Oakwood Church
The Living Water
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
Responding to God’s Call
1. Thirst
• Admit you need something you cannot get on your own
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
Isaiah 55:1
1. Thirst
• Admit you need something you cannot get on your own
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
Isaiah 55:1
1. Thirst
• You can’t get the infinite wealth of Jesus until you realize your personal Bankruptcy
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
Isaiah 55:1
• You can’t get the infinite wealth of Jesus until you realize your personal Bankruptcy
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
Isaiah 55:1
Responding to God’s Call
2. Turn
• Forsake your devotion to everything and everyone but Jesus
“Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.”
Isaiah 55:2
2. Turn
• Forsake your devotion to everything and everyone but Jesus
“Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.”
Isaiah 55:2
2. Turn
• Forsake your devotion to everything and everyone but Jesus
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.”
Luke 14:26
• Forsake your devotion to everything and everyone but Jesus
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.”
Luke 14:26
2. Turn
• You can’t take hold of Jesus by faith until you let go of your selfishness and sin
“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”
Isaiah 55:7
• You can’t take hold of Jesus by faith until you let go of your selfishness and sin
“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”
Isaiah 55:7
Responding to God’s Call
3. Seek
• Actively study God’s Word to understand and believe the Gospel
“Listen diligently to me… Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live.”
Isaiah 55:2-3
3. Seek
• Actively study God’s Word to understand and believe the Gospel
“Listen diligently to me… Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live.”
Isaiah 55:2-3
3. Seek
• Actively study God’s Word to understand and believe the Gospel
“The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.”
Revelation 22:17
• Actively study God’s Word to understand and believe the Gospel
“The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.”
Revelation 22:17
3. Seek
• Actively study God’s Word to understand and believe the Gospel
“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.”
Isaiah 55:6
• Actively study God’s Word to understand and believe the Gospel
“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.”
Isaiah 55:6
3. Seek
• You can’t experience God’s grace until you acknowledge His Greatness
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways.”
Isaiah 55:8-9
• You can’t experience God’s grace until you acknowledge His Greatness
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways.”
Isaiah 55:8-9
Responding to God’s Call
4. Receive
• Commit yourself fully to Jesus in personal faith
“Hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.”
Isaiah 55:3b
4. Receive
• Commit yourself fully to Jesus in personal faith
“Hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.”
Isaiah 55:3b
4. Receive
• Jesus gives the believer forgiveness, freedom and Fullness in Himself
“Let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”
Isaiah 55:7b
• Jesus gives the believer forgiveness, freedom and Fullness in Himself
“Let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”
Isaiah 55:7b
4. Receive
• Jesus gives the believer forgiveness, freedom and Fullness in Himself
“The law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death… in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us who walk… according to the Spirit.”
Romans 8:2,4 NIV
• Jesus gives the believer forgiveness, freedom and Fullness in Himself
“The law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death… in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us who walk… according to the Spirit.”
Romans 8:2,4 NIV
Responding to God’s Call
5. Rejoice
• Experience the joy of Belonging to Jesus
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout… so shall my word be…”
Isaiah 55:10-11
5. Rejoice
• Experience the joy of Belonging to Jesus
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout… so shall my word be…”
Isaiah 55:10-11
5. Rejoice
• As we follow Him, the Holy Spirit makes us Fruitful
“For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth in singing…”
Isaiah 55:12
• As we follow Him, the Holy Spirit makes us Fruitful
“For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth in singing…”
Isaiah 55:12
God’s Open Invitation
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
Isaiah 55:1
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
Isaiah 55:1
God’s Open Invitation
“The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.”
Revelation 22:17
“The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.”
Revelation 22:17