Empowering Lives International

John 4:25-36
Don Rogers

John 4:25-36 NIV
25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” 26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.” 27 Just 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?” 28 Then, 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 Messiah?” 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him. 31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” 33 Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?” 34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.

A Surrendered Life

Orchestrate my steps today for Your Glory.

An Unpacked Life

Luke 10:2-4 NIV
2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.

This world is not my home
I’m just a-passing through
My treasures are laid up
Somewhere beyond the blue
The angels beckon me
From heaven’s open door
And I can’t feel at home
In this world anymore

This world is not my home by Jim Reeve

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” Jim Elliot

Jim Elliot’s life’s work and legacy would continue as his wife Elisabeth later moved into the Auca/Waodani village with their young daughter to live among those who had killed him.

“Place your trust in an eternal, unchanging God. Rest assured that His eternal heart will love you as much tomorrow as He does today and forever.”

Books: Through Gates of Splendor elisabethelliot.org

“It is no longer a matter of how much of mine do I have to give up, but how much of God’s should I keep.”

Tom Sine – Mustard Seed Conspiracy**

Lives that celebrate together!

Luke 10:17 NIV
17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”

If you want to go fast – go alone

If you want to go far - Go together

African Proverb**

John 4:35