Jesus Offers Healing for Our Brokenness: Gospel of John 4:16–30:Daily Devotional, Daily Bible Study

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🗓️ 3 November 2025

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Jesus Offers Healing for Our Brokenness: Gospel of John 4:16–30:Daily Devotional, Daily Bible Study In this episode, Rachael Groll discusses how Jesus approaches brokenness with grace and truth. She emphasizes the importance of understanding that Jesus invites individuals into a healing conversation, rather than shaming them for their struggles. The dialogue highlights the need for restoration and the compassionate nature of Jesus in dealing with personal shame and brokenness. ☆ This podcast devotional is a companion to Knowing God’s Voice, Grab Your Printed Copy Here! ☆Go Deeper and Learn to Hear God’s Voice: Knowing Jesus Course ☆To Learn More About Sponsoring a Child, check out Compassion International here: ➤ Sponsor a Child ☆Go on a trip with Rachael: Bible Study Live ☆Have a question for Rachael? Ask it here: Ask Rachael a Question ☆Get Ad-Free Episodes, Bonus Content, and more here: ⁠ patreon.com/HearingJesus⁠ ☆If you would like to give to Hearing Jesus and financially support the podcast, you can do so here ! ➤ Give Here ☆Facebook ➤https://www.facebook.com/SheHears.org/ ☆Instagram ➤ https://www.instagram.com/rachael.d.groll/ ☆Website ➤ Hearing Jesus Takeaways Jesus handles brokenness with grace and truth. We are surrounded by broken people in the world. Jesus invites us into a conversation about our struggles. He reveals our issues not to shame us, but to heal us. Healing and restoration are central to Jesus' message. It's important to acknowledge our own burdens and shame. Jesus already knows our struggles before we share them. The conversation with Jesus is about healing, not embarrassment. We should not hide our brokenness from Jesus. Grace is essential in handling our own and others' brokenness. Chapters 00:00 Encountering Hidden Pain and Hope 00:46 Healing and Restoration in Jesus Bible, Bible Study, Devotions, Devotional, Daily Devotional, Prayer, Jesus, God, Holy Spirit, Spiritual Growth, hearing God’s voice, Hearing God, Hearing Jesus, Praying, Pray, God’s Word, Scriptures Hearing Jesus, Knowing God's Voice, Female Prophets, Bible Study, Spiritual Growth, Christian Podcast, Faith Journey, Obedience, God's Communication, Personal Reflections, prophecy, faith, surrender, spiritual gifts, women's ministry, Christian podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey friends, I'm Rachel Grohl and I'm your host for the Hearing Jesus podcast, where I help you to know God and to make him known.
0:11.6	Have you ever had someone speak directly to a part of your life that you were trying to hide?
0:18.2	I have, and honestly, it was something that I hadn't told anyone. It was a part of my
0:24.3	story that made me feel embarrassed. Now imagine meeting a complete stranger who not only knows
0:32.0	a part of your past, but instead of offering shame, you're offered hope.
0:41.9	That's exactly what happens in this next part of John chapter 4. And it's a conversation between Jesus and a woman.
0:46.3	And it goes from talking about water to exposing hidden pain.
0:51.1	But instead of condemnation, Jesus offers restoration. And that's the kind of encounter that
0:57.9	changes everything. In today's episode, we're going to walk through this next moment between Jesus
1:04.1	and the woman at the well. And we're going to talk about what it means when Jesus knows your
1:09.7	whole story and still invites you into a new one.
1:15.1	You know, this is actually the longest recorded conversation we have between Jesus and another person.
1:25.2	I think that's pretty telling. And it means there's something powerful for us there.
1:30.6	I'm going to read John chapter 4, verses 16 to 30. He told her, go, call your husband, and come back.
1:40.7	I have no husband, she replied. Jesus said, her, you are right when you say you have no husband.
1:47.9	The fact is you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband.
1:52.9	What you have just said is quite true.
1:56.2	Sir, the woman said, I can see that you are a prophet.
2:00.1	Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place for we must worship is in Jerusalem.
2:07.9	Woman, Jesus replied, believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the father, either on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
2:20.4	You Samaritans worship what you do not know,
2:28.5	we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks.
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