Session 1
On a hot summer’s day Jesus arrived at the
famous well. Here Jacob, revered in all of
Israel, had made this well with his hands. Over
the centuries this well had quenched the thirst
of generations of people and their animals,
tired and thirsty from their work and travels.
Jesus comes to this well ready to speak with a
foreigner who was all alone.
Just as Jesus entered the area beyond which
His fellow Jews were willing to go, so too God
entered the world as a babe - crossing from
the divine to the human in order to make a way
for us to know God. Known as the incarnation,
Jesus enters our world and understands fully
what it is to be human. As His humanness
interacts with our humanity, Jesus knows what
we go through, the highs and lows, enabling us
to encounter Him where we’re at.
Think about it
› › Is the reality of Jesus entering our world
something you find hard to grasp? In what ways?
› › In the past year, what has helped you encounter
Jesus as you go about following Him?
› › What strikes you when contemplating Jesus
entering foreign places in order to encounter
others?
Live it
› › Have coffee or a meal with a friend in a suburb
you’d rarely, if ever, go to. Observe what’s
happening around you. What rises within as you go
to this place and see what’s happening? How might
God be reaching this area of your city or town?
Take a friend and chat about it.
› › Call your Global Interaction State team to tee up a
date and time for an Xpose Day for a small group of
people from your church. Xpose days enable cross-
cultural interactions in your city and allow people
to open up their eyes to what is around them.
› › Learn about people groups from the Global
Interaction Guide or website. Think about what it
would take to enter into their world.
› › Pray about the openness of your heart to
connecting with others in different regions and
cultural areas of your city.
› › Download the Ekteino App – for the next four
weeks take the challenge to discover more about
God, His plans and how we can partner with Him in
our world through intentional action and reflection.
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