River Streams

by Heidi Hughes

Living in the light means walking in love, and not being afraid of the dark. (1 John 1:1-5; 1 John 2:8-11; 1 Thessalonians 5:4-5; John 12:35-36, 46; 2 Corinthians 3:16-18; Ephesians 5:1-2; John 3:19-20; John 8:11-12; 1 Peter 1:5-10)

by Heidi Hughes

Heidi encourages us to find every opportunity to serve one another in love in the power of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 20:27-28; Romans 7:6; Ephesians 4:15-16; 1 Corinthians 12:25; Mark 9:41)

by Paul Hughes

Walking out the call of God, like Jeremiah did, has no room for fear or undue focus on feelings. Obedience to God is always accompanied by the beautiful truth that God is with us--no matter how hard things may seem. (Jeremiah 1:1-19; Matthew 7:24-27)

by Heidi Hughes

The Kingdom of Heaven does not consist of merely operating in signs and wonders, but is all about relationship with the intimate God of the universe. The Kingdom of God primarily consists of walking in the character of God, especially as revealed in the beatitudes in Matthew 5.

by Heidi Hughes

God is calling us to get into a deeper relationship with him as Father, throwing off fear and receiving the truth of our adoption as his sons and daughters.

(Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:4-6; John 17:20-23; Matthew 18:1-5)

by Paul Hughes

• Becoming a river involves experiencing primary encounters with God, and knowing him. It does not settle with mere secondary imitations of encounters that others have had. (Matthew 7:21-29; 1 Timothy 4:1, 6; 2 Timothy 2:1; 1 Peter 4:10; Psalm 103:7-8)

by Heidi Hughes

• (Ephesians 4:29, Philippians 2:14) Becoming a river involves releasing life-giving words. We grieve the Holy Spirit when we let wrong words flow. Good words impart grace to those around us.

by Paul Hughes

• (Ezekiel 47:1-12) God invites us to experience the river of the Holy Spirit, however complete freedom only comes when we're in over our heads and surrendered to the flow.

by Paul Hughes

• (John 4:1-15, 7:37-39) When Jesus invites us to drink living water, he's offering much more than salvation. He's inviting us to be so filled up that we become rivers of living water to those around us.

by Randy Maas

• (Matthew 8:1-27) Jesus is willing to give us his authority over nature, sickness and demons. We just need to be obedient in following him.