We all have influence. We can make a difference in the lives of the people around us through pointing others to Christ. A single drop of water has significant impact, as shown in the YouTube clip from the Discovery Channel. What difference will you make in your sphere of influence?
5. 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 out of him. John 7:37-38 maliciousstate.tripod.com/
6. People are thirsty. They are looking for water. Thirsty for Water Painting byย Wale Adeoye http://fineartamerica.com/featured/thirsty-for-water-wale-adeoye.html
16. Our job is to point to the Well Jesus, the Way, Truth and Life
17. โChristianity is one beggar telling another beggar where he found bread.โ D.T. Niles (1908-1970) In our case, Christianity is the refreshed, telling the thirstywhere the water supply is.
18. If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drinkโฆ
24. Refreshing part two Whoever believes in me, streams of living water will flow from within him.
25. Jesus said, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst.ย Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of waterย welling up to eternal life.โ John 4:13-14
26. Streams of living water will flow from him John 7:37 The water I give him will become in him a spring of waterย welling up to eternal life John 4:14 What is this water like?
31. Mary & Martha & Lazarus http://www.meridianmagazine.com/arts/images/renPics/lazarus8.jpg
32. How Do People Talk About You? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z04r_tlWdRs
33. Godliness Thing of the godliest person you know. What are his/her characteristics? http://codybateman.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/religionfull.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Y5xA0DOAnQ4/SbM8ocZoxaI/AAAAAAAAB4g/pWE9lDuFQ2I/s400/34485_SP.jpeg
34. What do you see? http://stoneynoell.wordpress.com/2008/08/page/2/
35. The Artistโs statement i cannot call something useless. i see what others call ordinary or broken as mediums for color and texture, that when layered, built up, and cared for, create beauty. for years people have questioned me as to how i could enjoy having clutter and useless items around me. i did not see scraps, i saw future masterpieces, yet composed. i enjoy color almost as one would enjoy taste. my day brightens by an array of unexpected hues, beauty exploding from the most unlikely of places. i simply must create. to not create would be like holding my breath. while context and canvas may change from season to season, one thing is certain. this painter must always paint Making a splash in his world one drop at a time StoneyNoell
40. What about you? Are you ready to make a splash in your world?
41. Who is your world? scrapbooker wife neighbor worker daughter CHRISTIAN Anne Mary Stephanie mom Rebekah shopper friend Paula Beth Eliza Karen Terry
42. Consider Your World "Yes, indeed - God is my salvation. I trust, I won't be afraid. God - yes God! - is my strength and song, best of all, my salvation!โ Joyfully you'll pull up buckets of water from the wells of salvation. And as you do it, you'll say, "Give thanks to God. Call out his name. Ask him anything!โ Shout to the nations, tell them what he's done, spread the news of his great reputation! Sing praise-songs to God. He's done it all! Let the whole earth know what he's done! Raise the roof! Sing your hearts out, O Zion! The Greatest lives among you: The Holy of Israel. Isaiah 12:2-6 (Message)
43. You can make a splash in your world One drop at a time One drop at a time One drop at a time One drop at a time One drop at a time One drop at a time One drop at a time One drop at a time One drop at a time One drop at a time
Editor's Notes
RC Sproul: But, how do we get water from a well? Do we woo it? Do we stand at the top of the well and cry, โHere, water, water, waterโ?Chosen by God, p 71