Sermon Listening Guide
Speaker: Dr. Condy Richardson
Scripture: John 4:4-18
Sermon Title: “Jesus Shares His Story"
John 4:4-18 (NIV)
4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”
13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17 “I have no husband,” she replied.
Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”
13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17 “I have no husband,” she replied.
Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”
First Thoughts
Few stories in the Bible are as relatable to us in 2026 as “The Samaritan Woman at the Well.”
A simple conversation with Jesus changed her entire outlook and life.
The Woman
The woman in John 4 certainly feels inadequate and “less than” in the presence of Jesus.
She is probably not a pure-blooded Jew, and her reputation is stained in Samaria.
Her low social status makes her an unlikely candidate to earn precious time with a rabbi.
She filled her life pursuing things that will not last and will not save her.
What have you filled your life with that is not growing you closer to God?
Jesus
The Son of God is physically tired when he meets the woman by the well.
Despite his fatigue, he sees an opportunity to share the Gospel with a marginalized woman.
On any given day, you never know who God may bring under your influence.
“Doing nothing” is not an option for Christians.
We are to be intentional in our dealings with non-believers.
The Message
Jesus promised the woman something called “Living Water.”
It would leave her satisfied and would never run out.
Only Jesus will satisfy the spiritual longings of this world.
Final Thoughts
This story teaches that no one is irredeemable or unforgiveable.
Are you praying that God will open doors for you to share the Gospel?
Will you pray that God will send someone to share the Gospel with your loved ones?
Few stories in the Bible are as relatable to us in 2026 as “The Samaritan Woman at the Well.”
A simple conversation with Jesus changed her entire outlook and life.
The Woman
The woman in John 4 certainly feels inadequate and “less than” in the presence of Jesus.
She is probably not a pure-blooded Jew, and her reputation is stained in Samaria.
Her low social status makes her an unlikely candidate to earn precious time with a rabbi.
She filled her life pursuing things that will not last and will not save her.
What have you filled your life with that is not growing you closer to God?
Jesus
The Son of God is physically tired when he meets the woman by the well.
Despite his fatigue, he sees an opportunity to share the Gospel with a marginalized woman.
On any given day, you never know who God may bring under your influence.
“Doing nothing” is not an option for Christians.
We are to be intentional in our dealings with non-believers.
The Message
Jesus promised the woman something called “Living Water.”
It would leave her satisfied and would never run out.
Only Jesus will satisfy the spiritual longings of this world.
Final Thoughts
This story teaches that no one is irredeemable or unforgiveable.
Are you praying that God will open doors for you to share the Gospel?
Will you pray that God will send someone to share the Gospel with your loved ones?