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Title : Go Fish Text : John 4: 1-42 The Woman at the Well. Main Idea: Sharing the good news

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Title : Go Fish

Text : John 4: 1-42 The Woman at the Well.

Main Idea: Sharing the good news about Jesus Christ with others in a different part of the world is a work to which some believers have a special calling, but in which all believers are to take part of locally. We all can witness by using the acromion - FISH
Intro: Cecil’s deli story. Were the apostles more concerned with corn beef rather than conversion?

1. Friendly (vv.1-8)
I.Witnessing is sharing the truth of God Ps 145:10–12; Lk 24:46–48 See also 1 Ch 16:7–9; Ps 71:15; Mt 27:54; Jn 1:35–36; Jn 4:29

Wife first time in Minnesota and someone saying Hi to her – What do you want?
Pray that God send people to you and open doors – everyone thinks I work in the store I’m in. …show more content…

Loving people – People don’t care about how much you know, till they know how much you care.

V. Making an Impact (vv.27-42)

Disciples come storming in shoving food at each other - bad timing. Story about bad timing - Taking wife's jewelry to a jeweler to be cleaned, then she wants to wear it while its being cleaned.
Disciples saw the unseen yet did nothing!

Turn to 2 Kings 7:3-11

This is what the woman did. She went to share the good news with everyone. Lets us not miss the irony of her words "come see a man" - she had 5 husbands and a live in lover and she's saying come meet a man. I'm sure people were laughing at her at first.
Why did the town listen? She was the same on the outside but yet different on the inside. - Story about Matts and the juicy lucy - typical hamburger but way different on the inside, just like the woman. So powerful and transformational was the change that the woman went through that people noticed the change.
Jesus - telling the disciples that the harvest is plenty and easy compared to the planting done by the prophets.

Conclusion

Sharing the good news about Jesus Christ with others in a different part of the world is a work to which some believers have a special calling, but in which all believers are to take part of locally.

We all can witness by using the acromion FISH - Friendly Initiate Story/Service Hope. It wasn't an accident that Jesus called fisherman to be his disciples. Remember Jesus said “Come, follow

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