Encouragement and inspiration for Today's Christian Woman
Scripture Blessing“May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you His favor and give you His peace.”— Numbers 6:24–26, NLT Before You Begin Each Session Open with a moment of silence or prayer Invite women to settle their hearts and …
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SERIES INTRODUCTION He Met Me at the Well: A Devotional Journey for the Wounded Soul There’s something sacred about meeting Jesus in our most vulnerable moments. For the Samaritan woman, it was at a well—a place of thirst, burden, and quiet desperation. She came carrying shame, a history of rejection, and emotional wounds hidden deep …
Scripture Anchor “Many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the woman’s testimony.”— John 4:39, NLT Soul Talk After meeting Jesus, the woman at the well didn’t just leave with water—she left changed.Her shame gave way to courage.Her silence turned into testimony.She came to the well hiding, and left proclaiming. That’s what happens when …
Scripture Anchor:“The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone…”— John 4:28 (NLT) Soul Talk She came for water—but left the jar behind. The very thing she thought she needed suddenly didn’t matter anymore. One encounter with Jesus, and her shame, her broken patterns, her desire to …
Scripture Anchor:“But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth.” — John 4:23a (NLT) Soul Talk Some days, our faith doesn’t come in full sentences. It comes in sighs. In quiet nods when we want to scream. In a half-prayed prayer whispered while folding laundry …
Scripture Anchor “‘Sir,’ the woman said, ‘you must be a prophet.’”— John 4:19, NLT Soul Talk There’s a moment—maybe quiet, maybe jarring—when the truth of God runs headfirst into the truth about us. And when it does? It stings. It exposes. It’s awkward.Uncomfortable. That’s what happened here. Jesus wasn’t rude, but He didn’t sugarcoat it …
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Scripture Anchor “Jesus said to her, ‘Go, call your husband, and come back.’ ‘I have no husband,’ she replied. Jesus said, ‘You’re right when you say you have no husband.’”— John 4:16-17, NLT Soul Talk Fear often keeps us standing at the edge, hesitant to step forward into the healing God offers. It whispers doubts, …
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Scripture Anchor “Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.”— John 4:15, NLT Soul Talk Sometimes it’s not the burden itself—but how often we have to carry it—that wears us down.The woman came to the well like she …
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Scripture Anchor “But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”— John 4:14, NLT Soul Talk Forgiveness can feel like the heaviest part of healing. Not because we don’t want peace—but because the pain still feels real. The woman …
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Scripture Anchor “Jesus said to her, ‘Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.’”— John 4:13-14, NLT Soul Talk Sadness can feel like a quiet, endless well inside—one we learn to carry with us, even when we’re smiling. Some sadness comes from what’s …