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Exodus 17:1-7 NRSV
text
“From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the
Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim,
but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarreled with
Moses, and said, ‘Give us water to drink.’ Moses said to them, ‘Why do you
quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?’” (vs. 1-2)
Psalm 95 NRSV
text
“O come, let us sing to the LORD;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock
of our salvation!
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to him with
songs of praise!” (vs. 1-2)
Bob Deffinbaugh writing in bible.org
titles his offering on psalm 95 “A Warning About Worship.” Read his introduction to find out why the
title - I will use one sentence of his now to begin:
“Let us now look to the message of this psalm in order to become better worshippers, as well as to avoid the unpleasant consequences against which the latter part of this psalm warns.”
Romans 5:1-11 NRSV
text
“Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to
this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of
God.” (vs. 1-2)
This week we have more of Paul’s explanation to the
Christians in the church in
John 4:5-42 NRSV
text
“So he came to a Samaritan city
called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the
well. It was about noon.
A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her,
‘Give me a drink’. (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The
Samaritan woman said to him, ‘How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a
woman of
“He tells her what she should be seeking. She "finds" what has been revealed to her by Jesus. Part of her "finding" is to share the news and invite others into the same experience.”
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