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Hey, what's up? 
City Post Church. 

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Good morning. 
Happy Sunday, man. 

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I hope you guys are doing good. 
And it is weird not being in 

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church all together, but it's 
all good, man. 

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We're coming to you, man. 
I, I feel like there's a, a word

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from the Lord that I want to 
share with you even in this 

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situation. 
You know, one of the things 

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we've been talking about is this
whole idea of pursuing Christ. 

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We know that in 2026, we want to
run after Jesus. 

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We want to pursue Jesus and 
everything that we do. 

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And we've talked about what that
looks like and some of the 

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things that we're going to have 
to remove in order to pursue 

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Christ and everything that we do
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But one of the things I want to 
address today is how do I bring 

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others with me to pursue Christ?
How do I bring people into the 

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gospel? 
How do I bring people into a 

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relationship with Jesus? 
I think that there's a great 

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blueprint and a great example of
what that looks like and is 

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found in John chapter 4. 
So go ahead and get your Bible, 

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get your app, whatever that 
looks like, iPad, get your Bible

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out. 
I really want you to see this. 

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This is really important. 
So I'll give you a few seconds. 

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I'm just going to talk for like 
a few seconds so you can go 

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ahead and get your stuff out. 
So in John chapter 4, it's it's 

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a story we're all very familiar 
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Talk about all the time. 
Jesus and his disciples go 

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through Samaria. 
So instead of going around like 

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most of the Jews and the Jewish 
leaders would do, because 

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Samaria is like one of those 
areas like they want to stay 

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away from because of all these 
religious implications and 

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cultural contexts. 
But, but I just want to focus on

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this one component of the story,
which is found at the end. 

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Jesus encounters this woman at 
the well. 

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The woman at the well is there 
at noon, which is not what 

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everybody else is there. 
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She's an outcast. 
She must have done some things. 

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People don't like her. 
So Jesus is there, she's there, 

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He talks with her, He has an 
encounter with her. 

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She finds that Jesus is the 
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So Jesus forgives her. 
He says that he's the living 

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water she drinks of the living 
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She'll never thirst again. 
She's like, give me that. 

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And then he's like, awesome man,
go tell your husband to come. 

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So Jesus digs a little bit 
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What he discovers is that she 
has some really deep hurt, some 

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deep wounds of where her sin is 
coming out of. 

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But at the end of their 
conversation, she realizes that 

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Jesus is the true Messiah, and 
she puts her faith in the 

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Messiah. 
Then she goes to tell everybody,

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and I think that she lays out a 
blueprint for us of what it 

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looks like to tell people about 
Christ and the Messiah that we 

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have, and then invite them to 
come and pursue Jesus with you 

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as well. 
What does that look like? 

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A lot of us kind of get nervous 
about witnessing or sharing our 

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faith. 
We might think that we don't 

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have everything that we need. 
I don't know enough. 

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I don't know enough memory 
verses, I don't know what to 

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say. 
I stutter, I get nervous. 

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You know, what if I get 
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What if, what if, what if, what 
if, What if? 

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We just followed this lady's 
example and see what the 

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Scripture tells us. 
I think it's going to encourage 

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us to go bring others to Jesus. 
So I want to start in verse 39. 

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So we're just going to look at 
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think that there's some things 
that we could see here that we 

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can learn. 
And then I want to encourage us 

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to go out and do likewise. 
So check this out. 

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Look at verse. 
I'm going to read verse 39 

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through 42. 
This is what the word of the 

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Lord has to say in John chapter 
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So it says that many Samaritans 
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because of the woman's 
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He told me all that I ever did. 
So when the Samaritans came to 

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him, they asked him to stay with
them, and he stayed with them 

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two days. 
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his word they said to the woman.
It is no longer because of what 

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you said that we believe, for we
have heard for ourselves and we 

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know that this is indeed the 
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Man, isn't that amazing? 
And then it says after two days 

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they departed and they kept 
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So check this out. 
What do we know from this lady 

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man? 
How can we as believers in 

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Christ bring people into a 
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Was she a theologian? 
She was at the town. 

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She was just trying to get some 
water. 

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Was she a pretty strong 
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No, she's a new convert. 
She just met the Lord and she 

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was forgiven. 
Did she take evangelism class? 

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No, she just showed up. 
She had an encounter with 

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Christ. 
So what can you and I do to lead

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people to Jesus? 
Check it out. 

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Taking notes. 
Awesome #1 if not, it's going to

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be right here on the screen. 
Check it out. 

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Number one, your testimony 
matters, right? 

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So the first thing I want to 
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your testimony. 
Share your story of how you came

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to know Christ with people. 
It says in verse 39 that many 

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Samaritans from the town 
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woman's testimony. 
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And what was her testimony? 
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about, the thing that blew her 
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come into belief was this. 
He told me everything I ever 

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did. 
That's only something God can 

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do. 
That's only something the 

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Messiah could do. 
But it goes deeper than that 

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because it's not like a fortune 
telling thing, like I see the 

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future in your life. 
No, what she's getting at is the

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forgiveness of sin. 
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Jesus knew the depths of her 
heart, and that's only something

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that God can do. 
So Jesus doesn't only know her 

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heart, but he's able to forgive 
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I love this because your 
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you have to say to people about 
you coming to faith in Christ, 

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the Holy Spirit uses that in 
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You could be at dinner, you 
could be a Christmas, you could 

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be at home right now with family
members that don't know the Lord

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and you haven't even shared your
testimony yet or your story yet.

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The great thing is because the 
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Spirit's job is to point 
everybody to Christ, point 

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everybody to Jesus. 
So what does she do? 

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She says I testify. 
I shared my testimony. 

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I love this. 
Listen, all of us do this 

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unknowingly. 
Have you ever been to a good 

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restaurant? 
I have you ever notice when you 

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talk about a good place to go 
eat, you tend to kind of share a

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little bit about it, right? 
Like whenever I go to Tex de 

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Brazil, man, love that place. 
All you can eat steak, awesome 

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buffet. 
Hopefully I get to go there 

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soon, right? 
It's an awesome place to go eat 

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when you go and you sit down and
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So the first time I went Tex de 
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I'm like, this is crazy. 
They come and give you all the 

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steak you want. 
And I remember telling my 

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friends about it and I was like,
bro, you go and you sit down and

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you flip a car from red to 
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And this and man, the pecanas 
thebomb.com like the the flavor 

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is so strong and now you can 
throw a little chimichurri sauce

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on it. 
It just enhances the flavor. 

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It's like an explosion of 
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And then you got to get the all 
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You go to the salad bar, it's 
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But the the potatoes with the 
cheese, oh, it's so creamy, so 

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good. 
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dessert. 
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You got to ask for it, right? 
It's the closest thing to my 

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mama's flying. 
So it is off the chain. 

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And then the filet mignon, my 
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And they just walk around with 
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They got one wrapped with bacon 
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And it is so good. 
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you got to bring your wife. 
You got to bring your 

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girlfriend. 
This is a great date spot. 

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You want to impress somebody, 
you got to bring them to this 

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place. 
If you go on a date, man, and 

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then you leave feeling so full. 
You got the meat sweats. 

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You just want to chug water the 
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Oh man, it is one of the most 
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ever get to an awesome 
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You should go now. 
I rambled for about 2 1/2 

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minutes about a restaurant. 
What did I just do for you? 

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What I did was I shared my lived
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with you. 
I gave you my testimony of what 

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I experienced there. 
You see, that's how it works. 

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Testimony. 
I told you what I experienced 

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first hand. 
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crazier? 
It involved all my senses. 

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Touch, taste, see, feel my 
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And then like it left me feeling
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And listen. 
When you testify about your 

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relationship with Jesus, it is 
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You could just talk about what 
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Jesus and what it looks like 
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You're like, man, I met Jesus. 
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man, I got to experience his 
grace and oh man, it was so 

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strong and overwhelming. 
And his forgiveness, man, I 

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didn't know I could feel so 
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Haven't slept that good in a 
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his forgiveness. 
Oh, and his love is so rich and 

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tender. 
Oh man, it is overwhelming. 

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You've got to try it. 
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Better yet, this is a great 
person to bring your loved ones 

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to your wife, your girlfriend, 
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You should bring people that you
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You will be so good and so 
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You will be satisfied. 
I love this man. 

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This is like Psalm 34. 
You know what your testimony. 

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If you have a hard time 
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testimony, taste and see, right?
So my testimony is that I've 

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tasted, and I've seen that the 
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So my testimony is taste and 
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So think about that. 
My testimony is taste and see. 

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Let me give you a few passages 
and then we'll be out of here, 

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man. 
Revelation 12/11 They triumphed 

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over him by the blood of the 
Lamb, and by the word of their 

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testimony. 
They did not love their lives so

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as to shrink from death. 
Psalms 1072. 

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That the redeemed of the Lord 
tell their story, their 

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testimony, those who redeemed 
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Acts 420. 
For we cannot help speaking 

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about what we have seen and 
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And Psalms 34 I've tasted and 
seen the goodness of God Number 

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one, how do I tell people share 
your testimony. 

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How do I share my testimony? 
Share what you have tasted and 

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what you've seen because of 
God's goodness in your life. 

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Easy thing to do. 
What does she do next? 

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Look at the next verse what she 
does or what they do. 

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So not just share your 
testimony, but they urged him to

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stay. 
When you share Jesus with people

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that they might not understand 
or they might be a little bit 

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hesitant, but the greatest thing
that you can do is urge Him to 

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ask to meet Christ. 
Look what it says. 

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So when the Samaritans came to 
him, they urged him to stay with

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them. 
And you know what he did? 

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He stayed with them for two 
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Isn't that amazing? 
I love the the the word urge 

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here, strong exhortation. 
It's like a pleading, A 

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passionate call to action, often
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as we see in Paul's letters and 
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Urge people to cry out to Jesus.
Because what we know from the 

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Scriptures is that when you cry 
out to Jesus, when you go 

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looking for Him, you will find 
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Let's say it this way, Urgency 
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Promote urgency over formality. 
As you're talking to people, 

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forget the formality piece. 
Listen, you don't need a 

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specific prayers to come to 
Christ. 

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You don't need to light candles.
You don't need to know what you 

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say is the right thing. 
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like I would even say this, come
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You don't have to clean yourself
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if you tell people, listen, go 
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name, yell at him, whatever, 
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Jesus, you're going to find a 
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It says that he stayed. 
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to get in and out of Samaria. 
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urged him to stay, he stayed. 
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Listen, if you call out to 
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will meet with you. 
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through 14. 
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come and pray to me, and I will 
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You will seek me and find me. 
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heart, I will be found by you, 
declares the Lord, and bring you

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back from captivity. 
Jesus even says, man, if you 

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knock and I will open the door, 
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name I will grant it for you. 
You don't have to have it all 

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together and neither do people 
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Stop messing with the 
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Urge them to call on the name of
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and Jesus will meet with them 
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Just like Samaria, how nobody 
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there, Jesus does. 
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life there's places inside of 
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to go and we don't want to. 
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Jesus does. 
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will go there and he will stay 
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need. 
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when you have an encounter with 
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encounter in Christ, you tell 
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name of the Lord, and you will 
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Jesus will meet you when you 
call on him. 

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And then the last thing here, 
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His word? 
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you know. 
Share what you did it. 

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Share what Jesus did with you. 
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know a lot, you share a lot. 
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a little. 
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story, share testimony #2 
encourage people to seek Him, 

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call on Him, even if they don't 
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It's OK. 
Hey, test it, try it. 

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Call out to Jesus, explore 
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Jesus. 
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They had His word. 
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people to Jesus? 
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That's it. 
Look at it, look at the next 

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verse. 
He stayed with them for two days

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and look at verse 41. 
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more, or yeah, many more became 
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See, it was his words, not the 
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So the Holy Spirit used her 
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But the more people heard his 
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to a knowledge and understanding
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That's what we want to do. 
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Hebrews 4 verse 12, for the word
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sharper than any double edged 
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It penetrates even the divine, 
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and marrow. 
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attitudes of the heart. 
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the answers, but the one thing 
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scripture. 
Just read the scriptures, just 

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read the scriptures to people 
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Spirit do the work with His word
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word of God is living and active
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Isaiah 4840 verse 8 The grass 
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but the word of the Lord will 
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David tells us in Psalms for his
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until my feet and a light until 
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And of course, the verse that 
all of us know from not ashamed 

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of the gospel for it is the 
power of God for all those who 

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believe first to the Jew, then 
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When you read God's word, it's 
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So people didn't just come to 
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because of God's word, like over
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That's exactly what the Bible 
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Listen, this is Jesus talking. 
This is the breath of God, and 

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God is reaching out to us. 
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what to say, and that's OK, but 
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And we also have His name as 
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Not just His word, but His name 
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Acts 412 For there is no other 
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which we find salvation, only 
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You don't know what to do. 
Read His word. 

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You don't want to know what to 
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because that's the only name 
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I'm saved by. 
I might not know how to explain 

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what happened to me, but what I 
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it changed my life forever and 
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At the end, like verse 42 said, 
they said to the woman, we no 

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longer believe just because of 
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Now we have heard for ourselves 
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is the Savior of the world. 
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His word caused them not to make
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was to follow the Messiah and 
listen as you are faithful to 

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living your life through prayer,
rely on Holy Spirit. 

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People are going to come to 
faith in Jesus and we want to 

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lead them. 
How do you do it? 

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This lady gives us a really good
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I love you guys. 
Stay safe and we'll pray for us 

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and make sure you talk about it,
answer the questions and we will

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see you on Sunday. 
So Jesus, thank you for your 

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faithfulness. 
Lord, protect everyone, keep us 

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safe, and God help us to be bold
as we share the gospel and the 

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good news of Jesus with people 
and let them come to faith in 

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Him. 
In Jesus name we pray all these 

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things. 
Amen. 

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Amen. 
I love you guys and we'll see 

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you soon.