A prayer to be thirsty no more by Alicia Headley, read by Liam Arton.

Jesus said to her, whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks

of the water I shall give them will never thirst, but the water that I shall give him will

become in him a fountain of water, springing up into everlasting life.

John 4, 13 through 14.

Many of us have a thirst, deep in us, a longing to feel whole, to feel complete, to be loved.

We strive after things in life such as a spouse, career, children, possessions, or power

in hopes that the emptiness and unfulfillment we feel inside will one day be fulfilled.

Perhaps you finally obtain what you thirst for, yet the fulfillment only lasts but a moment,

and you're still left thirsting for more.

We live in a fallen world, we're being fulfilled by other people or things, isn't possible,

but we seek so hard trying to obtain it.

In today's scripture, Jesus reminds the woman he meets at the well who tried to obtain

such fulfillment that she will thirst again, running after the water of this world.

This woman went from man to man, husband to husband, and five husbands later.

She still didn't feel complete.

Her longing and brokenness could never be fulfilled by anyone but the Lord.

Our gracious Jesus tells her it's because she's drinking from the water of this fallen

world.

This sin-filled, sickness-filled, hurt-filled, heartbroken, broken, empty world will always

leave us thirsting for more.

Jesus then goes on to say that the water in life he offers will spring forth water that's

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