1. Will you give me a drink? (1-9)

Jesus did not avoid Samaria, as most Jews did. At high noon, he sat down by a well outside the city of Sychar. He was tired, hungry and thirsty. The disciples went to buy food. When a despised and lonely Samaritan woman came to draw water, he asked her for a drink. He revealed his weakness. She had a bucket; he didn't. Her rebellious retort revealed the barriers between them. He was a Jew; she, a Samaritan. He was a man; she, a woman. He was the holy Son of God, Prince of heaven; she, a sinner cut off from God, alienated from people.

2. The water Jesus gives (10-15)

Jesus stepped over the human barriers and offered her the gift of God, the water of eternal life--if she would ask for it. When we ask for the water Jesus gives, he puts in our hearts the source of life. When we welcome Jesus, and he dwells within us, we are no longer thirsty.

Application: Lord, give me a drink so that I may never thirst again.
One Word: Jesus gives the water of life