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Desires|To Be KNOWN (The Woman at the Well – John 4)
November 20, 2011
Desires

Desires|To Be KNOWN (The Woman at the Well – John 4)

John Kurcina
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(John 4) We all desperately long to be loved and accepted, to be known deeply and intimately. But because we are alienated from God, we are alienated from each other. Jesus reconciles the woman at the well to God the Father so that she can be reconciled to herself–her sin and need–and be reconciled to the community that has rejected her.

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