1 00:00:06,735 --> 00:00:10,459 We are such a blessed body. Have you guys had a good 2 00:00:10,507 --> 00:00:14,119 summer? I'm only asking 'cause I know the kiddos go back to school this 3 00:00:14,232 --> 00:00:17,750 week and— Well, they came 4 00:00:18,025 --> 00:00:21,802 partially last week, but parents are counting down till tomorrow. 5 00:00:26,547 --> 00:00:30,298 When Ephesians 4 talks about the gifts that God has given us on 6 00:00:30,330 --> 00:00:33,825 this planet, one of them that he speaks of is teachers. 7 00:00:34,482 --> 00:00:38,233 And I think we would do a grave disservice to think that those 8 00:00:38,345 --> 00:00:41,712 teachers are only in the body of Christ. These teachers are 9 00:00:41,712 --> 00:00:45,238 everywhere, and they are making such a huge difference in the 10 00:00:45,238 --> 00:00:48,605 lives of our kids and in our lives. I had a teacher 11 00:00:48,989 --> 00:00:52,564 named Betty Langston, and she— I could not 12 00:00:52,612 --> 00:00:56,427 tell you whether she was actually serving the Lord or not, 13 00:00:56,443 --> 00:01:00,129 but what she did served the Lord, whether she meant to or not, 14 00:01:00,145 --> 00:01:03,895 because she would call out things in me. And she would say, you're 15 00:01:03,895 --> 00:01:07,597 better than that. You can do this. You're smarter. 16 00:01:07,677 --> 00:01:10,497 And have you ever thought about this? I think you should. You know what I 17 00:01:10,497 --> 00:01:14,135 see in you? And I was just like this little human 18 00:01:14,167 --> 00:01:17,260 sponge picking it up. And 19 00:01:17,837 --> 00:01:21,106 so much of what God birthed in my life, 20 00:01:21,202 --> 00:01:24,728 he birthed through teachers on a Monday through 21 00:01:24,728 --> 00:01:28,078 Friday schedule, who loved me, who 22 00:01:28,206 --> 00:01:31,941 spoke into my life and ministered to me. And 23 00:01:31,957 --> 00:01:35,131 that's why we'd like to take a second. Elders, I'm gonna call on you guys 24 00:01:35,227 --> 00:01:38,337 too. If we have teachers or students, 25 00:01:38,930 --> 00:01:42,152 can you just come? We wanna pray for you for just a minute and cover 26 00:01:42,281 --> 00:01:46,064 you and bless you. We're so grateful for you. Students, come on, you're 27 00:01:46,064 --> 00:01:49,911 going back too. Amen. They're like, no, we're not. I'm 28 00:01:49,911 --> 00:01:53,758 like, yes, you are. Come on, we wanna pray for all of 29 00:01:53,758 --> 00:01:56,633 you. And if I could get the elders to come behind me, And let's just 30 00:01:56,633 --> 00:02:00,127 pray covering over them and strength and wisdom. 31 00:02:00,674 --> 00:02:03,186 Guys, it's gonna be a good year. 32 00:02:04,458 --> 00:02:08,244 It's gonna be a good year because God has plans for you in this 33 00:02:08,244 --> 00:02:10,331 year. Jeremy, will you come out? 34 00:02:14,550 --> 00:02:15,846 And guys, let's pray for them. 35 00:02:19,038 --> 00:02:22,734 If the body— if the body will stand, just raise your hands towards these 36 00:02:22,767 --> 00:02:25,397 people, students and teachers. 37 00:02:30,976 --> 00:02:34,699 Lord, we thank you for what a, what 38 00:02:34,699 --> 00:02:38,325 a blessed group that we are, Father God. But Father, we thank 39 00:02:38,325 --> 00:02:41,552 you for the, for the teachers, and we thank you for the students. And we, 40 00:02:42,199 --> 00:02:45,984 we just ask that you, that you guard their steps going in and 41 00:02:46,227 --> 00:02:50,014 guide them going out. And we pray for a great year with— 42 00:02:50,275 --> 00:02:53,768 for all of them to have high expectations for this year, Lord. Amen. 43 00:02:54,457 --> 00:02:57,651 We pray for supernatural favor, for your covering 44 00:02:57,683 --> 00:03:01,134 for each one of our teachers. We pray for 45 00:03:01,134 --> 00:03:04,954 supernatural favor for each one of our students. Lord, help them to be 46 00:03:04,954 --> 00:03:08,196 able to show the light of Christ to others. Help them to feel 47 00:03:08,196 --> 00:03:11,615 encouraged. Bring our students great friends. 48 00:03:12,209 --> 00:03:15,724 Bring them great— help them have great favor with teachers or 49 00:03:15,724 --> 00:03:19,512 coaches or anybody as they come in contact with. Father God, give 50 00:03:19,512 --> 00:03:22,866 them— help them to be able to have a great Great 51 00:03:22,866 --> 00:03:26,055 parents and people around them that they can talk to about anything that's going on. 52 00:03:26,728 --> 00:03:30,253 Father, help them to know that they are, they are your children and that they 53 00:03:30,253 --> 00:03:34,002 are covered for those things regardless of what their age is, from kindergarten through 54 00:03:34,018 --> 00:03:37,623 college, that you have what's best for them, Lord. Father, 55 00:03:38,408 --> 00:03:41,228 help each one of our teachers to know that each point of impact is a 56 00:03:41,228 --> 00:03:44,657 huge impact for that student, whether they are a 57 00:03:44,657 --> 00:03:48,262 believer or whether they have never heard the gospel at all whatsoever. 58 00:03:48,423 --> 00:03:52,133 We are planting seeds, Father God. Help us to be able to 59 00:03:52,133 --> 00:03:55,854 be a body that can help to be able to water those and to 60 00:03:55,902 --> 00:03:58,673 be able to help in all aspects, Father. 61 00:04:00,877 --> 00:04:04,141 Lord, help us to be a light into the world. In Jesus' name, amen. 62 00:04:14,871 --> 00:04:17,922 My 5- and 6-year-old grandchildren are in the car, and I'll say this to you 63 00:04:17,939 --> 00:04:21,293 guys, teens. They were arguing in the back 64 00:04:21,535 --> 00:04:24,856 seat and Nora said, you can be 65 00:04:25,050 --> 00:04:28,837 anything you want to be. And the 6-year-old 66 00:04:28,837 --> 00:04:32,676 looked at her and said, actually— and when a 6-year-old says, 67 00:04:32,853 --> 00:04:36,211 actually, you should listen. She said, actually, 68 00:04:36,243 --> 00:04:39,299 Nora, you should be what God wants you to be. 69 00:04:43,027 --> 00:04:46,240 And you can thank the teachers in that end of the building 70 00:04:46,824 --> 00:04:50,547 and their parents for pouring that into them. But, guys, Be what 71 00:04:50,547 --> 00:04:53,931 God designed you to be. Every single day, 72 00:04:54,253 --> 00:04:57,702 be what God designed you to be. I cannot wait 73 00:04:58,121 --> 00:05:01,556 to see what he does with you in this coming year. And 74 00:05:01,669 --> 00:05:05,444 speaking of not— can't wait to see what God is going to do, we 75 00:05:05,525 --> 00:05:09,284 are blessed with teachers in this house, so blessed. And this 76 00:05:09,414 --> 00:05:13,104 morning, we get to share in the wisdom that God has 77 00:05:13,217 --> 00:05:15,775 given Pastor Allen Smith. Would you come, Allen? 78 00:05:18,550 --> 00:05:19,425 Good morning, good morning. 79 00:05:23,498 --> 00:05:27,266 I don't— I'll ask you guys. Do they still— I'll ask you guys. Y'all would 80 00:05:27,298 --> 00:05:31,082 know. Do y'all still get sent to the principal's office? Is that a thing you 81 00:05:31,082 --> 00:05:33,270 still— okay. Yes. 82 00:05:34,783 --> 00:05:38,564 For what is it? Oh, okay. I felt like I was in the 83 00:05:38,564 --> 00:05:42,195 principal's office this morning. Before I go there, let's 84 00:05:42,309 --> 00:05:46,135 do this. It's on my heart. Those that know, 85 00:05:46,792 --> 00:05:50,320 Cole and Kaylin. Her father went home to be with the 86 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,088 Lord Thursday. Cole and Kaylin Burkett. And we'll 87 00:05:54,088 --> 00:05:57,784 be remembering him this coming Saturday. And then also Chris 88 00:05:57,784 --> 00:06:01,320 has had to leave. They're trying to get another 89 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:05,038 transplant for him. He needs a transplant. And so 90 00:06:05,038 --> 00:06:08,847 he's out there because he's working on his throat, 91 00:06:08,847 --> 00:06:12,565 swallowing difficulties. And I don't think Cole 92 00:06:12,565 --> 00:06:16,282 and Kaylin are here, but can we just pray for them? 93 00:06:16,282 --> 00:06:19,638 Father, I ask that Amen. The Holy Spirit, the 94 00:06:19,638 --> 00:06:23,355 Comforter of comforters, God,, would be with the 95 00:06:23,355 --> 00:06:26,982 Burkett family. Lord, be with Darby and, and the 96 00:06:26,982 --> 00:06:30,518 children and the grandchildren, Lord. To lose 97 00:06:30,518 --> 00:06:33,690 their patriarch at 56 years of age, I can't 98 00:06:33,690 --> 00:06:37,497 imagine. And so I just ask, Holy Spirit, that you fill that family 99 00:06:37,529 --> 00:06:41,312 with your comfort, surround them With people that will love and uphold 100 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,953 them and strengthen them in this season of grief. Walk with them, 101 00:06:45,049 --> 00:06:48,834 Holy Spirit. And Lord, let them have the fondness and the joys of the 102 00:06:48,834 --> 00:06:52,684 memories of a life well lived. God, be with that family. And Lord, just 103 00:06:52,684 --> 00:06:55,923 touch Chris right now, God. Help him to be able to swallow 104 00:06:56,677 --> 00:07:00,446 and help Jeannie as she procures that with him right now. And Lord, for 105 00:07:00,446 --> 00:07:04,215 favor in this opportunity for a transplant, Lord, 106 00:07:04,231 --> 00:07:06,926 I just ask that you would put his name in front of the right doctors, 107 00:07:07,022 --> 00:07:10,039 Lord, that it would go through. Amen. and that his precious little body would be 108 00:07:10,039 --> 00:07:13,717 strong enough to be able to undergo that. In Christ's name, amen. 109 00:07:15,516 --> 00:07:18,622 I say I felt like I was in the 110 00:07:19,415 --> 00:07:22,439 principal's office. My family was up for the weekend. My 111 00:07:22,973 --> 00:07:26,425 daughter-in-law Eden, they had a graduation for her. A 112 00:07:26,523 --> 00:07:30,244 graduation, golly, Allen. The older I get, the more I 113 00:07:30,358 --> 00:07:31,174 worry about myself. 114 00:07:34,484 --> 00:07:37,460 Is that a laughter because it's funny or you bear witness? 115 00:07:38,248 --> 00:07:41,762 Okay. I do, man. Words that I used to 116 00:07:41,762 --> 00:07:45,380 know, I forget. But anyway, I digress. Eden, my 117 00:07:45,380 --> 00:07:48,998 daughter-in-law, was having a baby shower. My 118 00:07:48,998 --> 00:07:52,803 first grandchild's due in November. So my mother 119 00:07:52,803 --> 00:07:56,515 and my father and sister surprised me and came up 120 00:07:56,515 --> 00:08:00,040 for the weekend to go to the baby shower. And we 121 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,565 usually have a rule in our family. We love each 122 00:08:03,565 --> 00:08:07,189 other immensely. We really do. But 3 123 00:08:07,189 --> 00:08:10,403 days, it's like fish or trash. In 3 days, you need to take it out 124 00:08:10,403 --> 00:08:14,227 because we— you just overstay your welcome. Some of you know what I'm talking 125 00:08:14,259 --> 00:08:17,955 about. Everybody didn't have a wonderful childhood growing up. We love each other 126 00:08:17,955 --> 00:08:21,602 deeply, but you know, the first, first day you're all excited about 127 00:08:21,634 --> 00:08:25,088 seeing each other. Second day you catch up on, well, how's Aunt Sarah? And how's 128 00:08:25,088 --> 00:08:27,865 Uncle Bill? And how are you doing? Blah, blah. Day 3, then you kind of 129 00:08:27,865 --> 00:08:31,119 start nitpicking on each other. So we gotta go. 130 00:08:31,825 --> 00:08:34,277 So typically when we go there or they come here, 131 00:08:35,383 --> 00:08:39,182 Sunday's the get-off day. You leave early, and especially them, 'cause 132 00:08:39,230 --> 00:08:42,917 it's about a 6-hour drive. And so usually you're leaving by 7 o'clock, 133 00:08:42,997 --> 00:08:46,828 8 o'clock in the morning. And so we did our hugs and kisses goodbye 134 00:08:46,828 --> 00:08:50,386 last night after visiting and dinner. We celebrated their 80th birthday, 135 00:08:51,300 --> 00:08:53,175 and they were supposed to be gone. So... 136 00:08:54,987 --> 00:08:58,665 First gathering, I'm sitting down here by Carol, and we're chatting, and 137 00:08:58,857 --> 00:09:02,423 it's like quarter till 9, and I feel a presence come 138 00:09:02,471 --> 00:09:05,298 behind me in the row behind me, and I could see, 139 00:09:06,309 --> 00:09:09,585 but I've had a crick in my neck this past week, so I can't really 140 00:09:10,083 --> 00:09:13,600 turn. I have to turn, and I heard a voice say, good morning. 141 00:09:14,420 --> 00:09:16,812 And so I was polite and just went, good morning, 142 00:09:18,194 --> 00:09:21,229 and carried on my conversation. And then a little bit later— Good morning. 143 00:09:22,127 --> 00:09:25,745 Unbeknownst to me, my mother said, good morning, son. 144 00:09:25,745 --> 00:09:29,444 And I went, oh my goodness! Y'all are supposed to be past 145 00:09:29,444 --> 00:09:32,901 Bellbuckle right now. What are you doing here? And I 146 00:09:32,901 --> 00:09:36,199 just— I'll be honest with you. If you were in first 147 00:09:36,199 --> 00:09:39,656 service and if you've gone and you're going to watch 148 00:09:39,656 --> 00:09:42,952 this, I apologize. I was so nervous preaching and 149 00:09:42,952 --> 00:09:46,728 teaching in front of my parents. I got off my notes. I was— 150 00:09:46,904 --> 00:09:50,637 I— I apologize to you first service people. 151 00:09:50,685 --> 00:09:54,016 I just stumbled and felt so— but you know what? 152 00:09:56,289 --> 00:09:57,471 The altar was weird, 153 00:10:00,196 --> 00:10:03,801 but my sister came down and recommitted her 154 00:10:03,801 --> 00:10:05,395 life to Christ this morning. 155 00:10:12,844 --> 00:10:16,487 We've been praying for her family. She's been Thinking about 156 00:10:16,615 --> 00:10:20,369 leaving, and I've got 2 nephews that are so 157 00:10:20,369 --> 00:10:22,679 far from Jesus. One is 158 00:10:23,417 --> 00:10:27,219 transgender, and we've just been praying for that family. 159 00:10:27,283 --> 00:10:30,748 And my sister— in all my inadequacies and 160 00:10:30,796 --> 00:10:34,181 everything that was so disjumbled, God still worked. 161 00:10:35,384 --> 00:10:39,122 And so it was worth my sister this 162 00:10:39,234 --> 00:10:41,769 morning. And I'm just going to apologize to you too, because 163 00:10:42,940 --> 00:10:45,223 I'm not this guy. 164 00:10:46,745 --> 00:10:50,485 I'm not the techie guy. I'm not the— can I just do like we 165 00:10:50,485 --> 00:10:54,120 used to do in the '70s and '80s and just do my notes in the 166 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,958 Bible and preach? Come on. And here's the other thing. 167 00:10:59,338 --> 00:11:02,571 It's not long. I only got 20— 168 00:11:02,571 --> 00:11:05,822 did I mess it up? About 25 minutes 169 00:11:06,453 --> 00:11:10,269 worth of stuff. But you know what? God can do 170 00:11:10,269 --> 00:11:14,097 something in 25 minutes and take the other time while you're talking and 171 00:11:14,129 --> 00:11:17,521 going home to move. Father, in the name of Jesus, 172 00:11:20,458 --> 00:11:23,974 use this inadequate vessel and you 173 00:11:23,974 --> 00:11:27,468 speak to your people. Whatever is mine that's 174 00:11:27,581 --> 00:11:31,016 foolish or silly, that's not worthy of remembering, let it fall, 175 00:11:31,855 --> 00:11:35,600 Lord, but let your word that is life refreshing 176 00:11:36,996 --> 00:11:40,454 water, living water, let it remain to 177 00:11:40,502 --> 00:11:43,105 minister to your people. Amen. 178 00:11:44,253 --> 00:11:48,067 If you have one of these, bring it. If you have one of 179 00:11:48,067 --> 00:11:50,864 those, you can look up Genesis 180 00:11:52,008 --> 00:11:55,582 33 starting with verse 181 00:11:55,776 --> 00:11:58,658 16, and it says, 182 00:12:00,102 --> 00:12:03,072 I'll give you a second. It says, on that day Esau started on his way 183 00:12:03,136 --> 00:12:06,860 back to Seir, but Jacob went on to Succoth. He built a 184 00:12:06,924 --> 00:12:10,728 house for himself and stalls for his cattle. That is why the place 185 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:14,580 was called Succoth. That word means shelter or 186 00:12:15,736 --> 00:12:18,240 structure. Excuse me. 187 00:12:19,267 --> 00:12:22,549 After Jacob came from Paddan-aram, he 188 00:12:22,549 --> 00:12:25,933 arrived safely at the Canaanite city of 189 00:12:25,933 --> 00:12:29,625 Shechem, and he camped in front of the city, 190 00:12:29,625 --> 00:12:33,318 and he purchased a section of the field From 191 00:12:33,318 --> 00:12:36,805 the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for 192 00:12:36,805 --> 00:12:40,497 100— mine says kesitas. Who has a different 193 00:12:40,497 --> 00:12:44,189 translation besides the Holman? Whatever 194 00:12:44,189 --> 00:12:47,880 that word is. It's about— my scripture says 195 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:51,572 the value is unknown. So he paid a priceless 196 00:12:51,572 --> 00:12:55,265 amount for it, where he pitched his tent, he 197 00:12:55,265 --> 00:12:58,854 set up an altar, and there he called it God, 198 00:12:58,854 --> 00:13:02,239 the God of Israel, El Elohim. And then if 199 00:13:02,239 --> 00:13:06,033 you'll turn to John 4:1-6. Give you a second. 200 00:13:06,033 --> 00:13:09,622 That's in the skinny part on the other side 201 00:13:09,622 --> 00:13:13,211 for those that are looking. In my book it's 202 00:13:13,211 --> 00:13:16,927 page 1547. When Jesus knew 203 00:13:16,927 --> 00:13:20,675 that the Pharisees heard He was making and baptizing more disciples than 204 00:13:20,675 --> 00:13:24,143 John, Though Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his 205 00:13:24,255 --> 00:13:27,925 disciples were. He left Judea and went again to 206 00:13:27,925 --> 00:13:31,706 Galilee. He had to travel through Samaria, 207 00:13:32,748 --> 00:13:36,353 so he came to a town of Samaria named Sychar, near the property that 208 00:13:36,353 --> 00:13:39,862 Jacob had given his son Joseph. Jacob's well was 209 00:13:39,958 --> 00:13:43,676 there, and Jesus, worn out from his journey, sat 210 00:13:43,724 --> 00:13:46,945 down at the well. It was about 6 in the evening. 211 00:13:47,329 --> 00:13:47,986 Amen. 212 00:13:53,145 --> 00:13:56,861 I don't know about y'all, but I've enjoyed this 213 00:13:56,909 --> 00:13:59,609 series of Getting to the Wells. 214 00:14:04,478 --> 00:14:08,249 Pastor Barbie set us up in the first week, and she was sharing 215 00:14:08,281 --> 00:14:12,099 about Isaac and Abraham's wells, and they kept filling them 216 00:14:12,148 --> 00:14:15,894 in, and finally Isaac had to go dig his own well. 217 00:14:17,684 --> 00:14:20,859 And then we see later because of 218 00:14:20,875 --> 00:14:24,402 confrontation, if you know the story about 219 00:14:25,140 --> 00:14:28,779 Jacob and Esau, there's— Jacob was not 220 00:14:28,827 --> 00:14:32,194 quite always forthright, we'll say it that way. 221 00:14:33,220 --> 00:14:36,844 Well, his name originally meant the thiever or usurper, 222 00:14:36,860 --> 00:14:40,259 supplanter. So he kind of basically lied 223 00:14:41,333 --> 00:14:45,100 and stole the blessing and Esau wasn't real happy so confrontation 224 00:14:45,100 --> 00:14:48,835 happened. And Jacob moved out of fear. So 225 00:14:48,883 --> 00:14:52,364 he was in the northern part of the country, and Esau 226 00:14:52,413 --> 00:14:56,056 settled in the southern part. And 227 00:14:56,056 --> 00:14:59,865 Jacob was scared for his life. But God finally spoke to Jacob, 228 00:14:59,881 --> 00:15:03,406 and he had to move, so he moved south, as we heard. And when he 229 00:15:03,406 --> 00:15:07,189 settled there for his family and his people, he made 230 00:15:07,465 --> 00:15:10,257 a dwelling place. And he dug a well. 231 00:15:11,432 --> 00:15:15,254 But he had to go reconcile with Esau. And Esau was 232 00:15:15,350 --> 00:15:19,156 in Seir, and Jacob was in Haran in the northern part. 233 00:15:19,204 --> 00:15:23,009 And so if you look at the distance, Jacob was the one that made the 234 00:15:23,009 --> 00:15:26,654 sacrifice. He's the one that came the further distance of the two to 235 00:15:26,670 --> 00:15:30,395 reconcile. Did you know that sometimes in our life we have 236 00:15:30,476 --> 00:15:33,607 to go a little bit further than the other person? 237 00:15:34,474 --> 00:15:37,491 Whether we're in the wrong which he was, 238 00:15:38,548 --> 00:15:41,705 or whether we're in the right, sometimes we 239 00:15:42,811 --> 00:15:46,624 have to make the sacrifice. We have to humble ourselves and go the 240 00:15:46,657 --> 00:15:50,310 extra distance to make reconciliation in our 241 00:15:50,326 --> 00:15:53,948 life. So he goes south and then he's— they 242 00:15:53,948 --> 00:15:57,745 meet, they reconcile, and he goes to Shechem and he's 243 00:15:57,970 --> 00:16:00,662 settled in Sychar between Mount Ebal 244 00:16:00,662 --> 00:16:04,397 and Mount Gerizim. And how 245 00:16:04,397 --> 00:16:08,223 many know that in the desert— or I'm sorry if that was me— 246 00:16:09,163 --> 00:16:12,940 or in the country, to survive you've 247 00:16:12,974 --> 00:16:16,497 got to have water? And one of the first things 248 00:16:17,559 --> 00:16:20,970 you've got to do is find water and dig a well. Now 249 00:16:21,597 --> 00:16:25,235 historically, Jacob's Well 250 00:16:26,649 --> 00:16:30,014 was dug around 1900 BC. That's what 251 00:16:30,014 --> 00:16:33,194 historians, biblical scholars would tell you, between 252 00:16:33,226 --> 00:16:36,794 1904 and 1910, or the other way, it counts backwards, you 253 00:16:36,842 --> 00:16:38,749 know. So he digs this well 254 00:16:40,747 --> 00:16:44,206 and it's provided for him, his family, his servants, his 255 00:16:44,385 --> 00:16:45,325 livestock, his cattle. 256 00:16:48,110 --> 00:16:51,781 Most wells— there's 3 main 257 00:16:51,797 --> 00:16:55,624 classifications, let's do that. There's a shallow water well, Depends 258 00:16:55,624 --> 00:16:59,396 on rainwater and runoff, so it's pretty surface level. You can hit it 259 00:16:59,396 --> 00:17:03,071 at about 25, 40 feet. Problem with a shallow 260 00:17:03,088 --> 00:17:06,025 well is when the sun comes out 261 00:17:07,261 --> 00:17:10,664 like it's been for 2 weeks here— sidebar, 262 00:17:11,916 --> 00:17:14,692 if Hades is any hotter than Middle Tennessee in August, 263 00:17:15,912 --> 00:17:19,668 I will not be there. I am— Lord, whatever it is, 264 00:17:20,326 --> 00:17:24,001 I confess all my sins that you are faithful and just. Amen. To cleanse 265 00:17:24,033 --> 00:17:27,819 me from all unrighteousness, the ones I don't know about, because I don't want to 266 00:17:27,868 --> 00:17:31,493 be there. I sweat now and it's 78 in 267 00:17:31,493 --> 00:17:35,167 here. But anyway, shallow wells are 268 00:17:35,183 --> 00:17:38,504 good for a moment because it's a quick nourishment, 269 00:17:39,338 --> 00:17:42,562 but they're not sustaining. They're not going to last you. 270 00:17:43,605 --> 00:17:46,781 Young people, these friendships you have, 271 00:17:48,017 --> 00:17:51,597 these peers you have in school, And you think they feed you 272 00:17:51,725 --> 00:17:55,564 and make you feel so, so in certain ways. Those are 273 00:17:55,564 --> 00:17:59,114 surface-level wells. They're only going to carry you so 274 00:17:59,114 --> 00:18:02,761 far because they can't speak to the deep place in your life. 275 00:18:03,580 --> 00:18:07,355 And those wells will dry up, and the wells that you thought you draw encouragement 276 00:18:07,355 --> 00:18:09,411 from, you thought you got your 277 00:18:10,664 --> 00:18:13,540 acceptance and things from, when they dry up, 278 00:18:14,423 --> 00:18:17,331 you'll be like they never knew you. Be careful who you draw from. 279 00:18:18,369 --> 00:18:21,909 Then you got aquifer wells. They're deeper, usually around 280 00:18:21,909 --> 00:18:25,725 100, sometimes 75, but they're sustained by 281 00:18:25,887 --> 00:18:28,685 porous rocks, limestone in the earth. 282 00:18:29,623 --> 00:18:31,450 And that's great because it's usually a 283 00:18:33,148 --> 00:18:36,718 longer-lasting well. It'll supply you for a longer time. But the 284 00:18:36,718 --> 00:18:39,939 problem is, if the ground around that well gets 285 00:18:39,939 --> 00:18:43,465 contaminated, that water source becomes contaminated. 286 00:18:44,494 --> 00:18:48,185 Pesticides, oil spills, anything that can contaminate and seep 287 00:18:48,185 --> 00:18:51,940 through the earth will eventually get to the 288 00:18:51,940 --> 00:18:54,652 porous rock, and it'll affect that water, 289 00:18:55,727 --> 00:18:59,338 and that cool sweet water one day you're going to draw up and 290 00:18:59,338 --> 00:19:02,355 go because it's bitter, 291 00:19:03,125 --> 00:19:06,961 it's contaminated. And then there's a third main classification of 292 00:19:06,961 --> 00:19:10,299 a well, and those are wells that are spring-fed 293 00:19:12,402 --> 00:19:16,202 Are live underwater rivers, and 294 00:19:16,202 --> 00:19:20,035 those are deeper to get to. I wonder why. 295 00:19:21,636 --> 00:19:25,483 You think it's ironic? Pastor Barbie was talking about— boy, 296 00:19:25,516 --> 00:19:29,121 I almost wore overalls and had shovels out here because she's been 297 00:19:29,153 --> 00:19:31,987 talking to us about sometimes you got to work 298 00:19:33,419 --> 00:19:36,300 to dig that well. Listen, God provided 299 00:19:37,334 --> 00:19:40,980 The source. He's provided the water for you, both natural 300 00:19:41,028 --> 00:19:44,545 and living, but we've got to do some work. Isaac 301 00:19:45,123 --> 00:19:48,126 and Jacob just didn't go, hey, boy, it'd be nice to have a well. 302 00:19:49,122 --> 00:19:52,318 I need a well. They had to get out and 303 00:19:52,430 --> 00:19:55,771 dig the earth to get to the 304 00:19:55,787 --> 00:19:59,432 resource that Jehovah had provided for. If you 305 00:19:59,497 --> 00:20:03,206 think— You includes me. 306 00:20:03,982 --> 00:20:07,762 We have English lessons. You know, English in America is— you read it and it's 307 00:20:07,957 --> 00:20:11,450 masculine-driven, but many times it means everybody. 308 00:20:11,868 --> 00:20:14,925 Where's Kurt from Memphis? It means all of us. 309 00:20:15,826 --> 00:20:19,374 When I say you, I mean me, all of us. If you 310 00:20:19,374 --> 00:20:22,294 think just coming here on Sunday 311 00:20:23,553 --> 00:20:26,602 and singing for about 20, 25 minutes, 312 00:20:28,473 --> 00:20:31,293 and I mean with your whole heart, you're engaged, you're in it. 313 00:20:32,416 --> 00:20:34,498 But if you think just doing that once a week 314 00:20:36,468 --> 00:20:40,245 and you think 2 or 3 scriptures on the board or 315 00:20:40,245 --> 00:20:41,280 you got to look up your— Come on. 316 00:20:43,380 --> 00:20:46,922 Instagram or Facebook or all the other little 317 00:20:46,922 --> 00:20:50,744 WhatsApps and knickknacks and paddywhacks that 318 00:20:50,744 --> 00:20:53,913 give you your encouraging motivational 319 00:20:53,913 --> 00:20:57,268 scripture of the day, first of all, they're 320 00:20:57,268 --> 00:21:00,623 cherry-picked. Many times they're not in a 321 00:21:00,623 --> 00:21:04,259 context, because then when you go back and read 322 00:21:04,259 --> 00:21:08,081 why it's there, you go, uh-oh, there's something 323 00:21:08,081 --> 00:21:11,715 more to this. So if you think all that is digging 324 00:21:11,715 --> 00:21:15,536 your well, you're in a shallow well, and trust me, 325 00:21:15,536 --> 00:21:19,078 when the winds of this earth and the drought of 326 00:21:19,078 --> 00:21:22,714 this world come, that well will run dry. It will 327 00:21:22,714 --> 00:21:26,127 not sustain you. Amen. Pastor Barbie 328 00:21:26,127 --> 00:21:29,906 taught us. I'm not even going to attempt to get on my hands 329 00:21:29,906 --> 00:21:33,685 and knees because 4 or 5 of you are going to come up here and 330 00:21:33,685 --> 00:21:37,464 lay hands on me suddenly to help me get up. But she gave you 331 00:21:37,464 --> 00:21:41,082 a beautiful example last week, and can I tell you this? 332 00:21:41,082 --> 00:21:44,861 That example she laid out is not for pastors learning how 333 00:21:44,861 --> 00:21:48,558 to teach a sermon the next week. That's not for a speaker 334 00:21:48,558 --> 00:21:52,177 on Wednesday night preparing for a class or Whoever's 335 00:21:52,177 --> 00:21:54,588 teaching the 12. That's for us'uns. 336 00:21:56,470 --> 00:21:59,547 Yes. We need to get out Strong's 337 00:22:00,271 --> 00:22:03,284 and the Blue Letter and the Bible Hub 338 00:22:03,751 --> 00:22:07,503 because I was one for a long time, lazy Christian. 339 00:22:08,244 --> 00:22:11,802 Whatever the preacher preached and whatever I could get from somebody, hey, I need you 340 00:22:11,802 --> 00:22:14,861 to pray for me, I need a scripture, was all I lived on. And you 341 00:22:14,861 --> 00:22:18,463 know what? I was thirsty a lot of the times. When I 342 00:22:18,527 --> 00:22:22,061 needed to quench a thirst. She showed us 343 00:22:22,848 --> 00:22:26,688 how we ought to daily— listen, I know there's 24 hours 344 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,756 in a day, but you can't tell me you can't find 20 to 30 minutes. 345 00:22:30,559 --> 00:22:34,399 You can't. I told— there was a young lady, I think she's in 346 00:22:34,431 --> 00:22:37,419 the room. She was like, I just have a hard time 347 00:22:38,351 --> 00:22:41,997 praying and connecting to God. I can't find time in my day. I 348 00:22:41,997 --> 00:22:45,674 said, honey, when you're driving to the grocery store, and you ain't 349 00:22:45,674 --> 00:22:49,457 got the kids, you can pray. When you're sitting in line at the bank 350 00:22:49,457 --> 00:22:53,272 and you're waiting for that return receipt to come back, you can 351 00:22:53,272 --> 00:22:56,574 pray. When you're standing in the grocery waiting behind 352 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:01,239 Meemaw with 53 coupons and paying with pennies, you 353 00:23:01,303 --> 00:23:05,006 can pray. And I said, if you'll start with just those, I 354 00:23:05,134 --> 00:23:08,885 can promise you they will grow. And before long, 355 00:23:08,917 --> 00:23:12,284 you'll be going, man, I got to find time to do other things, because it's 356 00:23:12,284 --> 00:23:15,891 going to become so rich to you that 5 minutes becomes 20, 20 357 00:23:15,891 --> 00:23:19,553 becomes 30, Yeah. It's like Barbie said, she's having to write sidebar things 358 00:23:19,585 --> 00:23:22,702 because I'm coming back to that, but right now I'll go out and focus on 359 00:23:22,702 --> 00:23:25,867 this, but this was so out of the place or unordinary that I want to 360 00:23:25,980 --> 00:23:29,753 research more about that, and you'll find yourself digging a 361 00:23:29,818 --> 00:23:33,526 deeper well because He's already supplied the 362 00:23:33,526 --> 00:23:36,951 source, but we got to do the work. I 363 00:23:36,951 --> 00:23:40,735 don't want to be a lazy Christian. I want to dig a 364 00:23:40,735 --> 00:23:44,401 well. She's talking about Abraham, Isaac, and now we're getting to 365 00:23:44,401 --> 00:23:48,249 Jacob. Because here's the thing, how many in here are parents? Give me an oh 366 00:23:48,379 --> 00:23:52,024 me or an amen. Oh me. Yeah, 367 00:23:52,314 --> 00:23:56,116 I kind of figured Justin would give me that. Grandparents? Oh me 368 00:23:56,261 --> 00:23:59,998 or aye? Possibly any great-grandparents in here? A 369 00:24:00,063 --> 00:24:03,618 few. I'm talking to y'all right now. 370 00:24:05,007 --> 00:24:07,845 Actually, everybody under 30 I'm talking to, but specifically y'all. 371 00:24:11,021 --> 00:24:14,839 You can only live— let me get here in your face so 372 00:24:14,839 --> 00:24:15,503 I can sweat on you. 373 00:24:18,836 --> 00:24:20,344 If I smell real good, 374 00:24:23,611 --> 00:24:27,216 it's horse liniment from Tractor Supply for all my old 375 00:24:27,265 --> 00:24:30,963 joints. If I stink, it's horse liniment, just so you know why the smell 376 00:24:31,076 --> 00:24:34,848 is. I hugged a lady between service. She went, oh, you smell 377 00:24:34,945 --> 00:24:38,492 good. And I Said, well, that's old-day horse liniment from Doc. 378 00:24:40,539 --> 00:24:44,369 Here's the deal. Your parents and your 379 00:24:44,417 --> 00:24:45,933 grandparents that are believers, 380 00:24:48,626 --> 00:24:50,287 their faith has dug wells, 381 00:24:54,145 --> 00:24:57,697 and they've dug deeper than surface. They're digging deep 382 00:24:58,327 --> 00:25:02,121 because they want to sustain you, because right now 383 00:25:02,170 --> 00:25:05,994 you're developing your faith. And you may not be 384 00:25:06,122 --> 00:25:09,559 really great at digging your own well yet. You're gonna make mistakes. 385 00:25:09,832 --> 00:25:13,332 You're gonna hit dry spots and have to go find a different 386 00:25:13,364 --> 00:25:16,415 place to dig. And so right now 387 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,429 you're living on your parents' and your grandparents' 388 00:25:20,429 --> 00:25:23,962 and maybe grandparents' wells. But there's gonna come a 389 00:25:23,962 --> 00:25:27,655 time that you have to dig your own well. You've got 390 00:25:27,655 --> 00:25:31,396 to dig your well so that the resource from God is yours. 391 00:25:31,669 --> 00:25:35,089 You can't depend because one day the way this world is, 392 00:25:35,639 --> 00:25:38,269 Because of sin, your grandparents are going to go home. 393 00:25:39,910 --> 00:25:43,730 Your parents are going to pass, and you're not going to be able to go 394 00:25:43,746 --> 00:25:47,145 back to those wells. You've got to have your own well to 395 00:25:47,145 --> 00:25:50,821 sustain you and to hold you up. I've been digging a well 396 00:25:50,934 --> 00:25:54,729 for 37 years with Renee for my children, and now 397 00:25:54,794 --> 00:25:58,359 I've got a grandbaby coming. But one day little 398 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,988 Annie's got to dig her own well because she can't come to mine. Amen. 399 00:26:03,584 --> 00:26:06,953 Parents and grandparents, great-grandparents. 400 00:26:08,742 --> 00:26:12,514 We've got to keep our well pure. Pastor Barbie talked about she 401 00:26:12,514 --> 00:26:16,226 had to be careful going to that well, not bumping the 402 00:26:16,226 --> 00:26:19,841 walls and things, because your dirt becomes— 403 00:26:19,873 --> 00:26:23,691 That's right. Becomes our dirt. We've got 404 00:26:23,691 --> 00:26:27,472 to keep our wells pure. This ain't a 405 00:26:28,300 --> 00:26:31,969 You know, we used to— everybody over 50 knows the phrase, a 406 00:26:32,034 --> 00:26:35,380 clothesline sermon, where we talked about how you dress and all that. 407 00:26:36,692 --> 00:26:39,354 You and God got to settle this out, but you better be careful what you 408 00:26:39,354 --> 00:26:40,902 let your kids watch on TV. 409 00:26:44,419 --> 00:26:47,307 I don't watch— I guess I'm going to have to start in 410 00:26:48,373 --> 00:26:52,184 8 months, but I don't know Bluey from Peppa 411 00:26:52,184 --> 00:26:55,826 to any of them. But that 412 00:26:55,826 --> 00:26:59,496 TV is not a babysitter. You 413 00:26:59,496 --> 00:27:03,331 better watch what your children are watching. Come on. Because the 414 00:27:03,331 --> 00:27:07,138 era I had kids, Rugrats and Simpsons and some of these, 415 00:27:07,138 --> 00:27:10,944 all it taught was the dad was an idiot, the mama was some 416 00:27:10,944 --> 00:27:14,581 kind of something usurping authority, and the kids 417 00:27:14,581 --> 00:27:18,302 talked back. Don't you let your kids watch that junk. 418 00:27:18,302 --> 00:27:21,853 You gotta protect that well. 'Cause that dirt will 419 00:27:21,853 --> 00:27:25,235 dirty that water. You better be careful what you 420 00:27:25,235 --> 00:27:28,788 listen to on the radio while they're— I love, I love 421 00:27:28,788 --> 00:27:32,423 when Pastor Barbie uses Rowan and Nora's examples. 422 00:27:32,423 --> 00:27:36,145 Sitting in the back seat, Nana, did you know? They're 423 00:27:36,145 --> 00:27:39,951 not talking about all the stuff in this world. They're 424 00:27:39,951 --> 00:27:43,589 talking about God and Jesus and how to do God this and 425 00:27:43,589 --> 00:27:47,394 Jesus that. You better be careful what you play on that 426 00:27:47,394 --> 00:27:51,173 radio. Listen, I love the '70s and '80s rock and 427 00:27:51,173 --> 00:27:54,993 roll. I love it. But some of the message, even though the groove 428 00:27:54,993 --> 00:27:58,744 is good, I turn that 429 00:27:58,744 --> 00:28:02,355 off. I don't want my little precious daughter hearing some of them women 430 00:28:02,645 --> 00:28:06,258 songs that were degrading to women. Gotta be careful. You gotta protect that 431 00:28:06,371 --> 00:28:09,258 well. Gotta keep that water pure. Amen. 432 00:28:11,722 --> 00:28:14,068 You got to dig your wells, and y'all 433 00:28:14,068 --> 00:28:17,763 aren't the little ones in those classes out there. Y'all are big 434 00:28:17,763 --> 00:28:21,393 enough that your hands work. You 435 00:28:21,425 --> 00:28:25,261 better crack that Bible open. Come 436 00:28:25,261 --> 00:28:29,072 on. Don't you depend on Pastor Doug and Pastor Jody. Don't you 437 00:28:29,072 --> 00:28:32,590 depend on the Andersons, the 438 00:28:32,590 --> 00:28:36,237 Horners. You got to do it. You 439 00:28:36,237 --> 00:28:39,989 got time to scroll and play and do other things, You got time 440 00:28:40,314 --> 00:28:44,026 to open a Bible and say, Holy Spirit, I need you to teach 441 00:28:44,123 --> 00:28:47,860 me and show me how to dig. Patty 442 00:28:47,893 --> 00:28:51,659 cake worship ain't gonna get it. You gotta be able to sing. 443 00:28:51,772 --> 00:28:55,426 She talked about it her first week, well, the week setting up 444 00:28:55,426 --> 00:28:59,219 about worship anyway. You better get a song. You 445 00:28:59,219 --> 00:29:02,898 better have a song. When I find myself in a dry 446 00:29:02,898 --> 00:29:06,577 season, I love the songs we do today, But Alan 447 00:29:06,577 --> 00:29:10,256 throws on them hymns and I go back to the stuff 448 00:29:10,256 --> 00:29:13,834 that got me through as a kid and a teenager. I 449 00:29:13,834 --> 00:29:17,016 gotta find that song that I can draw the 450 00:29:17,016 --> 00:29:20,597 resource from that will refresh my soul and 451 00:29:20,597 --> 00:29:23,580 better my soul. Jesus meets her. The 452 00:29:23,580 --> 00:29:27,358 disciples go off to get food. It says Jesus was 453 00:29:27,358 --> 00:29:30,839 tired. Anybody been tired? He's the Son of 454 00:29:30,839 --> 00:29:34,121 God, but Jesus knows what it's like to be 455 00:29:34,121 --> 00:29:37,402 tired. I wonder how His knees are or were 456 00:29:37,402 --> 00:29:41,196 because He walked everywhere. My knees are terrible. 457 00:29:41,938 --> 00:29:45,561 I'm bone on bone. I hurt all the time. I can't imagine walking everywhere 458 00:29:45,561 --> 00:29:49,301 Jesus did, but it says He was tired. That means 459 00:29:49,399 --> 00:29:51,586 He understands how we feel sometimes. 460 00:29:54,303 --> 00:29:58,049 He was just as much flesh as He was deity. Amen. He knows how 461 00:29:58,178 --> 00:30:01,760 you feel. And as He comes, the Scripture 462 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,294 says Jesus had— 463 00:30:05,601 --> 00:30:09,213 I emphasize it, capitalize it— He had to go through Samaria. 464 00:30:10,990 --> 00:30:14,700 But if you know your Bible, Jews didn't go 465 00:30:14,717 --> 00:30:18,002 through Samaria. They were considered half-breed. 466 00:30:19,572 --> 00:30:23,235 They were less than because they weren't pure Jews. Amen. And a 467 00:30:23,299 --> 00:30:26,655 good Jew traveling north to south or south to north 468 00:30:27,169 --> 00:30:30,766 would go almost as far as the Jordan, 'cause there's mountains through 469 00:30:30,766 --> 00:30:34,523 there, almost as far as the Jordan, even crossing the Jordan, 470 00:30:35,181 --> 00:30:38,473 and add about a day and a half to their journey. Or they go 471 00:30:38,553 --> 00:30:42,134 almost to the Mediterranean of the West Bank of Israel to 472 00:30:42,246 --> 00:30:45,040 avoid encountering Samaritans. 473 00:30:47,947 --> 00:30:51,079 Versus the direct, quickest way. My God, how many times 474 00:30:52,161 --> 00:30:55,875 have I taken the long way to avoid somebody because I 475 00:30:55,875 --> 00:30:59,309 didn't view them worthy of time with me? 476 00:30:59,867 --> 00:31:00,770 Forgive me, Jesus. 477 00:31:03,814 --> 00:31:07,593 But Jesus said, I had to go to Samaria. He gets 478 00:31:07,593 --> 00:31:09,555 there and He's at the well. This well 479 00:31:11,759 --> 00:31:13,722 is almost 2,000 years at that time. 480 00:31:15,698 --> 00:31:18,850 Still with fresh water. Because it— 481 00:31:18,850 --> 00:31:22,324 there's a gentleman that went, Mr. W. F. 482 00:31:22,324 --> 00:31:25,903 Albright, I think it's E. Dub, but you'll 483 00:31:25,903 --> 00:31:29,484 have to look it up. He died in '74, but from 484 00:31:29,484 --> 00:31:32,960 '56 to '71 he did a lot of excavations and 485 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:36,436 things in Israel, and he went to Jacob's 486 00:31:36,436 --> 00:31:39,911 Well, and it was proven that that well is 487 00:31:39,911 --> 00:31:43,595 built or drawn from a live spring. Running 488 00:31:43,595 --> 00:31:46,964 water. They would call it living water 489 00:31:46,964 --> 00:31:50,649 because it never stagnated, it never sat, 490 00:31:50,649 --> 00:31:54,439 it was continually flowing. So Jesus meets 491 00:31:54,439 --> 00:31:58,017 her. Isn't that like God? I'll send Jacob 492 00:31:58,017 --> 00:32:01,596 2,000 years ago south to reconcile, send 493 00:32:01,596 --> 00:32:05,072 him west toward the ocean, settle him in 494 00:32:05,072 --> 00:32:08,546 where he shouldn't be, And digs a well so 495 00:32:08,546 --> 00:32:11,899 that his son would meet a woman one day. 496 00:32:13,855 --> 00:32:17,485 Can I tell you, if he will do that for her, what he won't do 497 00:32:17,485 --> 00:32:21,068 for you? He 498 00:32:21,117 --> 00:32:24,596 has already put into place things before you can even think 499 00:32:25,422 --> 00:32:29,080 to meet you in a place that you have been or you have yet to 500 00:32:29,797 --> 00:32:33,626 be. He has already set the situation up for you for 501 00:32:33,626 --> 00:32:36,848 the provision. Amen. For your salvation, for 502 00:32:36,993 --> 00:32:40,261 whatever your need is. That's my kind of God. 503 00:32:41,984 --> 00:32:44,995 Don't mean you don't get away with— you got to work. It takes some time. 504 00:32:45,044 --> 00:32:48,284 You're going to have to put in some effort, but he's already resourced it and 505 00:32:48,284 --> 00:32:51,054 he's waiting on you. He's waiting on you to get there. 506 00:32:52,010 --> 00:32:55,802 Jesus goes on and talks with her and he asks 507 00:32:55,802 --> 00:32:59,068 for water. What are you 508 00:33:00,153 --> 00:33:03,882 But you asking me, a Samaritan woman, to give you 509 00:33:03,946 --> 00:33:07,385 drink? You don't even have 510 00:33:08,612 --> 00:33:11,736 anything to draw with, and this well, 511 00:33:12,335 --> 00:33:15,169 Jacob's well, our father's well, is deep. 512 00:33:16,950 --> 00:33:17,938 Are you greater than him? 513 00:33:22,049 --> 00:33:25,796 And He gives her an answer that starts something on 514 00:33:25,796 --> 00:33:29,635 the inside of her. That changes this from drinking water to 515 00:33:29,635 --> 00:33:30,373 drinking water. 516 00:33:33,593 --> 00:33:37,417 If you knew who it was, if you knew the 517 00:33:37,417 --> 00:33:41,225 gift before you and who he is that 518 00:33:41,225 --> 00:33:44,912 has spoken this to you, you would have asked me 519 00:33:44,912 --> 00:33:47,086 for water. 520 00:33:51,414 --> 00:33:54,737 See, you know the story. You know about her life and we don't have to 521 00:33:54,737 --> 00:33:58,023 go there. Read it. Verse 522 00:33:58,072 --> 00:34:01,180 16, John 4:16 through about 24. 523 00:34:03,170 --> 00:34:05,516 Jesus explains it to her. I know who you are. 524 00:34:09,741 --> 00:34:13,426 And then He offers her that water. And the 525 00:34:13,426 --> 00:34:16,456 Scripture goes on to say in verse 27, 28, 526 00:34:18,573 --> 00:34:21,313 That she left her pitcher, 527 00:34:23,311 --> 00:34:26,932 what she needed to gather water, and she went 528 00:34:26,932 --> 00:34:30,759 back to the city and told them, come and meet a man 529 00:34:32,464 --> 00:34:36,040 that told me everything about me. Could He be the 530 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,672 Messiah? See, she had to come to the well at that time of 531 00:34:39,672 --> 00:34:42,069 day. There was a reason. 532 00:34:44,438 --> 00:34:48,251 But He was already waiting. She had a thirst that 533 00:34:48,251 --> 00:34:50,265 was far beyond what earthly water will fill. 534 00:34:52,210 --> 00:34:55,274 She could have drunk from that well and had been for who knows how long, 535 00:34:56,677 --> 00:35:00,355 but that day, if you read it and I read it 536 00:35:00,371 --> 00:35:03,688 correctly, she never got a drink of that water again. 537 00:35:06,070 --> 00:35:09,168 I'm not talking about going forward. That day she didn't drink that water. That's right. 538 00:35:09,538 --> 00:35:13,369 The interchange happens. She doesn't draw. It says she left her pitcher. 539 00:35:14,565 --> 00:35:17,636 But because of the encounter with him, the 540 00:35:17,814 --> 00:35:21,119 deepest thirst— there ain't nothing like a good cold 541 00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:24,785 drop of water. We had a well 542 00:35:24,915 --> 00:35:28,686 on both of my parents'— grandparents' property. They had city 543 00:35:28,702 --> 00:35:31,924 water by the time I was born and old enough. And I got in trouble— 544 00:35:31,924 --> 00:35:35,612 well, some of my cousins got in trouble for throwing 545 00:35:35,612 --> 00:35:38,217 stuff in the well. But on hot summer days, 546 00:35:39,605 --> 00:35:42,397 pulling that metal ladle out of that well and drinking that water. 547 00:35:43,397 --> 00:35:45,237 You talk about quenching a thirst. 548 00:35:47,564 --> 00:35:50,553 But Jacob's well could not quench the thirst that she had, 549 00:35:51,876 --> 00:35:55,630 but Jesus did. I don't 550 00:35:55,630 --> 00:35:59,409 know what your vessel is today. Musicians, 551 00:35:59,474 --> 00:36:03,318 come out. I don't 552 00:36:03,318 --> 00:36:04,596 know what kind of well you have, 553 00:36:07,908 --> 00:36:11,659 I hope you got one. And you know what? If it's a shallow well, 554 00:36:12,569 --> 00:36:13,983 praise God, you're starting to dig. 555 00:36:16,404 --> 00:36:18,789 But I can tell you from life experience, it won't last. 556 00:36:21,784 --> 00:36:24,232 My well was shallow when my son was born. 557 00:36:25,633 --> 00:36:29,434 He was preemie, and my well was not where it needed 558 00:36:29,434 --> 00:36:33,179 to be. And I went back to my mama. 559 00:36:36,278 --> 00:36:39,324 You gotta pray for Jeremy. I went to 560 00:36:40,145 --> 00:36:43,803 older people in the faith that I knew had deeper wells than me. 561 00:36:44,872 --> 00:36:48,466 I need you to pray. I need what you've got because 562 00:36:48,579 --> 00:36:49,803 mine's dry. 563 00:36:53,114 --> 00:36:56,560 So if you've got a shallow well, don't be ashamed of it, but 564 00:36:56,560 --> 00:37:00,369 today's an opportunity for you to dig deeper. He's 565 00:37:00,385 --> 00:37:03,880 not going to dig it for you. He's not going to 566 00:37:03,928 --> 00:37:07,681 guard your eyes and protect your mouth and the things. 567 00:37:08,100 --> 00:37:11,714 You've got to do that. You've got to ask Holy Spirit to 568 00:37:11,811 --> 00:37:15,335 do that for you. He don't just do it. There 569 00:37:15,384 --> 00:37:19,038 is an encounter or an interaction that takes 570 00:37:19,086 --> 00:37:22,256 place. But the great thing is he's already 571 00:37:22,256 --> 00:37:26,006 provided. We just gotta— Amen. Pardon the pun, we gotta tap 572 00:37:26,006 --> 00:37:29,228 in. It's one thing to have a well where you gotta crank. 573 00:37:29,988 --> 00:37:33,340 Now we got people that have wells that are on pumps and it 574 00:37:33,340 --> 00:37:36,965 constantly comes. He's better than a pump well, 575 00:37:38,049 --> 00:37:41,221 'cause, and I'm not gonna preach his message, he's got it next week, 576 00:37:43,238 --> 00:37:46,698 but he can put living water. It says later, 577 00:37:47,377 --> 00:37:50,578 he told her that I'll give you a wellspring. 578 00:37:51,908 --> 00:37:55,463 of living water that wells up from within you that you'll 579 00:37:55,463 --> 00:37:58,888 never— We're taught in 580 00:37:58,985 --> 00:38:02,159 counseling never use the words never and always 581 00:38:05,036 --> 00:38:08,592 in counseling. But when it comes to Jehovah 582 00:38:09,481 --> 00:38:13,170 and it comes to God, He will put in you, if 583 00:38:13,170 --> 00:38:16,807 you'll let Him, a wellspring that will never 584 00:38:17,685 --> 00:38:21,489 Run dry. As you get ready 585 00:38:21,489 --> 00:38:25,329 to— elders, I'm going to— I didn't do it first service. Elders, 586 00:38:25,329 --> 00:38:28,209 those that'll pray, 587 00:38:28,209 --> 00:38:31,426 please come down. Come 588 00:38:31,426 --> 00:38:34,812 down. Come on. Wide open 589 00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:38,369 altarcall. My well is not 590 00:38:38,369 --> 00:38:41,756 sufficient. Come down. 591 00:38:41,756 --> 00:38:45,142 Find the deep well. I've 592 00:38:45,142 --> 00:38:48,572 contaminated my well. I'm 593 00:38:48,604 --> 00:38:52,041 allowing things to get into my well that contaminates the water. 594 00:38:52,864 --> 00:38:56,704 I've been there. I've sat in this room and gone thirsty. Great worship, 595 00:38:56,785 --> 00:39:00,551 great message, and I've sat here thirsty because I've allowed things in my 596 00:39:00,762 --> 00:39:03,765 life. That's why 1 John 1:9 is so important. 597 00:39:04,588 --> 00:39:07,813 It's not just a memory verse you say, because if I will 598 00:39:07,813 --> 00:39:09,018 confess my sins, 599 00:39:12,913 --> 00:39:15,938 He'll forgive them. And cleanse me from all 600 00:39:16,051 --> 00:39:18,320 unrighteousness. He refreshes that water. 601 00:39:20,463 --> 00:39:24,125 So maybe you're there, and maybe you're in the 602 00:39:24,125 --> 00:39:27,689 room and you've never started a well. Are you 603 00:39:27,689 --> 00:39:31,253 like my sister this morning who used to drink 604 00:39:31,253 --> 00:39:34,817 from the well, but she strayed from it? Maybe 605 00:39:34,817 --> 00:39:38,478 today you need to come back to the well. That's 606 00:39:38,478 --> 00:39:42,138 this altarcall. Just say, worship, allow the 607 00:39:42,138 --> 00:39:45,702 Holy Spirit to lead you and just come. Here's 608 00:39:45,702 --> 00:39:49,267 the deal. You could sit there and you may well 609 00:39:49,267 --> 00:39:52,736 sit there and that's fine. Jacob would have 610 00:39:52,736 --> 00:39:55,819 never had a well if he didn't go and dig. 611 00:39:55,819 --> 00:39:59,087 Sometimes it takes a physical response. 612 00:39:59,895 --> 00:40:00,153 Team.