Thirst Trap | Pastor Courtney Clayton Jenkins | November 16, 2025

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November 16, 2025 Series: & - When God Holds It All Together (HUNGER & THIRST) Title: Thirst Trap Text: John 4:7-19, 23-26, 28-30, 39-42 (NIV) Preacher: Pastor Courtney Clayton Jenkins In a culture driven by division, either/or thinking, and fragmentation, this sacred theme invites us into the holy tension of"&." The ampersand becomes a theological anchor-reminding us that God is not confined to one side or the other, but moves in the middle, holding all things together. From August through Advent, we journey through four interwoven series exploring how God meets us in contradiction, complexity, and connection. Whether we're carrying both joy & sorrow, faith & fear, or hope & uncertainty-God holds it all. Join Courtney Clayton Jenkins as she helps us explore the moment Jesus meets the Samaritan woman at the well and breaks the cycle beneath her thirst. In this message, we discover that the true “thirst trap” is not a person, a relationship, or a temptation. It is the unhealed craving that keeps pulling us back into the same draining patterns. Through a powerful reading of John 4, we learn how holy attachment to Christ heals the very place where unhealthy attachments were formed. When the living water restores our identity, we stop choosing from the wound and start choosing from wholeness

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