Go Into All The World | Tell The Story

Go Into All The World | Tell The Story

THE FIELDS ARE RIPE Scripture: John 4:31–38 (Week Review) Runtime: ~5 min While the woman is in town telling everyone she meets about Jesus, the disciples are trying to get him to eat lunch. He's not interested. My food is to do the will of him who sent me. Then he tells them to open their eyes — the fields, he says, are already ripe for harvest. They're standing in Samaria, the last place any of them expected a spiritual harvest, and a crowd is already walking toward them because one woman told her story. We have the same problem the disciples had. We look at our neighborhoods, our workplaces, our kids' schools, and see people who are too busy, too skeptical, too different from us to bother with. But Jesus says the harvest is already ripe — we just have to open our eyes and step into what God is already doing. Live It Out: * Ask God this week to open your eyes to a "ripe field" you've been walking past — a neighbor, a coworker, a friend who's more ready for a conversation about faith than you think * Remember that one sows and another reaps — you may never see the full result of a conversation or invitation, and that's not your job. Faithfulness is. Tell the Story: The Samaritan woman didn't wait until she had it all figured out — she just told people what Jesus had done for her. Who in your life needs an honest, unpolished invitation to come and see for themselves? Hear the message for this week's devotional on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ChristFellowshipMcKinney [https://www.youtube.com/@ChristFellowshipMcKinney] Get the written devotional at: https://cfhome.org/EGD [https://cfhome.org/EGD] If you are in the North Dallas area and would like to join us for services each week, you can find all the information at https://cfhome.org. [https://cfhome.org]

Go Into All The World | Come And See

COME AND SEE Scripture: John 4:27–30, 39–42 Runtime: ~5 min She leaves her water jar — the one thing she came for — and runs back to town with something far more urgent than water. Her testimony isn't polished or theologically airtight. It's just honest: Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. And it's enough to bring a whole town out to meet Jesus. In this episode: * Why the disciples' silence when they find Jesus talking with her speaks volumes * How an imperfect, deeply personal testimony does what a polished argument couldn't * The town's shift from believing because of her story to believing because they met Jesus themselves * Why many scholars consider this woman — with her complicated past — to be the first evangelist in the Gospels Reflection: If you were inviting someone to come and see Jesus, what would you actually say? What's something he's done in your life that you could point to? How does her example challenge the idea that you need to have it all together before you can share your faith? Hear the message for this week's devotional on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ChristFellowshipMcKinney [https://www.youtube.com/@ChristFellowshipMcKinney] Get the written devotional at: https://cfhome.org/EGD [https://cfhome.org/EGD] If you are in the North Dallas area and would like to join us for services each week, you can find all the information at https://cfhome.org. [https://cfhome.org]

Go Into All The World | Known And Not Rejected

KNOWN AND NOT REJECTED Scripture: John 4:16–26 Runtime: ~6 min The conversation takes a sharp turn when Jesus brings up her five marriages and the man she's currently living with. It's the kind of moment most of us would expect to end a conversation — but instead, it deepens it. Jesus names her whole story without shame or condemnation, and she doesn't run. In this episode: * A closer look at what five failed marriages likely meant for a woman with little power in the ancient world — and why the story may be more about what was done to her than what she did * Why Jesus naming her situation honestly, without judgment, is what allows her to stay in the conversation * The shift from personal history to a centuries-old theological debate about the proper place to worship * Jesus' answer — true worship isn't about a mountain or a temple, but about spirit and truth — and the stunning fact that a Samaritan woman is the first person he tells plainly, "I am he, the Messiah" Reflection: When someone shares something hard or messy about their life with you, how can you be honest about it without coming across as judgmental? When God brings something uncomfortable to the surface in your own life, is your instinct to lean in or pull away? Hear the message for this week's devotional on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ChristFellowshipMcKinney [https://www.youtube.com/@ChristFellowshipMcKinney] Get the written devotional at: https://cfhome.org/EGD [https://cfhome.org/EGD] If you are in the North Dallas area and would like to join us for services each week, you can find all the information at https://cfhome.org. [https://cfhome.org]

Go Into All The World | Living Water

LIVING WATER Scripture: John 4:10–15 Runtime: ~5 min She came to the well for the same reason she came every day — because the water ran out and she'd be thirsty again tomorrow. Jesus takes that exhausting, repetitive chore and uses it to point to something she didn't know she needed: a satisfaction that doesn't run dry. In this episode: * How Jesus uses an ordinary daily task to open up a much bigger conversation * The woman's confusion — and why she keeps asking questions instead of walking away * What it means that Jesus offers "living water" in a culture built around a well that constantly needed refilling * A picture of patience: Jesus meeting her exactly where her understanding is, one exchange at a time Reflection: When you talk about faith with someone who isn't religious, how can you connect it to language and experiences that actually matter to them? What's a question about faith you've been sitting with — and what would it look like to stay in that conversation instead of avoiding it? Hear the message for this week's devotional on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ChristFellowshipMcKinney [https://www.youtube.com/@ChristFellowshipMcKinney] Get the written devotional at: https://cfhome.org/EGD [https://cfhome.org/EGD] If you are in the North Dallas area and would like to join us for services each week, you can find all the information at https://cfhome.org. [https://cfhome.org]

Go Into All The World | Crossing Every Line

CROSSING EVERY LINE Scripture: John 4:4–9 Runtime: ~6 min Most people take the long way around to avoid an awkward conversation. Jesus did the opposite. This week we watch him walk straight into a place his culture told him to avoid, sit down with someone he had every social reason to ignore, and start a conversation that would change her life — and her whole town's. In this episode: * Why Jewish travelers usually went around Samaria, and what it means that Jesus chose to go straight through it * The depth of the ethnic and religious hostility packed into one ordinary moment at a well * How Jesus put himself in the position of needing something from the woman, rather than approaching her from a position of power * A first look at a woman the rest of the world had already written off — and the conversation that was about to upend every assumption Reflection: What assumptions do we make about people based on their background, ethnicity, or neighborhood — often without even realizing it? When was the last time you let someone you weren't close to help you, and how did that change things between you? Hear the message for this week's devotional on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ChristFellowshipMcKinney [https://www.youtube.com/@ChristFellowshipMcKinney] Get the written devotional at: https://cfhome.org/EGD [https://cfhome.org/EGD] If you are in the North Dallas area and would like to join us for services each week, you can find all the information at https://cfhome.org. [https://cfhome.org]