Victory Church Providence

Come See a Man


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Introduction
  • Pastor Lisa introduces her sermon, connecting it to previous church messages on hunger and thirst for God.​

  • Emphasizes that the Word of God is inexhaustible and always brings new revelation.​

    Setting the Stage
    • A story and a video illustrate the experience of feeling spiritually thirsty and encountering grace.​

    • Compares physical thirst (travel experiences, water) to spiritual thirst that only God’s living water can satisfy.​

      The Well, The Woman, and The Water
      • Central passage: John 4, Jesus’ meeting with the Samaritan woman at the well.​

      • The well represents a place for divine encounter, restoration, and change.​

        1. The Well
        • The importance of spiritual thirst and the role of the well as a place to meet God.​

        • Jesus intentionally goes out of His way to meet the woman, underscoring divine appointments regardless of one’s past.​

          2. The Woman
          • Details the Samaritan woman’s background: ostracized, broken, carrying shame, seeking fulfillment through relationships.​

          • Jesus knows her past and future, cares for her, and shows there are no barriers to God’s love.​

          • Every believer is “the one” sought by the shepherd (reference to the parable of the lost sheep).​

            3. The Water
            • Jesus offers “living water,” which meets deeper needs and provides ongoing spiritual satisfaction.​

            • Drawing from scientific facts about water in the human body to illustrate our need for living water spiritually.​

            • The living water symbolizes healing, restoration, and renewal.​

              Application to Everyday Life
              • Everyone has unique brokenness, pain, and spiritual crutches, but personal encounters with Jesus facilitate healing and transformation.​

              • Testimony: Pastor Lisa’s story of adoption, rejection, and eventual healing through Christ’s living water.​

                Breaking Out of Religion into Relationship
                • Warns against settling for a religious routine and urges true relationship with Christ.​

                • God wants believers to go deeper and develop authentic faith that brings freedom and peace.​

                  Sin, Shame, and Grace
                  • Honest confrontation of sin and broken relationships as barriers to spiritual progress.​

                  • Emphasizes God’s ability and willingness to heal, restore, and provide grace, no matter one’s history.​

                  • True satisfaction and identity are found in Jesus alone, not in possessions or achievements.​

                    Invitation and Closing
                    • A call to come to the altar, symbolically “the well,” for prayer, healing, and receiving living water.​

                    • Believers invited to confront their pain and desperation by seeking Christ for breakthrough and transformation.​

                    • Concludes with a prayer for God’s living water to fill and renew all present, reminding that the altar is a place for such encounters.

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                      Victory Church ProvidenceBy Victory Church Providence, RI

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