Who is God and what is He like? Part 4

Opening Question: What is it that gives you lasting satisfaction in life?

Word List:
Pharisees – religious leaders of Israel 2000 years ago.
baptizing – putting people under water, which represented dying to the selfish way they were living, and starting over again.
Judea, Galilee, Samaria, Sychar – places in Israel.
Jacob, Joseph – 2 of the famous forefathers of Israel.
well – a deep hole in the ground, dug out to find water.
Samaritans – people who were half-Jewish, and hated by the Jews.

Read John 4:1-18

Discuss the following:
1) Re-tell the story in your own words.
2) How would you describe the woman?
3) What did Jesus say about himself?
4) What do the terms “living water” and “God’s gift” mean to you?
5) How could the woman (and how can we) get this “living water”?
6) Have you had a chance to taste this “living water” yet? If so, how has it satisfied your thirst?