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‘I Get Notified on My App, Send My Share, Say a Prayer,and Send a Note of Encouragement,’ Says One Member November 9, 2020PEORIA, Ill. — Members of one of the country’s leading health care sharing ministries have a tremendous advantage: They know they can choose the health care they believe is best for their families, plus have access to clear, straightforward and trustworthy information about the costs of that care.Now, a new program from Samaritan Ministries International (samaritanministries.org) called Given offers a simplified process for health care sharing. Given allows members to manage every element of health care sharing—from bill submission, to sending their monthly sharing portion to another member in need, to connecting with the Samaritan community—all through the Samaritan Given web and mobile apps. With Given, members of Samaritan Ministries select a sharing level that is right for them and their families. Three levels of sharing are available; each is clearly outlined on Given’s website. After joining Given, members receive a convenient membership card, which providers use to send bills directly to Samaritan Ministries. Finally, the Given mobileapp allows members to connect with one another and experience a streamlined sharing process with the iOS/Android mobile app.“I am encouraged by the way our medical bills are being shared and paid, and by the connections we are making,” one member told Samaritan about the Given program. “It’s also easy to share with other members. I get a notification on my app, send my share, say a prayer, and send a

Jesus and a Samaritan Woman4 The Pharisees heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more followers than John, 2 although Jesus himself did not baptize people, but his followers did. 3 Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard about him, so he left Judea and went back to Galilee. 4 But on the way he had to go through the country of Samaria. 5 In Samaria Jesus came to the town called Sychar, which is near the field Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there. Jesus was tired from his long trip, so he sat down beside the well. It was about twelve o’clock noon. 7 When a Samaritan woman came to the well to get some water, Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.” 8 (This happened while Jesus’ followers were in town buying some food.) 9 The woman said, “I am surprised that you ask me for a drink, since you are a Jewish man and I am a Samaritan woman.” (Jewish people are not friends with Samaritans.a]">[a]) 10 Jesus said, “If you only knew the free gift of God and who it is that is asking you for water, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 11 The woman said, “Sir, where will you get this living water? The well is very deep, and you have nothing to get water with. 12 Are you greater than Jacob, our father, who gave us this well and drank from it himself along with his sons and flocks?” 13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give will never be thirsty. The water I give will become a spring of water gushing up inside that person, giving

Close to the well while the disciples ventured off to find provisions. From His vantage, He watched as a Samaritan woman approached to draw some water. Unexpectedly He spoke to her.Jesus: Would you draw water, and give Me a drink? Woman: 9 I cannot believe that You, a Jew, would associate with me, a Samaritan woman; much less ask me to give You a drink.Jews, you see, have no dealings with Samaritans. Also, a man never approaches a woman like this in public. Jesus is breaking accepted social barriers with this confrontation.Jesus: 10 You don’t know the gift of God or who is asking you for a drink of this water from Jacob’s well. Because if you did, you would have asked Him for something greater; and He would have given you the living water. Woman: 11 Sir, You sit by this deep well a thirsty man without a bucket in sight. Where does this living water come from? 12 Are You claiming superiority to our father Jacob who labored long and hard to dig and maintain this well so that he could share clean water with his sons, grandchildren, and cattle? Jesus: 13 Drink this water, and your thirst is quenched only for a moment. You must return to this well again and again. 14 I offer water that will become a wellspring within you that gives life throughout eternity. You will never be thirsty again. Woman: 15 Please, Sir, give me some of this water, so I’ll never

PreviousNextClose NKJV A Samaritan Woman Meets Her Messiah4 Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and A)">(A)baptized more disciples than John 2 (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples), 3 He left Judea and departed again to Galilee. 4 But He needed to go through Samaria. 5 So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that B)">(B)Jacob C)">(C)gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7 A woman of 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 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For D)">(D)Jews have no dealings with E)">(E)Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the F)">(F)gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you G)">(G)living water.” 11 The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? 12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well