Listen "Strictly by Invitation"
Episode Synopsis
So Jesus stands up at a feast in a house and then he extended an invitation
If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink
Timeless invitation to the river of God
The water of life is given freely to anyone who thirsts
Now the world makes us dead to his longing to fill us with himself
So we begin to fill up God's space with things so things become God to us
We miss out on the highest delight, the highest pleasure
So God becomes a chore to us, a slave master
When he wants to be Lord, he wants to be enjoyed
So Jesus calls us to think less and drink more
To surrender your mind and open your heart
Jesus didn't come to the earth because everyone was seeking him and needing him
He came because no one was seeking him And he gave himself so everyone can see him, seek him
And then we can see that he is the desire of the nations
And what he does is that he will make you what you need to be Instead of telling you what to do
He is giving us a new covenant and the new covenant produces new desires
So when everyone is chained to the things of the earth
You fly to heights, you leave from a higher realm
You are bound to first love, your very first love, Jesus
And yet there is this yearning to give yourself to him in prayer
That you don't know how to express with words
Groanings that are beyond words
Oh Lord, I can't even want you without you
Your thirst is your recognition that you need him
And sin is what you do when you are not satisfied with God
When you want something more than what God gives
For he gives himself
Lord, free me from the need to have anything else
I can't even obey you by myself
Working on myself will not work But you work in me both to will and to do of your good pleasure
You have installed your spirit in me
And you give me a new understanding of life
And a new value system
I come to you, oh God, my King
The one who says Come to me If you are thirsty
Now I give you to drink
I come to you So I can abide in you
I refuse to depart So I can be fruitful So I can be fruitful
Friends, remember this
That to seek God means That God has your attention, your affection and your desires
There is a well that never runs dry
You don't have to thirst anymore
Come to me, says Jesus
Have a great day friends!
If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink
Timeless invitation to the river of God
The water of life is given freely to anyone who thirsts
Now the world makes us dead to his longing to fill us with himself
So we begin to fill up God's space with things so things become God to us
We miss out on the highest delight, the highest pleasure
So God becomes a chore to us, a slave master
When he wants to be Lord, he wants to be enjoyed
So Jesus calls us to think less and drink more
To surrender your mind and open your heart
Jesus didn't come to the earth because everyone was seeking him and needing him
He came because no one was seeking him And he gave himself so everyone can see him, seek him
And then we can see that he is the desire of the nations
And what he does is that he will make you what you need to be Instead of telling you what to do
He is giving us a new covenant and the new covenant produces new desires
So when everyone is chained to the things of the earth
You fly to heights, you leave from a higher realm
You are bound to first love, your very first love, Jesus
And yet there is this yearning to give yourself to him in prayer
That you don't know how to express with words
Groanings that are beyond words
Oh Lord, I can't even want you without you
Your thirst is your recognition that you need him
And sin is what you do when you are not satisfied with God
When you want something more than what God gives
For he gives himself
Lord, free me from the need to have anything else
I can't even obey you by myself
Working on myself will not work But you work in me both to will and to do of your good pleasure
You have installed your spirit in me
And you give me a new understanding of life
And a new value system
I come to you, oh God, my King
The one who says Come to me If you are thirsty
Now I give you to drink
I come to you So I can abide in you
I refuse to depart So I can be fruitful So I can be fruitful
Friends, remember this
That to seek God means That God has your attention, your affection and your desires
There is a well that never runs dry
You don't have to thirst anymore
Come to me, says Jesus
Have a great day friends!
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