God is Spirit

Jesus said to her, ‘Go, call your husband, and come back.’ The woman answered him, ‘I have no husband.’ Jesus said to her, ‘You are right in saying, “I have no husband”; for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!’ The woman said to him, ‘Sir, I see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.’ The woman said to him, ‘I know that Messiah is coming’ (who is called Christ). ‘When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.’ Jesus said to her, ‘I am he, the one who is speaking to you.’ John 4:16-26

Great Creator, who is spirit and life

draw us close to you as we seek you

from the four corners of the earth

cleanse us and make us your people again.

The world is a broken and torn place

and we are people who are very weary

we need your spirit to infuse us all

so that we might rise again for your service.

Some have hidden from the world

others run from the disease and fear

many are without shelter or a home

and we ache for you to sit with us this day.

Help us Lord to draw deep from your well

help us to give our egos over to your spirit

let your justice and healing pour down like rain

so the world might be renewed as one family. Amen.