Chapter 5
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37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ ” 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
What’s your flow?
Pray
What do you think of when you hear the word flow?
Freestyle rapper
For moms of very young boys,
Tech -
Psychologist
Plumber
House designer
Nutritionist
crowd,
Insurance girl
Personality
Men after eating beans
Author or preacher
Earth guru
River
Flow: smooth uninterrupted movement or progress
Look at river? We see where it’s going
Water slide
Fake rivers at water parks, bible gives us clues to the fake rivers of life
Life? Certain people have absolutely mastered their area of expertise and know how to flow in what they do. Accountant, business man, pastor, school teacher, musician,
Flow comes naturally and easy in those areas.
Many times they’ve worked at it until it becomes natural.
What about the things of the lord?
Step into a river? What happens?
What happens?
At first, your feet get wet and that’s about it. But if you get up past your ankles, you begin to feel a pull whichever direction the water is.. flowing
And if you get in to your chest, the flow of the river pulls you or pushes the direction of the flow
The flow of the river pulls you or pushes the direction of the flow
River of fear, worry, Anger, Happiness, Jealousy, Lust
worry
Anger
Happiness
Jealousy
Lust
Thoughts and feelings are pulled by these flows and our actions follow, we explode, (etc)
We have all let these rivers pull us
The Bible calls them spirits and it uses the term for this as spirit of fear, spirit of anger, lust, greed, jealousy
Doesn’t it seem like it’s super easy to step into those rivers
Those who have problems with anger, they know the flow, second nature, it’s natural, part of who you are?
Lust, pornography
Greedy,
Gossip
We all know the rivers that life tempts us with
And we didn’t have to do anything to enter them did we
We were born into it, or something happened to us, and these floes are now a part of who we are
And it’s in the middle of these rivers we find ourselves in, where we see brokenness and hurt and pain that one cries out with a message
I. have. a. better. river............
Rivers of living water, Spirit of life, Peace, Love, Power, Joy, Goodness
Spirit of life
Peace
Love
Power
Joy
Goodness
These rivers produce something different in us and around us than what the world offers
How do we get to these rivers of living water of the spirit of life in Christ
21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Belief, Faith, Trust
Faith
Trust
1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
17 For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Does not say believe in the law, son, person of Christ
Faith, believing, trusting in The actual Jesus that came 2000 years ago died and rose again, who says he did it for you and that the same spirit that raised Christ from the dead can and will live in you when you believe
And as you begin to believe the rivers of this world that seem like second nature begin to lose their hold, current isnt as strong, it doesnt mean its not fighting to hold you back, but theres somthing better, theres someone better
And you go from the spirit of anger to peace, lust to love, selfishness to giving
Death to life
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
God wants, and I want to see you with rivers of living water coming out of your heart
Flow of praise and worship is one of the rivers God has for us to communicate with us, with believers, with unbelievers, and grow us, there so many things that God does when we praise and sing together
pg 66 in book
Step into the river and I feel the waves pulling me toward the deeper waters it is pulling me deeper. Now once I’m out in the deeper waters there’s this thing called current. The currents push you wherever the water wants to go.
God wants, and I want to see you with rivers of living water coming our of your heart
Pg 66
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