Sermon Application Questions:

1. What lessons do we learn about prejudice and compassion from Jesus' engagement with a despised Samaritan woman? What circumstances in our world demand that we show Christ-like love instead of cultural prejudice?
2. Jesus saw the woman as thirsty rather than filthy. Why, and what implications does that have for the people all around us?
3. How does a conversation on worship fit in the middle of a passage on evangelism? What are the implications for us?
4. How do you relate to the Samaritan woman? How are you like her?
5. The Samaritan woman immediately evangelized the very people the disciples had apparently avoided moments earlier. Are you prone to ignore the lost as you go about your daily life, more interested in "lunch" than souls?