SATURDAY, May 31st, 2008

(Singing to the tune of the graduation march...)
Daa......., da da.., da.., da.. da..
Daa......., da da da..., da........

Can you hear it? Well today is NPHS Graduation! I am planning on going tonight so if any of you are going, give me a call so that I can hang out with you.
Here is who I know is Graduating, McCue, Lorraine, Tres, Ryan, Amanda and I think that is it.
Congrats you guys! Good job! now GO DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR LIFE!

A Few Thoughts From Yesterday:
Brooke: Campout is no more than 15.00; Orlando Trip will be around 25.00. Thanks for your kind words about my fishing trip survival! :)
Gaby: That is kind of funny, how your computer is making it hard to do what is right, but easy to do what is not as important. (That is like life... what a good illustration!)
Josh: Thanks for your "Stories From The Bible" However: I think you should call it "DRAMATIC Stories from the Bible" :)
Mrs. Sarah Massey: Hey! It is wonderful to see you on here! Comment any time! (Brad is Old, Moses is Dead!) :)
Alex: Hey are you going to McCues graduation tonight? If so, call me so we can sit together!

John 4:16-26
16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’
18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”
19 The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.
20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”
21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22 You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.
24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
25 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.”
26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”

What a cool story! I hope you noticed how I broke up the color scheme today: The words of Jesus are in Blue and the words of the woman are in Orange. Yesterday, in our devotions, Jesus went up to her and told her about water that she could have that would satisfy her heart forever. Well, it is clear in todays passage that Jesus was not finished yet.

Once again, Jesus knew the exact thing to say: He told the woman to go and get her husband. She told Jesus the truth when she said: "I have no husband". Jesus then called her out on the truth, He said: yeah, you dont have one now, but you have had 5 husbands in the past and the guy you are living with now is not even your husband.

She must have been thinging to herself... WHAT! How did we just go from talking about water to talking about my moral life. The fact is: The two go hand in hand, when we have Jesus in our life, we MUST address the sin in our life. We cannot have both Christ and wickedness in our lives. The light of Christ will always make our sin evident.

That can be a scary thought if we are living in sin, but here is the cool part. It doesnt have to be scary, it should be a relief! You can be freed from your sin.

Well at that point in the story the woman knows there is something special about this guy. She says, "oh, are you a prophet!! Well, we dont worship WHERE you Jews do" Then Jesus explains to the woman, it doesnt matter WHERE you worship, but what matters is WHO you worship.

HERE IS MY FAVORITE PART:
The woman then says, Oh, well I know that one day the messiah will come and we will worship Him. Then Jesus says: "I who speak to you, am He"

What a remarkable moment! She is talking to "some random man" about the messiah, and she soon finds out that HE IS THE MESSIAH!

So many people in this world are so close to trusting in Christ, but they dont realize who he is! We must tell them, we must be the picture of Christ to the lost of this world. And we must understand that for Christ to work through us like he desires: Our sin MUST BE ADDRESSED!

ADDRESS IT TODAY! Take care of it! Ask for forgiveness and then put it behind you. God says He who confesseth his sin, SHALL FIND MERCY!

Take care of what Christ is dealing with in your life. TODAY!