What Comes of a Good Word

I love great sermons! Great sermons give me inspiration for writing like nothing else does. A good word from The Good Word produces some great writing. The powerful words of the Lord Himself coming from the mouth of another giving further words to yet another. The Holy Spirit moving from undeserving Spirit-filled to undeserving Spirit-filled. More than a production of words, it is a miracle.

As I write, I return from hearing one such sermon. A sermon that I really needed! I needed it for essential personal growth. I also needed it because my writing has been going through a dry patch as of late. What I heard and what I learned through conviction has given me plenty to write about. It was just the spark I required to get my thoughts flowing again. And it has lit a brand new fire in me! I’m excited to present the ideas that came from it!

Amongst the body of Christ this is how proper spiritual inspiration and motivation is often born. Obedience to the call of the Lord, whatever it may be, propelling other brothers and sisters to do the same. Each individual expression of the fulfilling of the Kingdom of God spurs faithful followers on to new expressions. As we draw from the reservoir of living water that is Jesus Christ, not only are our rivers of living water replenished, but so are the rivers of fellow believers. Praise the Lord for the way His community works!

“Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.” – 1 Corinthians‬ ‭1:20-21‬

“So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” – John‬ ‭20:21-22‬

“There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:” – 1 Corinthians‬ ‭12:4-7‬

“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… 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 ‭4:10, 13-14‬

“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.”” – John‬ ‭7:37-38‬