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This powerful message takes us deep into the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well in John 4, revealing profound truths about what genuine worship truly means. We discover that this woman came from a religious system steeped in compromise—a 1,000-year history of mixing the worship of Jehovah God with pagan idolatry, beginning with Jeroboam's golden calves. Her ancestors had created a convenient, man-made religion that ignored clear biblical commands, blending truth with falsehood until worship became empty ritual. Yet here she stands, spiritually thirsty despite five failed marriages and her current broken relationship, desperately seeking something more. Jesus cuts through her confusion with a revolutionary declaration: true worshipers must worship God in spirit and in truth. This isn't about location—whether Jerusalem or Mount Gerizim—but about the posture of our hearts. The word for worship means to prostrate ourselves, to kiss toward, to ascribe ultimate worth to God alone. We cannot have a little God and a little world, a little Bible and a little culture. God seeks worshipers who will approach Him on His terms, not ours. This challenges us to examine our own worship: Are we truly seeking God's face, or have we created a convenient, comfortable religion that fits around our other priorities? The Father is actively seeking those who will worship Him authentically, and this year presents an opportunity to lean into genuine, transformative worship that changes everything.