Encouragement

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If Anyone Thirsts – 4 (John 7:37-38)

On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”

As I pray in the Spirit and begin to write this message with Him, I see a vision of a rising river. It is flooding over and rushing fast, about to burst its banks, and I hear the word “overflow”. There is an overflow for you today as you receive this word from the Lord, and I pray that every hindrance in your life will fall away as the power of the precious Holy Spirit rises up from the depths of you, and overflows.

Out of your heart. Some versions say “out of his innermost being”. The overflow takes place from within you. The blessed Holy Spirit came to live inside you the day you received Jesus as Lord. As you yield yourself to Him, He rises and overflows to engulf everything in your life and to touch the lives of others through you. The River is rising from your innermost being, from the very core of you, the spirit man. God has declared you His holy temple (1 Corinthians 6:19) and He is within you, and a part of everything you do. The more you permit Him to permeate what you say and do, the more you will experience the upward flow. Many people ask God for more of His presence but not many desire to live a life that is consecrated unto Him and yielded to the Holy Spirit. God is calling you to your season of “More”. He is inviting you deeper into the realms of the Spirit, to have more of what you have tasted and seen is good. Let the Holy Spirit arise and take over everything. Give yourself completely to Him and let Him overflow!


Rivers of living water. The Holy Spirit brings all the glorious blessedness of heaven as He flows; He is a River of salvation, Rivers of healing, Rivers of deliverance, Rivers of joy, a River of holiness, a River of Truth, and so much more. He is the perfect expression of all the limitless power of heaven. There are multiple aspects of the anointing of the Holy Spirit and many streams of the ministry He brings, which is why Jesus spoke about “rivers” and not a river. Too many of us limit the Holy Spirit by our own beliefs about what we think He does or does not do. Almighty God wants to manifest His powerful presence into and through you and you can experience and know any and every aspect of the multiple Rivers of the Spirit if you so desire and receive in faith. His grace is abundant and infinite.

The waters are meant to flow. The Holy Spirit is living in you and He wants to flow out through you. He was never meant to be a lake, but a flowing river! When the Holy Spirit fell in the Upper Room on the day of Pentecost two thousand years ago, He brought total transformation. The fire that fell on the disciples burned into them a passion for Jesus and set others on fire too. He does the same for you and me. Those inner Waters can never become a stagnant pool if we reach out daily to people who need the love of God. This makes the River flow. You are a releaser of life and glory and a conduit for the River of heaven, and the more you give away, the more you receive. Jesus said “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give” (Matthew 10:8), hallelujah!

There is an old song which you may know, and the words are as follows:
“There is a River that flows from deep within. There is a fountain to cleanse a soul from sin. Come to the waters, there is a vast supply. There is a River that never shall run dry.”
The River flows from the throne of God (Revelations 22:1) into our spirits (innermost being) as we receive by faith, and it rises up as an infinite fountain of salvation, healing, and deliverance. As you come to Jesus and drink deeply of the sweet crystal waters of His presence, you drink of eternity’s treasures. You begin to overflow!

My prayer is that you will so yield to the Spirit that you will constantly be in a state of overflow! It is your season of increase and acceleration. It is your season to step into the realms of glory! Be filled, and refreshed today, and overflow to touch lives in a new and wonderful way, in Jesus’ name, amen!

Minoli Haththotuwa, 09 September 2014
www.risingonwings.org

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