Tag: Thirsty anyone?

Thirsty for God?

December 18, 2010

After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” 29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed … More Thirsty for God?

“…the hardest thing is not to satisfy their thirst but to make them feel thirsty for God.”

November 1, 2009

John Piper, in a sermon “Rivers From the Heart” Now perhaps we are ready to hear the words of Jesus as they come to us: “If any one thirst, let him come.” The invitation is universal, and yet it is conditional. There are no ethnic, intellectual, or social qualifications for drinking at Jesus’ fountain. The … More “…the hardest thing is not to satisfy their thirst but to make them feel thirsty for God.”