Daily Devotional
Revisit Sunday’s message through a short Scripture, reflection, and prayer designed to help you walk with Jesus throughout the week.
These daily devotionals grow out of Sunday’s message to help you stay anchored to Christ throughout the week. Each day includes Scripture, a few questions to reflect on, and a short prayer to help you follow Jesus and live out your faith as you light your city.
Day One
Scripture:
7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8 (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” - John 4:7-10
Devotional Thought:
Jesus sits by a well and starts a conversation that seems ordinary, but it is anything but. The woman came for water, yet Jesus came for her—showing that God’s pursuit often meets us in routine places and regular moments. The people you pass every day may look like passing strangers, but they are deeply seen by Christ.
This encounter reminds us that spiritual conversations don’t begin with perfect words; they begin with presence and compassion. Jesus dignifies her with attention, initiating dialogue across barriers, and He models what it looks like to notice someone instead of hurrying past them.
Today, ask God to reshape how you see the “well moments” in your own life—work, school, errands, sidelines, waiting rooms. If Jesus is willing to start with something as simple as a request for water, you can begin with a simple greeting, a question, or an offer to help, trusting God to do what only He can do.
Reflection Questions:
Where are the everyday places you tend to be on autopilot, and how might Jesus want you to become more present there?
Who is someone you regularly see but rarely truly notice? Write their name and one thing you can learn about them.
What barriers (social, cultural, personal discomfort) keep you from initiating conversations, and how does Jesus challenge those barriers?
Practice a small step today: offer a genuine greeting, ask a thoughtful question, or show practical kindness to one person you would usually pass by.
Pray:
“Jesus, help me see who You see today. Give me eyes to notice and a heart to engage.”