Surviving the Winter: The Water of Life

Outline of Online Service 14^th June 2020

Surviving the Winter: The Water of Life  John 4:14

Psalm 1:1-6 – Water for the Godly

Hymn 68: Come to the Living Water

The Lord’s Prayer  (Luke 11:2-4)

Bible Readings:

·     Water from the Rock:  Numbers 20:2-13

·     The Living Water:  Isaiah 55:1-5

·     The Spiritual Rock:  1 Corinthians 10:1-5

·     Jesus at the Well:  John 4:1-14

·     The Water of Life:  Revelation 22:1-6

Hymn 21 – Tune 6: Seek Refreshing Water

·        When Israel were thirsty in the Wilderness God provided them with water from a Rock

·     Paul explained that the Rock was a figure of Christ, God’s Spirit, which always guides and guards those who trust in Him

·     The Bible contains many references to the metaphor of water being God’s Spirit to sustain His people as they wait for His promises to be fulfilled

·        Jesus said that this Spirit would produce a well of life within believers

·        Now we drink and thirst again, but there is the promise that we will never thirst again - by being physically born of God and changed from mortal to immortal beings at Jesus Christ’s return 

Hymn 51:  The Spirit of Truth… is Come!

Doxology