Tag: Let Your living water flow over my soul

 “So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. ⁶ Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. ⁷ A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” ⁸ For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. ⁹ Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. ¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” John 4:5-10 NKJV

God of Love,

Jesus weary and thirsty. It reassures me that He was truly human and yet truly divine! He knows what real life feels like. He lived as most people did, he did not have transport or His own land or vineyard. His earthly father was a tradesman. So on this day, he knew hungry and thirst. He let His disciples go ahead to fetch food and waited by a well. A well steeped in history, not any old well. On the plot of land Jacob bought when he returned home and made up with his brother Esau (Genesis 33:18). Where later Josephs bones were laid to rest when the the children of Israel reached the promised land (Joshua 24:32). A well that down through history had seen reconciliation and freedom from slavery.

Now Your Son, who came to reconcile us to You and set us free, is at the well and thirsty. A man and yet one who can offer this woman living water. Like us, she takes a minute to catch on what He is meaning and offering because she is thinking literally about water.

A thirsty Saviour and a resourceful woman (she had the means to draw and contain water). The Saviour thirsty to give her real water and satisfy her soul. We too receive Your water of life to wash us clean and quench our thirst. To satisfy our deepest longing. To be reconciled to You our loving Father and freed from the wages of sin and death to life. Life now and forever.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Suggestions for prayer . . .
God of love,

For our family, friends, neighbours. Personal needs and to see You at work in their lives.
For our Ministers, lay leaders, church members. Refreshment and restoration.
We pray for kings and all those in authority (1 Timothy 2:2). Charles family. Princess Anne.
For the general election, a smooth voting day and the best outcome for the present and the future.
For Paris and athletes preparing for the 2024 Olympics, starting July 26th 2024.
For France and their political situation.
For Gaza, and the Middle East. Peace and the best future for all.
For Ukraine, an end to war. We continue to ask for a miracle from You.
For schools, teachers as they try to fit everything in before the end of term.
For all those who will care for children during the long school holiday.
For our nations health and well being as Covid continues to appear.
For those who ensure we have clean safe water.
For those who dig wells overseas and provide villages with water pumps.
For those who continue to serve with food banks and support for families in need.
For us a mid week blessing and strength both to work rest and play and maybe a little chocolate or treat!

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Worship Wednesday 3rd July 2024
There is a beautiful prayer before the worship begins.

Let Your living water flow over my soul
Let your Holy Spirit come and take control
Of every situation that has troubled my mind
All my cares and burdens on to you I roll

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
Sing to the Father
Father, Father, Father
Holy Spirit
Spirit, Spirit, Spirit

Let Your living water flow over my soul
Let your Holy Spirit come and take control
Of every situation that has troubled my mind
All my cares and burdens on to you I roll

Come now Holy Spirit and take control
Hold me in your loving arms and make me whole
Wipe away all doubt and fear and take my pride
Draw me to your love and keep me by your side

Let Your living water flow over my soul
Let your Holy Spirit come and take control
Of every situation that has troubled my mind
All my cares and burdens on to you I roll

Thank You Lord . . . .
I just want to thank You lord

“ Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”” John 10:13-14 NKJV

Father God,

After yesterdays reading about You knowing us as individuals by name, this cannot have been just a random meeting between Jesus and this woman from Samaria. You knew this woman and what she needed – more than actual water!

We can live for some time without food in emergencies – but we cannot survive long without water, I think the medical profession say 3 days?! Same length of time that You were in the grave. Reminding us that thirst may be fatal after 3 days but death was beaten in 3 days! Death cannot take us because we have You, Jesus, our water of eternal life. But I digress, Lord, You organised this moment to explain to an outcast woman of Samaria, a foreigner, that You knew her problem, cared and had the solution. The water of life.

You offer us the same, personally, intimately with the same life giving power. Streams of life welling up within us, washing us clean from sin, refreshing our souls, quenching our thirst in the midst of the challenges of life. And it will never run out.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Suggestions for prayer . . .
Father of life,

For our family and friends. Meet their needs and for those who do not know You, opportunity to drink that life giving water.
For our church, Ministers and lay leaders, Your refreshment, leading, protection and provision.
For the royal family. Strength, refreshment and healing.
For our Parliament, both the Commons and Lords. Wash hearts and minds. Lead them to serve.
For our local community, safety, good relations and employment.
For our hospitals, police and all those who keep our community safe.
For places where there is no clean water. Where they walk miles to collect it.
For water aid agencies who dig wells and purify water.
For places, homes flooded from too much rain water.
For Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, Myanmar, places of conflict. End war. Pour over them the life changing water of life and peace.
For us to appreciate water to drink, wash and refresh the land. Your water of life to refresh us.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Worship Wednesday 10th March 2024

Let your living water flow over my soul
Let your holy spirit come and take control
Of every situation that has troubled my mind
All my cares and burdens onto you I roll

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
Sing to the Father
Father, Father, Father
Holy Spirit
Spirit, Spirit, Spirit

Come now Holy Spirit and take control
Hold me in your loving arms and make me whole
Wipe away all doubt and fear and take my pride
Draw me to your love and keep me by your side

Give your life to Jesus, let Him fill your soul
Let Him take you in His arms and make you whole
As you give your life to Him, He’ll set you free
You will live and reign with Him eternally

Let your living water flow over my soul
Let your Holy spirit come and take control
Of every situation that has troubled my mind
All my cares and burdens onto you I roll

Lyrics: John Watson (Vinesong Ministry).

 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. ²⁷ Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. ²⁸ You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I.” John 14:26-28 NKJV

Father God,

Peace and quiet? Sometimes we equate the two together, especially if we have been in the company of small children. But quiet does not always bring peace. Peace? For me its like when that knot in my stomach goes, I do something I have worried about or I talk to someone about my fears. Or when I fall sleep after waking in the night and all those unhelpful thoughts are silenced! Here in John’s Gospel, You show us what we can exchange for those things which take away our peace of mind. Your presence can remove them, chase them away and show them up to be lies and half lies.

Thank You for showing us an aerial view beyond the present of Your eternal future. Your Son coming back to put everything right one day. Dealing finally and completely with sin and evil and creating a new heaven and earth. Thank You that we have You. There is none greater, wiser, more merciful or kinder than You. We will never be in a position where we cannot ask for help.

Thank You that life is not like and exam where we have to know everything, all the time and do more than enough to get over the pass mark. You are able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine through Your power within us (Ephesians 3:20). Your peace God, does not have to be earned or worked at through hours of meditation, it is a gift. The enemy would like to scare it out of us, squash it with his darkness. But You are Lord of all.

Keep us trusting Your Holy Spirit, knowing Your Word and turning away from the enemies dark thoughts. Help us to turn to You for the peace that passes all understanding when unsettling or worrying situations arise.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

God our Father,

For family, friends, neighbours, we pray answers for their prayers and for their peace of mind.
For our church family, ministers and all who serve, that they will not have worries and stress.
For all the Royal family. Charles ongoing treatment and good health. Kates full recovery.
For our local council and those who work for the council in our community.
For our government to see the way ahead through Your eyes and help speak peace for the world.
For an end to the war in Ukraine. Give Ukraine a living hope of peace. Change Russia to end war.
For the church in Ukraine, Myanmar. The underground church in many countries.
For Gaza an end to all the killing, hostage taking and hate.. Give a yearning for peace. Send hope into the situation.
For those who make life easier, shopping delivery, home helps, district nurses and carers . . .
For us and for our minds to see the good, hope for the best and laugh if little things go wrong!.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Worship Monday 26th February 2024

Let your living water flow over my soul
Let your holy spirit come and take control
Of every situation that has troubled my mind
All my cares and burdens onto you I roll

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
Father, Father, Father
Spirit, Spirit, Spirit

Come now Holy Spirit and take control
Hold me in your loving arms and make me whole
Wipe away all doubt and fear and take my pride
Draw me to your love and keep me by your side

Give your life to Jesus, let Him fill your soul
Let Him take you in His arms and make you whole
As you give your life to Him, He’ll set you free
You will live and reign with Him eternally

Let your living water flow over my soul
Let your Holy spirit come and take control
Of every situation that has troubled my mind
All my cares and burdens onto you I roll

Lyrics by John Watson founder of Vinesong.
Vinesong is an international, interdenominational team of Christian missionaries. The team shares the gospel through worship and the word, living and traveling together 11 months of every year. The team is based in the UK, although the members are each from different nations.