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Come
to the living water. Jesus said if you are thirsty come to Him and drink.
Imagine
yourself standing in the living water of God. What would 'LIVING WATER'
do for you? Give you life? Yes! Jesus said 'I am the way, the truth, the
life. Think about this: What does the 'River of God' do for you?
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Cleanses
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Heals
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Comforts
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Gives
Life
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Provides
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Consumes
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Overtakes
| John 7:38
He
that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall
flow rivers of living
water. |
| John 4:10
Jesus
answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it
is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him,
and he would have given thee living water. |
| Jer.
2:13 For my people have committed two evils;
they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters
and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no
water. |
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Let's stop and have
a drink from the living water of God.
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| "But I am not worthy
to drink of this Pure Water of God," you might be saying. Or I don't know
how to drink. |
| The bible does tell us
that sin separates us from God. So, initially we all have to come
to realization that we are born with a sin nature and that we need a savior.
In the old testament of the bible we read that animals were sacrificed
to atone for our sins. But all along God had a plan. And that plan included
sending his son to sacrifice his life for our sins so we could be restored
back to God as our Father. Christ died for our sins. There is much more
to the salvation story and if you do not know it let me know and I will
answer questions or send you links that can help you to understand.
It does not have to be a difficult thing. In John 4, of the New Testament
we see the story of the 'woman at the well.' Jesus began to question her
about her life. He asked her about her husband. She told the truth and
said the man she now lived with was not her husband. It is important to
be honest with God and with yourself.
She was a Samaritan woman.
The message of the Messiah was not suppose to be for her according to the
religious belief of that day. She was living in sin and was not even
suppose to be in HIS presence let alone talking to him. But, read
the scripture to see how He changed her life and many more in the
city because she believed.
Be Honest about your
sin. (So He can forgive you.)
Listen to Him (drink
from His well of salvation)
Tell others (get you
some drinking buddies!)
LOOK HOW Revival broke
out in Samaria!
| 4:4 |
And He had to pass through
Samaria. |
4:5
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So He came to a city
of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to
his son Joseph; |
| 4:6 |
and Jacob's well was
there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus
by the well. It was about the sixth hour. |
| 4:7 |
There
came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." |
| 4:8 |
For His disciples had
gone away into the city to buy food. |
| 4:9 |
The Samaritan woman therefore
said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since
I am a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) |
| 4:10 |
Jesus answered and said
to her, "If you knew the 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
living water." |
4:11
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She said to Him, "Sir,
You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get
that living water? |
| 4:12 |
"You are not greater
than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it
himself, and his sons, and his cattle?" |
| 4:13 |
Jesus answered and said
to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water shall thirst again; |
| 4:14 |
but whoever drinks of
the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that
I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up to eternal
life." |
4:15
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The woman said to Him,
"Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty, nor come all the way
here to draw." |
| 4:16 |
He said to her, "Go,
call your husband, and come here." |
4:17
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The woman answered and
said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have well said, 'I
have no husband'; |
4:!8
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for you have had five
husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you
have said truly." |
| 4:19 |
The woman said to Him,
"Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. |
4:20
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"Our fathers worshiped
in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where
men ought to worship." |
| 4:21 |
Jesus said to her, "Woman,
believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain, nor
in Jerusalem, shall you worship the Father. |
4:22
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"You worship that which
you do not know; we worship that which we know, for salvation is from the
Jews. |
| 4:23 |
"But an hour is coming,
and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit
and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. |
| 4:24 |
"God is spirit, and those
who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." |
| 4:25 |
The woman said to Him,
"I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One
comes, He will declare all things to us." |
| 4:26 |
Jesus said to her, "I
who speak to you am He." |
| 4:27 |
And at this point His
disciples came, and they marveled that He had been speaking with a
woman; yet no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why do You speak with
her?" |
| 4:28 |
So the woman left her
waterpot, and went into the city, and said to the men, |
| 4:29 |
"Come, see a man
who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ,
is it?" |
| 4:30 |
They went out of the
city, and were coming to Him. |
| 4:31 |
In the meanwhile the
disciples were requesting Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat." |
| 4:32 |
But He said to them,
"I have food to eat that you do not know about." |
| 4:33 |
The disciples therefore
were saying to one another, "No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?" |
| 4:34 |
Jesus said to them, "My
food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish His work. |
| 4:35 |
"Do you not say, 'There
are yet four months, and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you,
lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. |
| 4:36 |
"Already he who reaps
is receiving wages, and is gathering fruit for life eternal; that he who
sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. |
4:37
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"For in this case the
saying is true, 'One sows, and another reaps.' |
4:38
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"I sent you to reap that
for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered
into their labor." |
| 4:39 |
And from that city many
of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who
testified, "He told me all the things that I have done." |
4:40
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So when the Samaritans
came to Him, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there
two days. |
| 4:41 |
And many more believed
because of His word; |
| 4:42 |
and they were saying
to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe,
for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is indeed the Savior
of the world." |
| 4:43 |
And after the
two days He went forth from there into Galilee. |
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So, Let's Take Another
Drink! I'll Drink To That!
Maybe your saying, I'm a Christian
already. I've already drank from the well of salvation. But, is there more?
I need more. Yes! There is always more. We need to drink continually.
To be 'Filled with the Spirit' as it speaks of in Ephesians
5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but
be filled with the Spirit. God made provision for us. He knew there
would be rough times. He knew we would need 'more' at times. To ease the
pain, to break the monotony. Why do you think he compared being with the
spirit to not being drunk with wine? Why do you think that on the
day of Pentecost those who saw and heard the believers thought them to
be drunk even though it was morning time? It was because that was
His provision for us. The Holy Spirit manifest in us is the provision.
That's our 'strong drink.' Jesus is our provision. We on the whole as Christians
have lived a dry, sober, existence. Let's repent. Let's rejoice. Let's
obey.
TAKE A DRINK
FROM THE LIVING WATER OF GOD!
TODAY, TOMORROW, EVERYDAY
Okay,
I believe all this but I have too many problems weighing me down to be
able to rejoice and drink. One more verse to help you out here: James 1:2
" My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations" ...or
you could say various trials. We know the Joy of the Lord is our strength.
How do we get it? How do we 'count' it joy? Well, here is where your
faith comes in. Just like you 'count' in the natural; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8. Okay, ready? Instead of saying the numbers, you look at the number
1 problem and say 'JOY' . You are counting it or considering that it is
now joy. Why? Because that puts it out of your hands, into God's hands.
Why is it now joy? Because He is Lord. He will rule and reign in this situation
and in you! Okay, ready to go on? Keep counting. Look at each 'problem,
burden, trial, and say Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy. (Remember, Jesus is Joy) Each
time as if you are counting like in the natural. But this is in the Spiritual
realm. Each time you count by 'faith, not by feeling' you are releasing
those things to God and putting Him on the scene. Soon He will come on
the scene and give you a DRINK. Receive by faith.
A
DRINK OF JOY!
| Another way to count is
instead of saying joy each time is to say ha ha ha ha ha ha ho ho ho ho ho hee
heh hee hee. Our God Reigns! |
| Psalms 2:4 He that sitteth
in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision |
| There are many ways to 'drink' of God's
Spirit. This is one of the ways I have found. Another is to simply yield
to the Holy Spirit in praise and worship. The Word says: He dwells in the
praises of His people. |
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