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John 4:39

John 4:39

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The woman went from social outcast to key evangelist. Her simple testimony — 'He told me everything' — was enough to bring many to faith. God specialises in unlikely witnesses.

Memory phrase: God uses unlikely people to bring others to faith.

Talk about it: The Samaritan woman was someone others might have looked down on. Yet God used her to bring a whole town to Jesus. What does that say about who God chooses to use?

Prayer: God, use me — just as I am — to bring others to faith in Jesus.

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