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" He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." ~ John 7:38

Remember the words of Jesus to the Samaritan woman? "The water I give will become a spring of water gushing up inside that person, giving eternal life" (John 4:14). Jesus offers, not a singular drink of water, but a perpetual artesian well! And the well isn't a hole in your backyard but the Holy Spirit of God in your heart.

"If they could be made God's people by what they did, God's gift of grace would not be a gift." ~Romans 11:6

In whom does God offer His gift? To the brightest? The most beautiful or the most charming? No. His gift is for us all--beggars and bankers, clergy and clerks, judges and janitors. All God's children.

And He wants us so badly, He'll take us in any condition--"as is" reads the tag on our collars. . . .

He wants us now.

Max Lucado

It is by grace you have been saved, through faith--

and this not from yourselves. it is the gift of God.

Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV

With His own pierced hands, Jesus created a pasture for the soul. He tore out the thorny underbrush of condemnation. He pried loose the huge boulders of sin. In their place He planted seeds of grace and dug ponds of mercy.

And He invites us to rest there. Can you imagine the satisfaction in the heart of the shepherd when, with work completed,…