1. John 4:27-35
27Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”

2. John 4:27-35
28Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” 30They came out of the town and made their way toward him.

3. John 4:27-35
31Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.”
32But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

4. John 4:27-35
33Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”

5. John 4:27-35
34“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 35Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.

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9. John 4:27-31
Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?”

10. John 4:27-31
So the woman left her water jar, and went away into town and said to the people, Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?

11. John 4:27-31
They went out of the town and were coming to him. Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”

12. John 4:32 & 33
But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”

13. John 4:34
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.”

14. Chapter 1
Calls first disciples.
Don’t get it.

15. Chapter 2
Goes into the temple & it’s a joke.
He runs them out.

16. Chapter 3
Encounters Nicodemus.
Concept of “new birth” throws him.

17. Chapter 4
In God forsaken Samaria He encounters a woman who gets it!

18. Two Words
Passion
Vision

19. Passion Rom. 12:11 - Be fervent in spirit always serving the Lord.
Get fired up!
Either now or later.

20. key to passion is vision!
Our problem is not a lack of passion...

21. key to passion is vision!
Our problem is not a lack of passion... that’s a symptom.
Our problem is a lack of vision.

22. key to passion is vision!
All starts with our vision of God!
Moves to a vision of His will!

23. key to passion is vision!
Need to ask “why not”?
What does God want to happen here?

24. If we catch God’s vision it will:

25. Drive us to
our knees.

26. Force us
to change.

27. Challenge us
to sacrifice.

28. Lead us
to unity.

29. John 4 First missionary
What does God want done HERE?!

30. John 4 First missionary
What does God want done HERE?! Now?!