Message: RIVERS OF LIVING WATER – REVIVAL FLOOD
Text: John 7:37-39
Ministering: Pastor Dr. Raf Otono
Date: 6th August 2023
THIS IS A REVIVAL AND FLOOD ACTIVATION SERVICE!
Let me start be saying this – For there to be a revival there must be an unquenchable thirst for God. It begins with an OVERWHELMING THIRST!
There is a dimension of God, we can never experience until we thirst for Him as if our lives depend on it! To thirst for Him is to long for Him!
- Psalms 42:1-2 – As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, o God. My soul thirst for God, for the living God
- Psalms 63:1 – My soul thirst for thee, my flesh longs for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water
- Psalms 143:6 – I stretch forth my hands unto thee, my soul thirsts for thee as a thirsty land
- Isaiah 55:1 – Ho, everyone that thirsts, come to the waters
- Matthew 5:6 – Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled
- Psalms 34:8 – O taste and see that the Lord is good
To thirst for Him is to experience His goodness and fullness!
Listen: This thirst cannot be quenched by ordinary water – John 4:13-14
Today, for anyone that is desperately thirsty – in the name of Jesus receive – THE LIVING WATER OF GOD!
- Living water is the tears wiping water – Revelation 7:17
Today, by the power of the Holy Ghost I decree anyone crying secretly they are are wiped away in the name of Jesus!
- Living water is the water of life and healing – Revelation 22:1-2,17
Today, as the living water begins to flow, anyone that is sick be healed, receive life in the name of Jesus!
Only those that are desperately thirsty can get this living water!
Not to be thirsty is to be spiritually dehydrated!
Revival only comes to those that are thirsty!
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO THIRST FOR GOD
- To follow hard after God – Psalms 63:8
- To follow hard after God is to press for more of Him daily. – Sing: (Daily as I live, as often as I breathe – let my whole life be an expression of your Grace)
- Those who thirst for God daily will always come out first in life’s endeavors daily.
- To follow hard after God is to become a hard target for satan.
- For our soul to long and cry out for God – Psalms 84:2
- To pour out your soul and seek for God in prayers – Psalms 42:3-4
- To wait and watch out for God more than they that watch for the morning – Psalms 130:5-6
- To thirst is the ardent, eager, famishing of the soul for complete union with God and the fullness of His spirit – Psalms 42:1-2
John 7:37 – If any man THIRST – This is a call to all race, gender and generation. The door is opened to anyone and everyone – The only qualification is THIRST!
There must be a thirst for more of God! Are you satisfied with where you are right now in God or you need more of Him? It starts with a THIRST!
Pastor, I have heard, I am thirsty for God but what do I do with this new found thirst?
John 7:37 – If any man thirst, let him COME UNTO ME
- COME TO JESUS – Are you thirsty? Jesus is calling you today, come to Jesus! He is the only one that can quench that thirst!
This is not about going to church and claiming to be a Christian, are you a disciple? Have you met Him? Do you love Him till death?
Listen: After Peter denied Jesus 3x, when he was about to be restored in John 21:15 Jesus asked him 3x if he loved Him?
This is not a regular religious altar call; this is a call to revival and depths in God. This is for those that are saying Lord I want more of You in my life, I want to be used to spearhead a new wave of revival in this generation!
This is for those that are saying LORD I AM THIRSTY FOR YOU!
He is asking you to come to Him today!
It is not enough to be thirsty; you must come to Jesus personally!
After you come what happens?
John 7:37 – if any man thirst, let him come unto me and DRINK
- DRINK:
I know you are thirsty, you have come to Him, are you willing to drink?
To drink is to be totally submissive to His will and to be empowered by His spirit to do whatever He will have you do.
To drink sometimes can be sacrificial and very bitter but until there is a drinking there is no revival!
It is the drinking that qualifies you for the master’s use – Matthew 26:39- 42
Sir/ma there is a cup we must drink from to be qualified – Matthew 20:22-23
Listen: Revival begins and ends with a thirst!
Can I show you something? At the end when Jesus was about to give up His life on the cross see what he said in John 19:28-30 (I THIRST!)
Which scripture is He fulfilling here – Psalms 69:21 – He asked for something to drink to fulfill that scripture.
As soon as He drank – He said IT IS FINISHED and gave up His spirit!
That means until you thirst and drink, you cannot do and finish the will of God for your life!
RISE ON YOUR FEET!
PRAYER:
Father, increase my thirst for You today in the name of Jesus
Lord Jesus, I come to You today thirsty and ready to drink – fill me up with Your living water
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