Hello boys and girls
This is Aunt Frenita and I have a wonderful story for you
Called "The Woman at the Well"
Today's memory verse is from Luke 8:39
It says "Tell how much God has done for you"
The message for today's story is "We help others when we tell them about Jesus"
Have you ever been thirsty?
So thirsty you couldn't wait to get a drink?
One day when He was traveling
Jesus became very thirsty
Would someone get Him a drink?
Jesus sat beside the well in the middle of the day
He was very thirsty
He was hungry too
His disciple friends had gone into the town to buy food
But Jesus had decided to sit by the well to rest
Jesus did not have a bucket with a rope tied on it
So He did not have any way to reach any of that nice cool water in the well
Maybe someone would come to get water from the well and offer Him a drink
Around lunch time a woman came to the well
And she had a water jug
She was going to get some water
Jesus looked at her
And He knew that she was a Samaritan
Jesus knew that the people of Samaria did not like Jews
And Jews did not like Samaritans
Jesus was a Jew
But He liked Samaritans
In fact
He liked people of every country
Jesus knew that the woman would not speak to Him
She would not speak to a Jew
So Jesus spoke to her instead
"May I please have a drink of water?"
The woman was very surprised
"You are a Jew," she said
"And you are talking to me?"
"You know that I am a Samaritan"
"That's right," Jesus said with a smile
Then he began to talk to the woman
She was so interested in what Jesus was saying
That she forgot to get Him a drink
Jesus knew that the woman had troubles
He knew that people did not like her very much
But that did not matter to Jesus
He loved everybody
Although He was tired and thirsty
Jesus could see that the woman needed to know about God's love
He wanted to help her even more than He wanted a drink of water
As they talked
The woman told Jesus that she knew God had promised them a Saviour would come and help people understand about Him
Then Jesus surprised her
He said, "I am that Saviour"
The woman was so happy
Jesus was the Saviour and He was her friend
Quickly she left her water jug and ran back into the town
She wanted to tell other people about Jesus
It did not take long for people to gather at the well
They listened to His stories and invited Him to stay with them
For two days
Jesus stayed and told the people about God's love
Jesus loves and helps all people
It doesn't matter to Him where they come from
or what they look like
Everyone needs to know about Jesus
You can help by telling others about God's love
You can be loving just like Jesus
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