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The following excerpt was taken from Contact with God by Jeanne Wilkerson.

It is important to never take this glorious gospel for granted! You may think that you will always have the bright light of God’s Word available to you, but darker days are coming. You can’t just sit in the seat of ease in Zion after you have been saved and filled with the Holy Spirit. You must maintain your spiritual life and keep yourself sharp in the Word. You must allow the same source that produced that life-the Holy Spirit-to sustain it.

The gospel can be compared to light. It is like the moving of the sun, which rises on one horizon, crosses the heavens, and sets in another horizon. While we have the sunlight, the gospel, it is day. But the Bible says the night is coming, and unless we continue to walk in the light, the darkness will overtake us (John 12:35).

According to Romans 15:19, Paul took the gospel to a place known as Illyricum. After he did, the churches and people were so blessed by the beautiful light of the glorious gospel that signs and wonders followed. Today that same region is known as Albania.

It is the place where Paul performed so many signs and wonders in the name of Jesus, and the glorious gospel was proclaimed with all of its beauty and power. Through Paul, the people of Albania saw the gospel manifested through powerful signs and wonders.

But notice the more recent history of this nation where so many miracles had been performed. Albania is the first nation in the world to declare herself totally atheistic. Today it is a communist nation, and most of the people are Muslims.

In 1967, after a fiery speech by Albania’s ruler, two thousand convents, monasteries, mosques, and churches were taken over to be put to use for “better purposes.” The ministers and priests were assigned to hard labor, and since 1967, the practice of Christianity has been totally forbidden. Bibles were collected and burned, and even the mere possession of a Bible warrants one’s being shot by a firing squad.

It is hard to believe this is the same place that once saw such mighty signs and wonders!

A broadcast from the capital city of Tarana reported that severe measures had to be taken to erase Christianity from the minds of the people-extreme measures such as sealing Christians in barrels and rolling them alive into the sea.

The bishop of Duress in Albania was enclosed in an iron cage the size of his body. Inside, the walls were covered with spikes that penetrated his flesh. He was then pushed along the streets until he died. The London Daily Telegraph reported that several priests had been shot by firing squads.

Children are placed in state nurseries from birth. Their parents are not allowed to have custody of them. They are given two hours visitation privileges daily to spend with the child, if both the child and mother desire it. Over half the population in Albania is under twenty-five years of age.

Less than five percent of its citizens are ever permitted to leave the country. Albania is the second smallest country in Europe, the size of Belgium. It is bordered by Yugoslavia, Greece, the Adriatic, and Ionion Seas. It is Europe’s most primitive, backward nation, though the Communist party’s chief objective is to create a “new man.”

This place that had actually witnessed the birth of the gospel and had seen the signs and wonders of our God within its borders is no longer walking in His blessings. Sadly, if in our own lives we don’t take advantage of God’s hour of visitation, as in the case of Albania, we will not always enjoy divine demonstrations from God.

Freedom is the most valuable commodity in the world. People who travel to the underprivileged nations of the world will often tell you what a privilege it is to enjoy religious freedom in America. For example, a friend of mine who traveled to preach at a church in a communist nation told me about the adversity he witnessed.

He said that the Christians in that country spend hours upon hours crying out to God to give them just a few hours of freedom to preach the gospel.
We can pray for people to be saved, but we must also be obedient to go and bring the gospel to the people.

In light of the vision Oral Roberts had in July of this year, this next portion is a vision that Kenneth Hagin Jr. had in 1985:
I’m sure you’ve seen, while driving in the dark, off in the distance, a mighty glow against the skyline-some large, metropolitan city, fanning its light against the night sky.

I began to see the world, I saw the glow as it came from the North American continent, out of the United States, this glow. I saw that it got brighter, and brighter, and brighter, and began to spread north, south, east, and west.

It spread until, as the globe turned, I could see it encompass islands of the sea, other countries, and the darkness was driven away, light began to encompass these countries. Even as the light came to some of them, they weren’t all black and dark, but sort of in twilight, but some were completely amassed in darkness, and this encroaching light would make them bright.

I said, “Lord, what is the meaning of all this?” it had encompassed the whole earth.

He said, “This is the last day revival that people have been talking about. It’s the new WAVE people have been talking about. This is the MOVE of the end time of the Holy Spirit. And it’s not just a revival that’s going to reach one nation, not a revival for a few ’spots’ around the world, as you saw what seemed like twilight in some of the countries, that was where there is something happening already.

“This revival will encompass the whole world. It will involve My people all over the world who are willing in this last day to be mature, and to do the job that I’ve called them to do. It’s not going to happen easily, as one would think, or that it seems that it does to others.”

I said, “What do you mean?”

He said, “It’s going to happen as My people begin to call on My Name, and ASK for the anointing and the power of God to move in the Church-not move on me individually; not move on our group; not move on our denomination; not move on the so-called “faith” people; or this people or that people. But as MY people fall on their faces and begin to pray, and say, ‘God, we want a revival-we don’t care whether it’s through us or someone else-we want a revival of the power of the Spirit of God!’”

“Then,” He said, “it’s going to happen. It’s already started, because the glow you began to see, not only in your country, but also in the other countries who were in twilight-that’s the people of God who are hungry for revival.”
Kenneth Hagin Jr. then delivered this prophetic word:
“Some will say, ‘I don’t know about this.’ Others will say, ‘Let’s watch!’ and they will be like the fifty prophets that watched Elisha.”

“But I say to you this night, if you will bow before Me in prayer and praise and will not be ashamed of the Holy Spirit and the demonstration of the power of God, I will lead you into the greatest anointing that you have ever known! And your churches will grow. And everything that you do will turn to victory!”

“And there will not be anything that can stand in your way and that can defeat you! But you will march arm in arm, running to tear the devil’s kingdom apart. And gathering souls from the harvest field as you run! Because the revival is now at hand!

“And it shall be poured out upon all of those that are willing to be God’s vessels, dedicated to the power of God and not be ashamed if somebody calls them this or that or something else. And not be ashamed to stand and demonstrate the power of God in the face of all odds that says, ‘It can’t happen!’”

God says, “I will be with you. I will anoint you and there will be a revival. I am only looking for vessels. Will you be that vessel?”

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Prov.20:5 “Counsel in the heart of man is like water in a deep well, but a man of understanding draws it out.”

This woman at the well here is just totally amazed why Jesus is asking her to draw water from the well for Him. There is some sarcasm and prejudice here. Jesus didn’t have any prejudice towards her though. But she probably had met some Jews that treated her badly. She is wondering if Jesus as a Jew would have talked to her if He hadn’t need anything.

This woman has s lot of bitterness in her. When there is bitterness in you, you have to change before you receive from the Lord. These things hinder you and your heart from being receptive. The bible says: faith works by love. If you have a lot of hate, animosity, bitterness and prejudice in you; that’s not love. When love is not operating and faith works by love; faith will not work.

You cannot harbor ill will, animosity or prejudice against people and walk in faith to have victory. You just cannot do it. You also cannot be shallow to judge everybody by somebody’s actions. You cannot say “all women are that way” or “all white people are that way” or “all men are the same”. Because they are not. Don’t label people so quickly.

This woman at the well here is convinced that the Jews don’t have any dealings with the Samaritans. She might have missed out if it hadn’t been for Jesus here in this situation. This whole passage is around a well and they talk about the well and about water. Jesus took this opportunity to talk about salvation isn’t it?

John 4:13-14 Jesus says “all who drink of this water will be thirsty again. But whosoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up (continually) within him for eternal life.”

Jesus is talking here to her about the work of the Holy Spirit in the new birth. When you are born again, you have the Holy Spirit on the inside of you. He is the spirit of life. There is also a following experience that everybody should receive and that is the baptism of the Holy Spirit. That has to do with an endowment of power upon a person. It gives you power to be a witness for Jesus.

This endowment of power is described in John 7:37  “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” There is a difference between a well and rivers.

The well describes the work of the Holy Spirit in you for your own personal benefit. You draw water out of the well for your own personal benefit. But the rivers flow out. The rivers are not contained in one container. The Holy Spirit wants to flow through you; come upon you to touch other people’s lives as well. That is the rivers.

We need the well and we need the rivers. We need it all. The well has more to do with your personal life. The woman said here: “Sir, the well is deep and you don’t have anything to draw with. Where are going to get this living water?” Maybe you feel that way; the well is deep and you think you don’t have anything to draw with”. You don’t how to get anything out of the well.

You have to understand that within you is the Holy Spirit; the Greater one. The Holy Spirit is God and he lives inside of you if you are born again. All that He is and all that He has is in Himself and He is in you. So, all that He is, is in you. And all that He has is in you. There is a reservoir inside of you of unlimited resources. The strength of God is inside of you, the life of God, the wisdom of God, the knowledge of God, the understanding of God, the love of God, the peace and the joy of God, IN YOU!!

Come back and learn how to draw it out.

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John 4:13-14 Jesus says “all who drink of this water will be thirsty again. But whosoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up (continually) within him for eternal life.”
Prov.20:5 “Counsel in the heart of man is like water in a deep well, but a man of understanding draws it out.”

It is not a coincidence that Jesus met this woman at the well and that their conversation was about the well. Jesus had been traveling and it probably was hot and He is there at the well thirsty and dry. The well is there but there is no way that He can get the water, because the well is deep and there wasn’t a drawing bucket there and not just anybody could draw water out of the well, because it was a community well.

There is plenty of water, but it is deep. So, you need to have an apparatus; they usually used a piece of pottery like a vase of some sort with a loop on it and a rope or a line. Kind of like a bucket with a rope that you could lower down into the well and let it fill up and then pull it back up. That is how you would draw water out of the well.

So, while Jesus is standing there and maybe looking down into it and wishing he would have some of that water; this woman comes by. She has something to draw with; she came to draw water. Jesus looks at her while she probably is lowering down her vase or bucket. Jesus looks at her and she might look back at him. Jesus asked her “would you give me a drink?”

She says: Why are you asking me for anything? You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan. She even might have said that sarcastically, because there was a lot of prejudice between the Jews and the Samaritans. The devil has always been around to stir up people against each other; hasn’t he? It’s not the color or background of somebody that tells us how a person is. It is the heart of a person that counts. Aren’t you glad that God looks at the heart of an individual?

So, Jesus is standing here at the well and asks her for a drink. One translation of the Bible says the Jews don’t drink from the same dishes as the Samaritans do. There was a lot of prejudice. Jesus smiles and says “if you would know who is asking you for a drink you probably would ask him for a drink and he would have given you living water.”

The woman says: “well, sir the well is deep and you don’t have anything to draw the water with.” He says: “the one that comes to me and believes on me; he’ll receive living water. There will be in him a well of living water that springs up into everlasting life. You drink this water and you will thirst again. But the water that I am talking about, that I will give you will cause you to not ever thirst again.

This woman became interested and wanted to have this water so that I don’t have to come here and draw any more. Jesus knew how to turn the conversation from prejudiced things into spiritual things.

When Jesus comes to you as your friend He wants to talk to you about things that you really need. This woman needed the living water that only Jesus could give her. She needed her heart restored and a change of mind. Jesus knows how to get you there. He wants you to know everything you need is on the inside of you. That is what this story at the well is about.

Jesus met this woman at the well at a time in her life when she was in great need. She probably didn`t know what to do with her life. She had tried so many things and here she was at the right time in the right place, meeting Jesus. She didn`t know yet that this incident would change her life completely.

Where are you in your life? Where have you been, what did you experience? Do you want somebody to know how you really feel on the inside or do you want to hide? Did you watch the little video? Look at this woman at this specific moment in her life; meeting Jesus her Saviour.

Nowadays you can be glad you made it so far in life. You survived abortion so to speak. The most dangerous place for a human being is in the belly of its mother. You are blessed when you are wanted and loved today. And then when you grow up you get bombarded from every side not to use too many resources on this earth because there is not enough for everybody.

The woman at the well is an example to us and Jesus used this incident to teach us that there is a well on the inside of us. In John 4 the woman came to the well to draw water. Jesus started a conversation with her asking her to give him some water. Jesus was there without the disciples. Jesus told her about the gift that was on the inside of her which is also on the inside of us. The woman recognized that Jesus didn’t have anything to draw with and the well was deep.

She also heard for the first time that Jesus was talking about the living water. In John 4:13-14 Jesus says “all who drink of this water will be thirsty again. But whosoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up (continually) within him for eternal life.”

The passage goes on to tell what happens in the situation, but I wanted you to notice that particular portion. There is another scripture that I want to show you in Prov.20:5 “Counsel in the heart of man is like water in a deep well, but a man of understanding draws it out.”

So, a woman of understanding will draw it out; draw out from those deep waters.
He says that there is deep counsel in the deep waters of us and if a person understands; they will draw it out.
The story from the woman at the well has historically really happened, but there is also great symbolism and great significance. It is not a coincidence that they met by the well and the conversation was about the well.

Think about it; do you realize that there is a well on the inside of you? Do you realize that God has planted His will for you on the inside of you? How can you know His will? There are many ways and here I like to talk about the way of the deep counsel in the deep waters of you as a reader.
So, please come back to read some more in the next part.