Embracing the Living Water: Transformative Power of the Spirit

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### Quotes for Outreach

1. "Jesus' invitation is for you to believe in Him. And if you do, that is actually so wonderful. But perhaps your life in Christ resembles a trickle. And yet you yearn for rivers of life-giving water to flow from your life. If that is you, the invitation from Jesus is to give up, to let go of your own biases and prejudice, not just against others, but against yourself. You might be thinking, well, I'm not good enough, not worthy. Not skilled or educated enough. Or I'm too old or too young or too busy. The invitation from Jesus is to release this to Him." (48 seconds)( | | )

2. "And so the question begs, if Jesus isn't the Messiah, then when the Messiah does come, will he do more miracles than Jesus? Will the Messiah teach more insight and authority than Jesus? Love more remarkably than Jesus? Suffer with more courage than Jesus? Atone for more sinners than Jesus? Raise from the dead with more triumph than Jesus? Ascend to heaven in greater glory than Jesus? Will the Messiah present a greater gospel than Jesus?" (35 seconds)( | | )

3. "And yes, yes, I am biased, and yes, I want you to know Jesus. Yes, I believe in new beginnings. And yes, it is that simple to accept Jesus' invitation to believe in Him, and you will be saved." (18 seconds)( | | )

4. "With Jesus, Jesus' words were confronting, they're provoking a response either towards him or away from him. And for many who listened, you know, they said that he was a prophet, the Christ, the Messiah. I believe they would have remembered this verse from Isaiah chapter 44, verse 3. For I will pour out water to quench your thirst and to irrigate your parched fields. And I will pour out my spirit on your descendants. And my blessing on your children." (33 seconds)( | | )

5. "And so here's the challenge, and here's the invitation to every one of you today. Jesus' invitation is for you to believe in Him. And if you do, that is actually so wonderful. But perhaps your life in Christ resembles a trickle. And yet you yearn for rivers of life-giving water to flow from your life. If that is you, the invitation from Jesus is to give up, to let go of your own biases and prejudice, not just against others, but against yourself." (40 seconds)( | | )

### Quotes for Members

1. "The vision that Jesus caused among the people, if you read this whole, the whole chapter, was not because they were actually, it wasn't because they were illiterate to God's word. No, no, they actually knew it. They read the Torah annually, and it's, and it's probably why so many were drawn to Jesus, who were drawn to Jesus, actually had left him. Not because his teachings were hard to understand, but actually because it was too hard to accept." (29 seconds)( | | )

2. "In verse 16, Jesus promised that there will be an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. And when you have the Holy Spirit in your life, rivers, all right, that's what the passage says, rivers. And if you read the, the, the original language, it's not a trickle. It's actually like a torrent, cascading and gushing waters of life will flow through you. And what, and what happens then is that you will then exhibit the fruit of the Holy Spirit in your life." (32 seconds)( | | )

3. "And for those who believe in Jesus, the ones here in the category of the convinced, isn't this such a wonderful promise? Fulfilled in the gift. The gift of the Holy Spirit. That God's own spirit lives in you, abiding in you, as you abide in him. The promise is that you will live a spirit-filled life. That's the promise. Transformed, empowered, overflowing. You, you are convinced that Jesus is Lord and Savior. That life in him is better than life without him." (41 seconds)( | | )

4. "And so Nicodemus was a ruler of the Jews, and impressed by Jesus' signs and wonders. He was a member of the ruling Sanhedrin. He was religious, being a Pharisee, and he was educated. Nicodemus is actually a Greek name, and so influential enough to have a say amongst other Pharisees. And perhaps Nicodemus was a secret believer, not only coming to Jesus, at night in John chapter 3, and acknowledging that Jesus was a teacher who has come from God, but also, if you fast forward into John chapter 19, he also helped Joseph of Arimathea in burying Jesus' body at his death." (43 seconds)( | | )

5. "And the fourth type of person is the curious. In today's reading, this is represented by Nicodemus. And you may have heard the name Nicodemus before, because he had actually previously met Jesus all the way back in John chapter 3. There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish leader, religious leader, who was a Pharisee. After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. Rabbi, he said, we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you." (33 seconds)( | | )

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