Q: If you were to make the perfect drink (non-alcoholic) – What one ingredient would it have? Why?
John 4:4-10
Q: What do you think this woman’s first impression of Jesus was?
Q: What do you think made her hesitant to give Jesus a drink of water?
Q: What ideologies or mentalities do you think people have toward church or religion?
Q: What do you think shaped the way this woman thought? (Experiences, teachings, etc…)
Q: What did Jesus say he’d give her if she would have asked? (Living water)
Jesus is asking for a drink of regular water from the woman
Then he says, “If you would have asked ME…I would have given you even more than normal
water. I would have given you living water.”
Q: What do you think she might have been thinking now? (Looney bin!)
[v. 11-14]
Q: What do you think Jesus meant by “living water”?
Q: Do you think what Jesus was saying right here sounded very rational to the woman?
No bucket to draw water from anywhere
He’s the one asking for water because He’s thirsty
He starts talking about a type of water that will never make you thirsty again
Q: What things in the Bible do you think can sound irrational to people? (Resurrection, Heaven, etc…)
Q: If you had a chance to drink something that would not make you thirsty again – would you?
[v. 15-19]
Q: What do you think was stopping this woman from having “living water”?
Q: What do you think caused her to go from husband to husband?
Q: What other things do people “thirst” for to fill them up?
Q: What is something that you personally wish that you had – but don’t?
Jesus has living water
There’s no need to thirst for anything if you have Jesus
Q: How do you get the living water?
[v. 20-26]
Q: What do you think it means to worship in spirit and in truth?
Q: Do you think there’s a lot of true worshippers out there? Why or why not?
Q: What do you think someone that’s got living water looks like?
[v. 27-30, 39-42]
Let’s see what happens with the woman! (Made a difference all around her!)
Challenge: Become a true worshipper! Choose to study the Bible to learn about truth, but also do it
with the right spirit! Living water is worth it!