welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread reading titled Living Water was written by Patricia Raven
 the cut flowers came from Ecuador by the time they arrived at my house they were droopy and road-weary instructions said revive them with a cool drink of refreshing water before that however the flower stems had to be trimmed so they could drink the water more easily but would they survive the next morning I discovered my answer the Ecuadorian bouquet was a glorious sight featuring flowers I never seen before freshwater made all the difference a reminder of what Jesus said about water and what it means to believers
 when Jesus asked a Samaritan woman for a drink of water and John chapter 4 implying he drink from what she fetched from the well he changed her life she was surprised by his request Jews look down on Samaritans but Jesus said if you knew the gift of God and who it is that asked you for a drink you would have asked him and he would have given you living water
 later in the temple he cried out let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink
 among those who believed in him rivers of Living Water will flow from within them by this he meant the spirit who goes who believed in him were later to receive
 God's refreshing Spirit revive us today when we're life weary he's the living water dwelling and our souls with holy refreshment may we drink deeply today
 today's our daily bread devotional scripture readings from John chapter 7 verses 37 through 39
 on the last and greatest day of the festival Jesus stood and said in a loud voice let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink whoever believes in me as scripture has said rivers of Living Water will flow from within them by this he meant the spirit whom those who believed in him were later to receive up to that time the spirit had not been given his Jesus had not yet been glorified
 let's pray loving God would life leaves us road-weary and Thursday remind us that you are the very air we breathe and the living water that sustains us renew our spirit and give us strength when we are exhausted and can't go on
 thank you Lord Jesus it's in your name we pray amen
 thanks for listening today my name is Joyce Jenkins and today's encouragement was provided by Our Daily Bread Ministries