Download or read book Living Water A Lenten Retreat Guide on Christ s Encounter with the Samaritan Woman written by LC Sthd John Bartunek and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lent-the forty-day period of spiritual preparation for the most significant days of the Church's year: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday -is one of the oldest liturgical periods in the history of Christianity. Although its current form came about officially only in the fourth century, its special liturgical character was lived even earlier, throughout the era of Roman persecution.For this reason, the Gospel passages we proclaim at Mass each year on the Sundays of Lent also have a long history, especially the passages for the first year in the three-year cycle of Sunday readings. In fact, those passages have so long been part of the Lenten season that pastors always have the option of using them every year, not just once every three years.This ancient tradition chooses as the Gospel passage for the Third Sunday of Lent the mysterious encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman. It takes place while Jesus is resting alone near Jacob's Well and his disciples have gone into town to get some supplies before continuing their journey. That encounter is the subject of this Retreat Guide.
Download or read book Well of Living Water written by Magdalen Lawler and published by Messenger Publications. This book was released on 2019-01-13 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magdalen Lawler discovered this icon of the Woman at the Well many years ago. She has used it ever since as the inspiration for innumerable retreats and conferences. Its appeal to her is that it seems to span the traditions of West and East with its lyrical beauty and its deep theology. The icon has encouraged Magdalen to study the gospel passage in detail and to research many accounts of life in first century Palestine. Now her research and retreats are brought together in this beautifully illustrated series of reflections on the Samaritan Woman at the Well.
Download or read book The Encounter of Jesus and the Samaritan Woman in John 4 1 42 written by Yuemin Zhang and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Living Water written by C. Woody Gunnels and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-17 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living Water explores one woman's surprise meeting with the Lord Jesus Christ. Through the pages of the book you will discover eternal truths about the Lord. You will come to appreciate the lengths to which He will go, and the depths from which He will draw from the wells of salvation to reveal Himself to one person. Living Water exposes His compassion for those who do not know Him. The reader will see that the gift of everlasting life is free to everyone, but cost Him everything. Living Water opens the reader's ears to hear the greatest revelation of Christ ever given to anyone, "I am He." These three simple words of this conversation between the Lord and one Samaritan woman reveal the true identity and the real essence of the most extraordinary man who ever lived. Living Water draws from one woman's experience with the Lord and pours into the reader water that will satisfy forever! The life that Jesus Christ offers to all is abundant, fulfilling, and the most satisfying life that can be found. Living Water stirs inside the reader a thirst that urges one to say, "Sir, give me this water."Living Water answers the question, "Can this be the Messiah" with a resounding "Yes, this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world!" Living Water takes from one woman's response and inspires the reader to go and share the gift of God with all who will hear.Living Water uses one woman's invitation to give us a simple yet effective way to offer to others the gift of eternal life. Come and see a man are words everyone needs to hear.
Download or read book A Drink from the Living Water written by Leon Barnes and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book THE REVELATION OF THE PERSON OF CHRIST written by BENARD MFUM YEKOSO and published by Pencil. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article is the first in the series of articles that will be coming up on the subject of making the person of the Christ Jesus known using scriptural commentary. It presents Jesus to us in a very interesting way that we can easily relate with. This book takes its readers through a journey to discover Christ in the narrative of the conversation between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. The writer takes his time to deal with the subject thoroughly so that the audience could understand and be able to relate to it. The major scriptures used in this article have been listed at the end of the book. The numbers corresponding to the various texts used at specific places in the text have been put in parenthesis to help you locate them easily. I will urge you to read this prayerfully a
Download or read book Living Water written by Martyn Lloyd-Jones and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2009 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty-six previously unpublished sermons by Martyn Lloyd-Jones on John 4. His perceptive analysis is helpful for all who thirst for the living water that only Jesus can provide.
Download or read book Gospeled Lives written by John Indermark and published by Upper Room Books. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gospeled" lives are lives that have encountered Jesus Christ. Christ's call leads to a continually unfolding story for each of us. An encounter with the living Christ demands a response, John Indermark says. In this book you will learn about New Testament characters who encountered Jesus. Some responded with joy and gratitude. Others ignored or rejected his offer of good news. Indermark's powerful reflections on the various biblical characters, along with daily reading of scripture, written prayers, and suggested exercises, make an ideal 6-week study for individuals or groups. Each chapter contains 5 daily readings. Here are a few of the New Testament characters you will explore: Bartimaeus The women at Jesus' tomb Mary and Jesus' family The slave of the high priest A rich young man Herod Antipas The woman with the hemorrhage The Gerasene demoniac Mary Magdalene Ten lepers Study this book during Lent or any time you or your small group wants to think more deeply about what it means to hear and respond to Christ's word. Includes a Leader's Guide.
Download or read book Living Water written by Porcia Wade and published by Porcia Wade. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living Water is available to all who believe! This book promises to feed your faith and stir the up God’s Living Water within you! Expect to learn more about the gift of God's Holy Spirit and how this gift strengthens you and helps you as you walk out God's plan for your life!
Download or read book Living Water written by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and published by . This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Two Volumes.56 Previously Unpublished Sermons on John 4.Exploring the secret of life in all its fullness.Martyn Lloyd Jones asks, 'Why are more people not attracted to Christianity?' It is because they are not exposed to the attractiveness of Christ, the fullness of his Spirit which, like living water, satisfies the deepest needs we have. These 56 sermons on John 4 and the Samaritan woman at the well challenge Christians to drink deep themselves, so that they have something to offer a needy world. They also challenge those who maintain that 'the deeper Christian life' is available only to the few. All of us can - and should - grow in our knowledge and love for the Lord. These sermons point the way to do just that.Includes the following new sermons and more:- The Possibilities of the Christian Life- In Spirit and in Truth- Praying in the Spirit- Power- Mind, Heart and Will- 'The Life of God in the Soul of Man'- Never Thirst- The Authority of the Bible- The Sufficiency of the Bible- A Purpose for Life and Death- The Secret Things of God- The Need for Emotional Satisfaction- Joyful Assurance- The Coming of the Holy Spirit- The Fruit of the Spirit- Experiences of the Lord's Presence- Finding the Lord's Presence- Rejoicing in Christ"
Download or read book To Walk with Jesus written by Roberta P. Martin and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Answers the lenten call to take a sacred journey of the heart, to embark on a path of self-exploration and savor the experiences of repentance, renewal, and healing that are at the core of the lenten season. Through daily scripture meditations, insightful questions that encourage deeper reflection and provocative prayer suggestions the author makes it possible to feel the words of forgiveness, healing, and renewal in readers' hearts, and to hope again in the promise of new life that is Easter.
Download or read book Well of Living Water written by Jeannine Williams and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within Well of Living Water you will read what God's Word has to say about many of life's issues, struggles, and joys and how, as Christians, we can apply His Word to our lives as well as make it the focal point of our daily living. This devotional is designed to lead you to the Book of books--the Bible! Enjoy your time in the Word.
Download or read book Growing in Love and Wisdom written by Susan J. Stabile and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although raised Roman Catholic, Susan Stabile was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun and devoted 20 years of her life to practicing Buddhism before returning to Catholicism in 2001. In Growing in Love and Wisdom, she draws on this unique dual perspective to explore the value of interreligious dialogue, the spiritual dynamics that operate across faith traditions, and how Buddhist meditation practices can deepen Christian prayer. She begins by examining the values and principles shared by the two faiths and shows that both traditions seek to effect a fundamental transformation in the lives of believers. Both stress the need for experiences with deep emotional resonance that goes beyond the level of concepts to touch the heart. The center of the book offers 15 Tibetan Buddhist contemplative practices, adapted for Christian use. Stabile provides clear instructions on how to do these meditations and helpful commentary on each, explaining its purpose and the relation between the Buddhist original and her Christian adaptation of it. Throughout, she highlights the many remarkably close parallels between the teachings of Jesus and the Buddha. The meditations offered in this unusual book will be extremely useful to thoughtful Christians, to those responsible for giving spiritual direction, and also to Buddhist sympathizers who will be intrigued and pleased to see familiar contemplations handled so skillfully by a former Buddhist practitioner who has gratefully learned so much from her former religion and now introduces the riches of that tradition to her fellow Christians.
Download or read book Living Water written by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and published by . This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Two Volumes.56 Previously Unpublished Sermons on John 4.Exploring the secret of life in all its fullness.Martyn Lloyd Jones asks, 'Why are more people not attracted to Christianity?' It is because they are not exposed to the attractiveness of Christ, the fullness of his Spirit which, like living water, satisfies the deepest needs we have. These 56 sermons on John 4 and the Samaritan woman at the well challenge Christians to drink deep themselves, so that they have something to offer a needy world. They also challenge those who maintain that 'the deeper Christian life' is available only to the few. All of us can - and should - grow in our knowledge and love for the Lord. These sermons point the way to do just that.Includes the following new sermons and more:- The Possibilities of the Christian Life- In Spirit and in Truth- Praying in the Spirit- Power- Mind, Heart and Will- 'The Life of God in the Soul of Man'- Never Thirst- The Authority of the Bible- The Sufficiency of the Bible- A Purpose for Life and Death- The Secret Things of God- The Need for Emotional Satisfaction- Joyful Assurance- The Coming of the Holy Spirit- The Fruit of the Spirit- Experiences of the Lord's Presence- Finding the Lord's Presence- Rejoicing in Christ"
Download or read book The New Spiritual Exercises written by Louis M. Savary and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One can say that the last true revolution in spirituality came with the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola. Many devout Christians use the Exercises unchanged from their origins in the sixteenth century. In the twentieth century, another Jesuit, Pierre Teilhard he Chardin, developed a revolutionary spirituality by integrating science and faith, offering us a new way to understand the Word of God and the immensity of the Universal Christ. Unfortunately, he never spelled out how to practice this new understanding in our daily lives. Louis Savary offers an approach on how the Spiritual Exercises could be re-envisioned for contemporary believers, using the transformative spirituality of Teilhard. The New Spiritual Exercises provides a vision of how a twenty-first century Teilhard might have adapted Ignatius' classic work-in the hope that Teilhard himself would approve. Book jacket.
Download or read book A Hunger for God written by John Piper and published by Inter-Varsity Press. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an appetite for God. And it can be awakened. I invite you to turn from the dulling effects of food and the dangers of idolatry, and to say with some simple fast: "This much, O God, I want you." Our appetites dictate the direction of our lives - whether it be the cravings of our stomachs, the passionate desire for possessions or power, or the longings of our spirits for God. But for the Christian, the hunger for anything besides God can be an arch-enemy. While our hunger for God - and Him alone - is the only thing that will bring victory. Do you have that hunger for Him? As John Piper puts it: "If we don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because we have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Our soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great." If we are full of what the world offers, then perhaps a fast might express, or even increase, our soul's appetite for God. Between the dangers of self-denial and self-indulgence is this path of pleasant pain called fasting. It is the path John Piper invites you to travel in this book. For when God is the supreme hunger of your heart, He will be supreme in everything. And when you are most satisfied in Him, He will be most glorified in you.
Download or read book Paul for Everyone written by Tom Wright and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making use of his scholar's understanding, yet writing in an approachable and anecdotal style, Tom Wright captures the verve and sparkle of these letters. Paul wrote the letters while in prison facing possible death, but their passion and energy are undimmed. They reveal Paul's longing to see young churches grow in faith and understanding, rooted in Jesus himself, and to see this faith worked out in practice. Wright's stimulating comments are combined with his own fresh and inviting translation of the text. Tom Wright has undertaken a tremendous task: to provide guides to all the books of the New Testament, and to include in them his own translation of the entire text. Each short passage is followed by a highly readable discussion with background information, useful explanations and suggestions, and thoughts as to how the text can be relevant to our lives today. A glossary is included at the back of the book. The series is suitable for group study, personal study, or daily devotions.
