When Others Judge

“But no one who drinks the water I give will ever be thirsty again. The water I give will become in that person a flowing fountain that gives eternal life.”

John 4:14 (CEV)

Some people are going to think negative things about you. Some will never forgive. Some will cut you off and think they are better than you.

But Jesus won’t turn away from you. The only perfect person to ever live loves you so much. And because of that love, he wants to help you become more like him, too!

In today’s story, Jesus met a woman at a well. Her multiple marriages had ended, and she was living with a man who was not her husband. The people of the town treated her as an outcast because of the bad choices she had made. She was getting water from the well when no one else would be around. And as soon as Jesus spoke to her, she started to argue with him. She couldn’t figure out why he would speak to a person like her—a sinner.

Jesus stayed patient. The forgiveness he offered could free her from sin and heal the relationship between her and God so she could spend eternity with God. With Jesus’s help, she could stop sinning and become more like Jesus.

You, too, can have what Jesus gave the woman at the well. You can receive his forgiveness and eternal life! He freely gives this to those who come to him and ask. Will you ask him today?

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Rewrite Jesus’s words from today’s verse in a journal or on some paper, and as you do, thank him for giving eternal life.

PRAY

Thank you, God, for your forgiveness. Help us to forgive each other.

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