells her to go get her husband which lines up with the culture it would’ve been improper to speak to a woman without her husband present especially dealing with scriptural things. She states that she doesn’t have a husband and then Jesus tells her everything she has had and what she has now. It is possible that she had 5 husbands that have died or divorced her. However currently she is living with a man that is not her husband. She responds with knowledge that Jesus must be a prophet because only God could have told Him that. Never the less she doesn’t respond in repentance but rather continues the conversation. Note how she turns the conversation to religious a

Our first example is the Samaritan woman Her story is found in John 4:7-30; 39-42. Read John 4:3-8 A little history this story takes place after Jesus leaves Judea because of unrest with the Pharisees. He was on His way to Galilee. Side note take great care to look at the ministry the Lord Jesus does while He is on His way somewhere. He always leaves a margin in His schedule to talk, heal, or comfort others. We can learn a lot from that common practice of Jesus’. Ok back to the story, it was about the 6 th hour depending on if this is Roman time or Jewish time it’s between noon and 6 pm. From the text I think we can assume it was closer to noon. Tradition states that women would come early in the morning or in the evening, when the weather was cooler. I’ve been in countries where women draw water from wells and they are usually all there together so it’s interesting that this woman is there alone. Now this woman is from Samaria, this was the place that was established by the d

Last weekend I had the pleasure of teaching at the Downline Summit. Words can't express how the Lord blessed me through that weekend. It was great to meet new friends while seeing old friends and being encouraged by the words of others while encouraging others with my words. One message that truly blessed my heart was the workshop I did. The Lord spoke to me so much through the study of this message, that I wanted to share it with others. Over the next few weeks I will be posting parts of the workshop. I pray it blesses your heart as it blessed mine. We follow women who have had a tangible experience with God. They have been saved by the grace of God and they know it. They have experienced the comfort of God in their afflictions. They have seen the Lord keep His promise while they waited on Him. We follow women who follow the Lord. This weekend I want to answer the question that many of us may have, “What is my example to model after”? Is it your mother, grandmother, pastor’s wif