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“Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty
again, but those who drink of the water that I will
give them will never be thirsty.” “Sir, give me this
water, so that I may never be thirsty...” “Out of the
believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.”
— JOHN 4: 13-14a, 15a, 7: 38b
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e can’t do without it, because we are mostly
“it.” We don’t think much about it, unless
we are in a place where there isn’t any.
Then it is all we can think about. What is it?
Water.
When it is plentiful, we tend to take water for granted. We linger in the shower, hose down a dusty driveway, and let our sprinklers spurt for hours on the
lawn. We allow a dripping faucet to drip, flush away a single tissue, and dump
the melted contents of an ice cooler down the drain rather than walking ten
feet and dumping them onto our flowers or into the dog dish.
Jesus the Teacher
In the desert land where Jesus grew up, water was a precious commodity. People had to work hard and dig deep to find it. If the place they were digging
didn’t have water, they were forced to start all over in another wishful spot.
Once a well was dug, the work wasn’t over. They had to lower buckets up and
down, up and down, to pull the life-giving liquid out and fill larger jars. Often
a decent well was miles from home. Women and girls would spend a good
chunk of each day walking back and forth from well to home on a hot, dusty
road with heavy jars on their heads. They would fill the jars, walk home, empty
the jars. Then they would turn around and do it again. And again. And again.
Sound like fun?
Of all the things people called Jesus in his day, Good Teacher (Rabbouni) was
probably the most common. He spent much of his ministry teaching about the
kingdom of God, love, righteousness, and how we can know and grow in God’s
“The dream
begins with a teacher
who believes in you, who
tugs and pushes and leads
you to the next plateau,
sometimes poking you
with a sharp stick
called truth.”
Dan Rather
will. One day while pausing at a community well, a woman from a hated race
approached him. He asked her for a drink. This may not seem like a big deal
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1. He was talking to a woman;
2. He was talking to a woman from the hated Samaritan race;
3. He was talking to a woman from the hated race who had a bad reputation
(seven former husbands and a live-in lover).
Living Water?
Jesus asked for a drink. She asked why he asked. Jesus told her he possessed
stead of ignoring him and walking away, she asked questions. Jesus gave some
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surprising answers. He said that the water she possessed would only quench
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living water that would quench her thirst forever. She was confused, but in-
thirst for a while.
The water he had to offer could end her thirst. Forever.
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Rabbi Jesus
Some of the things Jesus taught are clear enough for a child to understand: Love
one another. Forgive one another. Share with those in need. Put away your weapons.
Don’t hit back.
Some of the things Jesus taught are so complex, you could spend a lifetime trying to figure them out. Living water? What’s that all about? Never being thirsty
again? How is that possible? The Teacher wasn’t talking about simple physical
thirst and H2O here. He was talking about filling the thirsty soul with the Word,
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the wisdom, the peace and the power of the Holy Spirit of God.
Do you have thirsts you can never seem to fill? Jesus offers living water. Do you
have questions that never seem to get answers? Why not go to the source of all
wisdom? (No, not Dr. Phil, Oprah or Google.) Jesus taught his friends to ask,
seek, and knock. The ultimate authority is the author of all life. If you ask, God
will answer. If you seek, you will find. If you knock, the doors will be opened.
That’s a promise! So take the risk. Ask the Teacher. Don’t go home with an
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Prayer
Jesus, I am thirsty.
Give me a drink. I am
confused. Help me think.
I am lonely. Be my friend.
I am broken. Help me
mend. Rabbi Jesus, be my
teacher. I am ready to
learn. Speak Lord, your
servant is listening.
Amen.
empty jar, a thirsty soul, or a dozen unanswered questions. Jesus has living water
waiting for you. Take it. Drink it. Experience it. It’s there. Waiting.
Next Up: The Miracles of Jesus
Bible Time
Read and highlight John 4:13-14a, 15a, 7:38b, writing “Living Water” in the
margin of your Bible.
Role Play
1. A friend says, “Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha—they are all the same. It doesn’t
matter what you believe, as long as you are sincere.” Respond.
2. You are in a desert near a broken-down truck. The people around you are
parched. Some are fainting. You pull bottles of fresh, clean water out of your
backpack and offer them drinks. Some don’t believe you have water, even when
they see it. “It’s a mirage!” Some don’t want any of your water. “I’d rather have
coffee!” Some make excuses. “I’ll get serious about drinking water when I am
old.” Some have punctured the truck’s gas tank and are about to drink that. “It’s
all the same! It’s clear liquid!” Some have other excuses. Respond. (Have fun
with this, then relate it to Christ’s living water. Perform this skit in worship!)
Questions to Ponder
1. Who was the best teacher you ever had? What made them such a good
teacher? Do they know how much you appreciate them?
2. List three people who know you really well. How did they get to know you?
Based on your answer, how can you get to know God better?
3. The Samaritan woman was trying to quench her thirst with sex. What are
some other ways people your age try to fill their thirst?
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Small Gr
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share, read, tal k, pray, bless
1. S H A R E
your highs and lows of the week one on one with another
person. Listen carefully and record your friend’s thoughts in the space below.
Then return to small group and share your friend’s highs and lows.
my highs + lows this week were:
my friend’s highs + lows this week were:
2. R E A D
and highlight the theme verse in your Bibles. Circle key words
and learn the verse in song if time permits.
3. T A L K
about how today’s verse relates to your highs and lows. Review
the art for today, the Quiz Bowl questions, the terms, and the cartoons. Then
write a sentence on each of the following:
one new thing i learned today:
one thing i already knew that is worth repeating:
o n e t h i n g i w o u l d l i k e to k n o w m o r e a b o u t :
4. P R A Y
for one another, praising and thanking God for your highs, and
asking God to be with you in your lows. Include your friend’s highs and lows
in your prayers.
a praising prayer:
a thanking prayer:
an asking prayer:
5. B L E S S
one another using the blessing of the week. (right)
Mark each person with the sign of the cross as you bless them.
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this week’s blessing
(NAME), child of
God, may Christ’s
living water refresh
your life today.
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m y H I G H to d a y wa s :
to d ay ’ s b i b l e v e r s e :
John 4:7, 9
A Samaritan woman came to
draw water, and Jesus said to her,
“Give me a drink.” The Samaritan
woman said to him, “How is it
that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me,
a woman of Samaria?” (Jews do
not share things in common with
Samaritans.)
DAY #2
m y L O W to d a y wa s :
m y P R A Y E R to d a y i s :
m y H I G H to d a y wa s :
to d ay ’ s b i b l e v e r s e :
John 4:10
Jesus answered her, “If you knew
the gift of God, and who it is that
is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’
you would have asked him, and
he would have given you living
water.”
DAY #3
m y L O W to d a y wa s :
m y P R A Y E R to d a y i s :
m y H I G H to d a y wa s :
to d ay ’ s b i b l e v e r s e :
John 4:13-14
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who
drinks of this water will be thirsty
again, but those who drink of the
water that I will give them will
never be thirsty. The water that
I will give will become in them a
spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”
m y L O W to d a y wa s :
m y P R A Y E R to d a y i s :
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m y H I G H to d a y wa s :
to d ay ’ s b i b l e v e r s e :
m y L O W to d a y wa s :
John 4:15
The woman said to him, “Sir,
give me this water, so that I may
never be thirsty or have to keep
coming here to draw water.”
m y P R A Y E R to d a y i s :
DAY #5
m y H I G H to d a y wa s :
to d ay ’ s b i b l e v e r s e :
m y L O W to d a y wa s :
John 7:37b-38a
m y P R A Y E R to d a y i s :
Let anyone who is thirsty come
to me, and let the one who believes in me drink.
DAY #6
m y H I G H to d a y wa s :
to d ay ’ s b i b l e v e r s e :
John 7:38b
m y L O W to d a y wa s :
Out of the believer’s heart shall
flow rivers of living water.
m y P R A Y E R to d a y i s :
m y H I G H E S T H I G H t h i s w e e k wa s :
DAY #7
this week’s blessing
m y L O W E ST L O W t h i s w e e k wa s :
(NAME), child of
God, may Christ’s
my PRAYER for next week is:
living water refresh
your life today.
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m y H I G H to d a y wa s :
to d ay ’ s b i b l e v e r s e :
M at t h e w 5 : 1 - 3
When Jesus saw the crowds, he
went up the mountain; and after
he sat down, his disciples came
to him. Then he began to speak,
and taught them, saying: “Blessed
are the poor in spirit, for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven.”
DAY #2
m y L O W to d a y wa s :
m y P R A Y E R to d a y i s :
m y H I G H to d a y wa s :
to d ay ’ s b i b l e v e r s e :
M at t h e w 5 : 4 - 5
“Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they
will inherit the earth.”
DAY #3
m y L O W to d a y wa s :
m y P R A Y E R to d a y i s :
m y H I G H to d a y wa s :
to d ay ’ s b i b l e v e r s e :
M at t h e w 5 : 6 - 7
m y L O W to d a y wa s :
“Blessed are those who hunger
and thirst for righteousness, for
they will be filled. Blessed are
the merciful, for they will receive mercy.”
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1.
SHARE
2.
READ
and highlight the ver se of the day in your bibles.
3.
TALK
about how today ’s ver se r el ates to your highs & lows.
4.
PRAY
for your highs & lows, for your family and for the wor ld.
5.
BLESS
highs & lows of the day.
one another using this week’s blessing (on the pr evious page ).
DAY #4
m y H I G H to d a y wa s :
to d ay ’ s b i b l e v e r s e :
m y L O W to d a y wa s :
M at t h e w 5 : 8 - 9
m y P R A Y E R to d a y i s :
“Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God. Blessed
are the peacemakers, for they
will be called children of
God.”
m y H I G H to d a y wa s :
DAY #5
to d ay ’ s b i b l e v e r s e :
m y L O W to d a y wa s :
M at t h e w 5 : 1 0
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.”
m y P R A Y E R to d a y i s :
DAY #6
m y H I G H to d a y wa s :
to d ay ’ s b i b l e v e r s e :
m y L O W to d a y wa s :
M at t h e w 5 : 1 1 - 1 2 a
m y P R A Y E R to d a y i s :
“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and
utter all kinds of evil against
you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven...”
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REVIEW
An age is called
dark, not because the
light fails to shine, but
because people refuse
to see it.
James Michener
DAY #7
my favorite VERSE
f r o m t h e t h e m e wa s :
l o o k i n g b a c k o n t h e s e t w o w e e k s , m y h i g h e s t H I G H wa s :
m y l o w e s t L O W t h e s e pa s t w e e k s wa s :
o n e way G o d a n s w e r e d m y P R AY E R S wa s :
o n e way G o d m i g h t u s e m e a s a S A C R E D A G E N T
to a n s w e r t h e s e p r ay e r s :
Family Covenant
We have shared Highs & Lows this week, read and highlighted the verses assigned in our Bibles,
talked about our lives, prayed for one another’s highs and lows, and blessed one another.
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QUIZB WL
Question 1:
One day at a well, Jesus
asked a Samaritan
woman for a drink. This
was unusual because:
(A) She was a woman,
(B) She was a Samaritan (a
hated race),
Question 2:
Jesus promised to give
the woman:
(A) Living water,
(B) Living water,
(C) Living water,
(D) All of the above
(C) She was a sinner with
seven husbands and a
live-in lover,
Which of the following
titles was the most common one people used for
Jesus in his day?:
(A) Messiah (The Anointed
One),
(B) Koheleth (Good Preacher),
(C) Rabbouni (Good Teacher),
(D) Macaroni (Good Noodles)
When someone asked
the disciples, “Why does
your Teacher eat with tax
collectors and sinners?”
Jesus heard and said:
(A)“Those who are well have
no need of a physician,
but those who are sick,”
(B)“I have come to call not
the righteous but sinners,”
(C) Both A and B,
(D)“Sinners are better cooks”
(A) Water that was full of
bacteria,
(B) Water that was full of
nutrients,
(C) Water that would quench
her thirst into eternity,
Question 5:
Question 6:
When a rich man asked
Jesus, “Good Teacher,
what must I do to inherit
eternal life?” he replied:
When someone asked,
“Teacher, we wish to see a
sign from you,” Jesus said:
(A)“Why do you call me
good? No one is good but
God alone,”
(B)“Sell what you own and
give the money to the
poor,”
(A)“No sign will be given you
except the sign of Jonah,”
(B)“No sign will be given you
except the sign of Noah,”
(C)“No sign will be given you
except the sign of Moses,”
(D) Both A and B, and the
man left grieving
(D)“No sign will be given you
except the cosine of the
sum of the angles of an
isosceles triangle”
Question 8:
Question 9:
(C)“Win Survivor Jerusalem,”
Question 7:
What did Jesus mean by
living water?:
(D) C, and it comes with the
presence of Jesus in her
life
(D) All of the above, but it
didn’t phase Jesus one
little bit
Question 4:
Question 3:
When someone asked,
“Teacher, which commandment in the law is
the greatest,” Jesus said:
The best teachers are
those who:
(A) Let you get by with anything in class,
(A)“Love the Lord your God
with all your heart, and
with all your soul, and
with all your mind,”
(B) Challenge you to think
hard, work hard, and
grow in ways you didn’t
think possible,
(B)“Love your neighbor as
yourself,”
(C) Model what they teach
with their lives,
(C)“Love your enemies,”
(D) Both B and C
(D)“Learning to love yourself
is the greatest love of all”
I never drink
water. I’m afraid it will
become habit-forming.
W.C. Fields
TERMS
write a definition below.
Jesus
Living Water
Prophet
Thirst
FINKmania Final Question:
John 7:38 says, “Out of the believer’s heart shall flow...”
(A)“Rivers of living water,”
Water
(B)“Streams of righteousness,”
(C)“Oceans of compassion and mercy,”
(D) A, although B and C aren’t so bad either
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