There are so many sermons that have been an encouragement to me! Week after week I am so blessed to get fed with good spiritual meat! I thought it might be fun to share my sermon notes here from time to time in hopes it can be a blessing to others too!
Last sunday evening we had a guest speaker at our church. His message that evening was from John 7:37-38 and was titled "Thirsting, Coming, Drinking, Believing, Overflowing."
1.) Thirsting: We need a desire to see God do something bigger than we are or what we could do on our own! It is conditional...in verse 37 Jesus says "If and man thirst..." It hinges on whether you want it or not. Are you thirsting? Do you want God to do something in your life? We need to thirst for more!
2.) Coming: Verse 37-"...let him come unto me..." Jesus didn't give many options, He said "Come unto me." He is the only one who can satisfy that thirst. If you want to see the Lord do bigger things in your life, you must come to Him!
3.) Drinking: We need more than just a taste of Jesus. We need to saturate ourselves in God's word and prayer and in our time with the Lord. If you are not satisfied, it is likely you are not "drinking from the springs of Living Water."
4.) Believing: Trusting the Lord moment by moment. Not only for salvation, but after salvation. We must never get to the point where we think "I'm thirsty, but there's no point." Before He does something thru you, you must let Him do something in you. He may need to prune and chasten you. Often when this happens, we back away an don't let Him do what He is trying to do because it hurts. We have to believe there is something from God on the other side of this that the Spirit of God is going to do in our life. It is a great thing to believe if you get on your knees, and pray, the answer will come! Do you believe God for the impossibilities in your life? As a a Christian are you believing God? Do you have impossible prayer requests? It's not what we can do for God, but what God can do thru us!
5.) Overflowing: The result of thirsting, coming, drinking and believing is fruit overflowing! Supernatural fruit that is not anything we could bring forth in our own strength! Fruit of righteousness. Fruits that prove God is working in our life! When we present ourselves willing vines and branches we will bear this fruit!
This message was one I thought of the rest of the week and encouraged me to thirst more, to come to my Lord to satisfy, to spend time saturating myself in His word and prayer believing He will do mighty things in my life, and praying He will bring overflowing fruit as a result! I hope this blessed you too and I hope to share more encouraging sermon notes from my notebook in the future!
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