Revelation 7:17 “For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

The Scene: Two pitchers of water; left pitcher full of murky dark water, represents worldly, sinful people. The right pitcher is the same pitcher, but now being filled with God’s living water, changing the murky water to crystal clear water, representing of the former sinful person being filled with the Holy Spirit ( a sign of regeneration* and sanctification). Beside the two pitchers is a symbolic picture of the living water(River of Water of Life) flowing from the throne of heaven.

* regeneration: a new creation, born-again, a change in a person’s spiritual nature.

(See 2 Corinthians 5:17-21) sanctification: the work of God developing each newly-born person’s life, bringing it to perfection–changed from a life of sin to a life in Jesus Christ. (See 1 Peter 2 and Revelation 22:1)

Revelation 21:6-7 “He said to me: ‘It is done. I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.’ “

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Hebrews 12:1-2 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

The Scene: Rolls of barbed wire stretched out along the ground as a trap/ensnarement.

Many times God’s people entangle themselves in entrapments of their own making (sin) created by their own words and deeds.

God’s children can help themselves by listening to the voice of the Holy Spirit and reading the the Holy Scriptures, doing what Jesus Christ says is the right way to live.

James 1:22, 25 “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it–he will be blessed in what he does.”

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1 John 4:19 “We love because he first loved us.”

The Scene: A Valentine’s Day type heart–God’s love.

The Word says, He loved us first. The world would be without love (agape* love) if it weren’t for the love of God, shown in His creation (mankind). Without God’s love there would be no salvation, no Jesus Christ, no Savior. Mankind, being unrepentant, would be lost forever. And God knows our hearts and He loves us, like a Father. Therefore, we have a Savior to enable us to live in His perfect love.

1 John4:15-18,21 ” If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.”

Agape (ancient Greek) is a Greco-Christian term referring to love, “the highest form of love, charity” and “the love of God for man and of man for God.: Agape also means unconditional love which means that you love someone without expecting anything in return. Source: Wikipedia

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Mark 10:51-52 “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.” “Go,” said Jesus, “Your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and and followed Jesus along the road.

The Scene: Overcast sky, a symbol of spiritual darkness like an illness within oneself, with the sun (the sign of Jesus’ healing power) and it’s light coming out from behind the cloud.

The power of prayer has been given to Jesus’ flock by the Holy Spirit to drive out/away spirits of heaviness/darkness–to dispel their power. The rays of the sun are presented as our hope being restored. God knows our troubles/problems and He cares for us.

Psalm 25:17-18 “The troubles of my heart have multiplied; free me from my anguish. Look upon my affliction and my distress and take away all my sin.”

Psalm 25:6,20 “Remember, O Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Guard my life and rescue me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.”

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John 4:7,9-10 “When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‘Will you give me a drink?’ The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?’ (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.’ ”

The Scene: A cup for water/a Holy Communion cup for wine (or grape juice) and purple mist in the background representing the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Mark 9:41 “I tell you the truth, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose his reward.”

Galatians 6:9-10 “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”

Jesus told us (Christians) if we had drank from His cup, the Holy Communion cup, we then are to offer the water cup (representing help to other Christians in need). We are called to a life of service.

Mark 10:43-45 “Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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GOD’S TREES

Matthew 12:33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.”

The Scene: A fruit tree in full bloom, ready for harvesting. In the sky 3 birds symbolic of the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit watching over God’s creation.

Matthew 13:8 “Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop–a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”

The Holy Spirit has been sown in Father God’s people, believers in Jess Christ, the only Son of God, our Savior–as such we have been given ears to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit within us.

Matthew 11:15 “He who has ears, let him hear.”

1 Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

Psalm139:13-14 “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”

We are God’s people who are capable of bearing good fruit, when we listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”

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5-182 FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

2 Timothy 1:6-7 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

The Scene: Representation of the hand of Father God– showing the power of His Holy Spirit bringing the power of His love, self-discipline to His people who are believers in His Son Jesus Christ, Savior.

It is only through the power of God given to us that we are able to carry on the work God has for us, as we give Him praise, honor and glory and to help build His kingdom on earth.

1 Peter 5:6–7 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

It is through the laying on of hands that the Holy Spirit can enlighten us into the secret things of Christ (the mystery of Christ).

1 Corinthians 2:9-10 However, as it is written: No eye has seen, nor ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him–but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

1 Corinthians 2:12, 14 We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. The man without the the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1Corinthians 2:16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.”

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5-179 LAYING ON OF HANDS

John 7:37-39 On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice,” If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not been glorified.

The Scene: A cascading waterfall–symbolic of the living water of Jesus’ Word expressed through His people.

The Lord of all has released His Spirit over His own–blessings of living water cover His children, leading us to live a life led by His Holy Spirit, filled with His fruit of the Spirit (See Galatians 5:22).

Revelation 22:1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

We are called to think on the things above–think on these things. We are called to have the mind of Christ.

Philippians 4:8 Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things.

1 Corinthians 2:16 For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self controlled so you can pray.

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5-180 LIVING WATER, THE WORD

Isaiah 53:1-2a “Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant and as a root out of a dry ground. ” (KJV)

The Scene: A thumb representing religion and its study, an attempt to suppress* the Truth of God’s Word (Theology) which cannot be suppressed. *suppress: to keep from being revealed, published or circulated; to put an end; to forcibly subdue. (American Heritage College Dictionary-1997)

Religion: Man-made thought (philosophy) about God. Theology: The true study of the one triune God.

Our omnipotent God will not allow Christianity to be snuffed out by false religions of the world. The Holy Spirit will continue to kindle the fire of God’s Word; His Word will never die.

The Word of the Lord will last forever.

Colossians 3:11 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.

Isaiah 55:10-11 ” As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”

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2 Peter 1:1-2 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

The Scene: A dozen* long stem roses in a gift box, representing the gift of righteousness** that can only be given by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. *12=the Bible number for perfection, atonement & overcoming. **Righteousness; purity of heart and rectitude (honesty, integrity,moral perfection and truthfulness.) — Unger’s Bible Dictionary 1977 The Moody Bible Institute

Jesus Christ is the changer of our hearts–righteousness can only come about through Him. Without God’s help we can do nothing.

John 15:5 ” I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I remain in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”

Ezekiel 36: 26-27 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a new heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.

Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.

Even if we desire to change our own hearts, actual change is impossible without God’s help. Give him praise for your salvation. Prayer: “Shine your light in our hearts, O God. Give us more of you each day and less of ourselves. In Jesus name, Amen.”

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