Pentecost - God's Thankyou Water

Two young Melbourne social entrepreneurs came up with a brilliant, lifesaving idea when they put these two facts together: Nearly 900 million people around the world can't access clean water. In Australia, we spend around $600 million each year on bottled water. Thankyou Water is bottled water, the profits of which all go to clean water projects in the majority world. When you drink, others can drink. But this idea is not new, in fact. Jesus proclaimed much the same thing in John 7.  He said that for all who are thirsty and come to him and drink, 'rivers of living water will flow from within them.'  Those who believe in Jesus thus become wellsprings of living, lifegiving water for a thirsty world through the power of the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus pours out at Pentecost. This sermon explores Jesus' promise - and what it means for us and for the spiritually thirsty world in which we live. It was preached on Sunday 12th June, Pentecost Sunday, at St John's Southgate Lutheran Church. Enjoy!