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| Physical Thirst |
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| The warm Arizona Sonoran desert can reach as
high as 105 to 117 degrees. It is dry and the need for water is not always felt as thirst. Sadly,
every year people become ill due to heat stroke and some die. We are not always aware of our physical
needs. |
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| Spiritually Dry |
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| In like manner, many people are not aware
of their spiritual needs. Some of us are not aware that we have spiritual needs because we have "sin
stroke." We are truly thirsty for God, but we do not realize it. We are in need of spiritual
water - living water that only God gives. |
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Living Water |
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It was noon when Jesus finished His long walk. He was
sitting by a water well, when a Samaritan woman came by. Jesus asked her for a drink. As they talked,
she realized she was spiritually thirsty, spiritually needy and searching for God. So Jesus offered
her "living water." She was eager for this "living
water." She desired to never be spiritually thirsty again. |
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| Rivers of Water |
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| As they talked she
came to believe that
He was the Messiah. So she asked Jesus for the living water. Jesus said, "He
who believes
in Me, as the scripture has said, 'From his innermost being will flow
rivers of living water (John 7:38).'" This living water is the Holy
Spirit living inside us. Like her, we who believe in
Jesus will find our sins forgiven and peace in our relationship with God.
We will also have a new desire to know all that we can know about God. |
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