FRIDAY, May 30th, 2008

I AM STILL ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well well, I am not quite sure what I was thinking... but for some reason, yesterday I decided to go out in Charlotte Harbor AGAIN... which is only crazy because of how I cheated death last Sunday night. We went out last night and all seemed well, UNTIL I started to feel queezy. I was out there with three "though guys" and so I could not "act sick"!!! I mean! Come On! It was all of "the men" out there!! You can't get motion sickness while you out with the guys!! That is not allowed. Well, I was with some pretty cool guys, so they were pretty helpful, they were holding me over the edge while I puked my guts out! (just kidding!! I actually did not throw up, because of a WONDERFUL God who answered my prayers!) Well, needless to say, I was praying that I would not get "sick" and within 5 minutes there were those 10 waves all around us again. I would have thought nothing of it, UNTIL I noticed the 10 inches of water in the boat. That may not have even bothered me, except that Mr. Jeff Blevins suddenly got "very concerned" about our survival. Let me tell you: If He is concerned about living, you better believe that I am concerned about living! Well, He got us out of those waves alive... Barely! Then we headed back to the marina on a very enjoyable ride up the Gulf of Mexico. It was "the ride of my life", I am just glad that it didn't cost my life! Well, I must say: Thank you to Mr. Watkins, Mr. Blevins and Mr. West for making the evening so enjoyable! I truely enjoyed it, and I am now looking for a place where we can buy crabs BEFORE we get out there, so we can get them for next time!

A Few Thoughts From Yesterday:
Josh Sandefur: I am glad you joined us on here! You should come on more often!
Brooke: What an incredible illustration about chess! Great Job!!
Jessica M: Hey! You dont really want to marry Brad Pitt!!!!!! You could do SO MUCH BETTER! and besides as Katie mentioned: He is the same age as MY DAD! Sick! I agree with Katie, You should wait for Will, and besides: He will be way better looking than Brad Pitt! I mean come on!! Look at Wills Dad! :) Ha!
Jill: Sorry you had a rough day! I will come by and fix your computer if you want sometime! Let me know!

John 4:1-15
1 Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John
2 (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples),
3 He left Judea and departed again to Galilee.
4 But He needed to go through Samaria.
5 So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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?”
13 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.”

On Sunday I was going fishing (as I mentioned before) and my Dad bought two 12 packs of Dasani water. Well, today, five days later, I am sitting here typing up these devotions and I am drinking a bottle of Dasani water. The sad part is that there are only 3 bottles left in the fridge. You see, this water taste great, and it is refreshing, but not for long. This story is about an encounter that Jesus had with a woman in Samaria. Jesus told the lady to get Him some water, so He could have a drink, and He did that to start a conversation with this woman so that He could witness to her.

I think we all should follow His example: We should walk through our daily life, looking for creative ways to witness to lost people. If Jesus had only gone to the religious place in Samaria then this woman would not have been reached. Jesus went to the lost!

When Jesus talks to this woman, he says to her: If you knew who I was, then you would ask ME for water. This part is great because she looks at Jesus and says: uh, you dont even have a bucket... and this well is really deep... so How in the word would you give Me water?

Then Jesus Christ explains to the Lady: Your water will only satisfy for a while, but the water that I have will satisfy you for ever!

The lady then says to Jesus Christ! Give me this water!!!

Two applications for you:
1. Have you tasted this "water" that Jesus offers us? Water that will satisfiy your heart forever! If you have not, then accept him as your savior today! Check out Romans 3:23, 6:23, 5:8, 10:9

2. How can you be creative in sharing the gospel with the lost people in your life? How can we as a church be creative to reach the lost? How can we as SUNCOAST YOUTH GROUP be creative and effective in reaching others for Jesus Christ?