Living Waters

Living Waters, originally uploaded by jus4you2see.

Entitled "Living Waters"

Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 70 mm
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV
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Taken Roma Street Park, Brisbane Australia.

"Let us come to the Lord and be filled with the Living Waters that He has promised us in the Book of John Chapter 7, 37b"Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! 38Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of Living Water will flow from his heart.'" John 7:37b-38 (NLT) Simple example, imagine that you are running a 12km marathon, you are gasping for air, in need of water and filled with thoughts of giving up. But someone hands you a nice cup of chilly iced water and you drink it. Ahhhh!~ You feel really good and refreshed, and feel like you can carry on for another 12km, don't you? But, if someone that has been running the never-ending race of Life, comes to a point of giving up or breaking down, seeking desperately for help and comfort, and manages to take a drink of that Living Water, I tell you, that person will be so much more refreshed then the cup of iced water and never be thirsty again. Jesus has said this 14"But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.” John 4:14 (NIV)

"But just what is this Living Water that Jesus is talking about? Reading on from John 7:38 (read above), 39"By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive." John 7:39 (NIV) That means, the Living Water that Jesus was talking about is the Holy Spirit, and it is a gift from God for everyone to take. All you have to do is just ask from Him and believe in Him. 15 “If you love me, obey my commandments. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. 17 He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognise him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you." John 14:15-17 (NLT). King James Version translates 'Advocate' to 'Comforter', in turn meaning that the Holy Spirit also gives comfort, when you are under stress, in desperation, and need someone to pour out your heart on, the Holy Spirit will be right there, right in your heart, to give you the comfort that you seek. So anyone out there who need a 24/7 companion and listening ear... Ask God to fill us with the Living Water, which is the Holy Spirit, and trust in the Comforter, the Counselor, the Helper, the Intercessor, the Advocate and the Strengthener.(taken from the Amplified Bible)"

Perhaps next post, I shall share on the "Empowerment of the Holy Spirit". Just leave you all with this verse 4"All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them." Acts 2:4 (NIV)

Amen.