Author: Hal Hollister Ministry

Last night the Holy Spirit spoke to me about the Living Water. I saw a well located in the wilderness springing up with Living Water.

Moses led the Israelites to the land of Beer which God said is the location of a well. God said to gather the people together, and I will give them water. Then the Israelites sang “Spring up O well”.

The Living Water is the life of Christ and is gift to all believers. This how you can get out of the wasteland and be filled with the attributes of Jesus.

The source of the Living Water is the Holy Spirit. If you drink this water you will never thirst again and the water will become in you a fountain leading up to eternal life.

Everything you need to deal with the challenges of today is in the Living Water. The Holy Spirit provides strength, wisdom, joy, protection and peace.

The Living Water will deliver you out of the wasteland into the riches of Christ. There is no bottom in this well.

God also told me there are many today masquerading as Christ followers but they allow darkness to come into their lives. They switch between living for self and walking by the Spirit.

The Holy Spirit also cited a scripture to me in Deuteronomy. “So all Israel shall hear and fear, and not again do such wickedness as this among you.” The penalty from God was very radical in eradicating sin from the Israelites. (You can find this in Deuteronomy 13.)

God is the same yesterday, today and forever. He never changes!

Pray for Jesus to cover you with His blood and cleanse you from all sin. Be open to the conviction of the Holy Spirit.

Then ask Jesus to fill you with Living Water and satisfy your every need.

The title for this message came from the Holy Spirit and is how Jesus feels about those who live without Him.

If you are attempting to navigate through life on your own this will lead to disaster.

This revelation from Jesus has nothing to do with religion, keeping laws to appease God or doing good works. Throw everything out the window and begin with one goal.

I want to be in relationship with the Living Christ.

This goal is easy to achieve if you have an open heart and forget your preconceived ideas about God.

The fear of the Lord is understanding who God is and respecting Him. It is taking Him seriously and seeking His will for your life.

Jesus controls your destiny whether you believe in Him or not.

Jesus is omniscient and knows every detail of your past, present and future. He hears your every thought.

Jesus has power and dominion over the heavens and earth. He is the most powerful force in the universe and can defeat any enemy foe.

Jesus desires to give you an abundant life filled with His goodness.

Jesus wants to give you the gift of salvation so you can live with Him forever.

Jesus knows you will never be perfect. Don’t even try.

Jesus is alive and desires to have a symbiotic relationship with you built on faith. He is the Living Christ and wants a personal and endearing friendship with you. He wants to speak to you and share His life with you. Jesus wants to be in all the moments of your life.

Jesus is perfect without any sin. He does not want to mucky up His life with all the skeletons in your closet. So if you want Jesus you must ask to be covered with His blood and repent from your bad habits.

Jesus offers you a new life. This is why He died on the Cross. When you make a decision for Jesus this begins the gift of salvation and your sanctification into the character of Jesus.

Jesus seals you with the Holy Spirit.

He is the life of Jesus and your pipeline to all of His unlimited attributes. He desires to fill you with His love, strength, wisdom, joy and protection.

The only requirement is to agree to live for Jesus above all else. You live for Him by seeking His will and giving up your independence and self sufficiency.

Many Christians never get to this point and miss out on the awesome power, glory and majesty of Jesus.

You can get started today. Jesus is waiting for you to knock on His door.

Don’t be afraid. This is the best decision you will ever make in your life!

The Holy Spirit has been burdening me over this subject for a long time,

He recently told me sexual immorality is an epidemic that has spread around the world. There are no rules. Anything goes.

Most of the governments around the world have created new laws overriding the precepts of God. They have legitimized this behavior.

The moral compass in most human beings is the laws of society and there is little concern or respect for God’s views.

We do not fear God!

This is a big mistake. Take a look at Sodom and Gomorrah or the flood that destroyed all humanity except eight souls.

You might rationalize these events as just biblical myths. Lets move to a later date in time. Do you really think AIDS or COVID just mysteriously came out of the cosmos?

The corruption of God’s laws is the work of Satan. Sadly, most of civilization has accepted his lies.

God is holy and righteous. He hates sin.

You and I can do very little about the behavior of nonbelievers except to stand in the gap with prayer and intercession for those people He brings into our lives.

However, as Christ followers we are accountable to God for all our actions. God is omniscient and sees everything. Nothing is hidden from Him.

Our body is a living sacrifice to Jesus.

Jesus lives in believers in the essence of the Holy Spirit. How do you think He feels about having sexual immorality mixed in with His purity?

The Christ follower becomes contaminated when he allows amoral behavior to creep into his thoughts, what he looks at with his eyes, and what he listens to with his ears.

This behavior grieves and lessens the power of the Holy Spirit in a believer. And, this will put you on a path leading to destruction and death if you do not seek repentance through the blood of Jesus.

God created the act of sex and Jesus desires for this to be a beautiful and awesome experience defined by His Word.

The Holy Spirit has been speaking to me about believers who have a limited vision of Jesus.

This is not a prosperity gospel message. It is recognizing Jesus for who He is and seeking Him out for the fullness of your every need.

The Holy Spirit wants to enlarge your vision of Jesus in your thoughts, words, and prayers. Jesus wants you to think big and not settle for less.

We need to change our prayers according to the words of Jesus.

Ask and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

You and I cannot control God or the timing of His plans for your life.

But we can ask, seek, and knock and the door will be opened. This is an ironclad promise from God.

We tend to give up after a while because Jesus seems to be sleeping through our prayers.

The Holy Spirit will show you the desires of God’s heart for you and give you an understanding of the seasons in your life. You can’t find prosperity living in the desert.

God has two purposes in awarding prosperity to believers. Jesus proves that He keeps His promises and He spreads His glory for all to see.

Speak this promise to God every morning when you awaken.

Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

Do not under estimate Jesus. He wants to give you more than you ask or think.

Have confidence in the voice of God. Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever!

Jesus is not a temporary feel good solution. He is the Living Christ with power and dominion over the heavens and earth.

Jesus was at His lowest point just before He was crucified. Jesus was burdened over dying on a Cross.

Jesus can identify with you. He lived as a human and experienced all the emotions of life.

Jesus is a gentle and humble God and desires a personal and embracing relationship with you.

In times of turmoil Jesus promises to give you rest. He wants you to literally cast your burdens upon Him and He will give you supernatural rest.

Reach out to Jesus. He does not want you to be alone or try to solve your problems on your own.

Learn from Jesus in times of trouble. Seek the strength, peace and wisdom of Jesus.

When Jesus says take My yoke He is referring to His life. Jesus is easy and His burden is light.

Jesus will make your pathway easy regardless of your overwhelming troubles. And, He will give you a sense of freedom and emotional release from your burdens.

Jesus is not promising to take away all your burdens but He wants you to cast all your concerns upon His shoulders and live through Him.

Jesus died to bear all your burdens.

This happens through the work of the Holy Spirit. He is the life of Christ and lives in all believers.

When Jesus says take My yoke He is telling you to live through Him and not your natural life.

Abide in the Holy Spirit by prayer, reading the Bible, and listening for the voice of God. Give Him all your burdens and draw upon His attributes.

The Christ follower does not live a life free of troubles. In fact, you may encounter more conflicts than a non believer.

Jesus is how you can overcome the world. It is not by might nor by power but by My Spirit.

This is about choosing between life and death!

If you make a confession for Jesus without changing into a new creature in Christ you are wasting your time and fooling no one.

The Holy Spirit who is the life of Jesus will seep out and you will be on a course leading to death and destruction.

The gift of salvation creates new life. We die to self and live for Christ.

Jesus said you must be born again. He doesn’t want anything to do with your natural life. It is old and contamined wine.

The dynamic of salvation is you are baptized into the death and resurrection of Christ.

The Spirit creates a new life in a believer and the Water cleanses you of all sin. You can stand blameless before God.

The Holy Spirit dwelling in all believers is the new wine and your transformed body is the new wine skins.

The new wine (Living Water) will transform you into the character of Jesus and make you a powerful witness for Him.

Jesus desires to preserve your new life so you can live with Him forever.

As a believer, we all need to revisit our commitment to Jesus. Have we entered through the narrow gate or taken the more comfortable wide gate?

Jesus tells us that very few enter through the narrow gate because it is a difficult pathway. You must be willing to give up everything and follow Jesus.

The new wine comes to those who “let go” and give Jesus authority over their life.

The Holy Spirit is challenging you to have a pensive attitude about your relationship with Jesus.

Ask God how you can have the fullness of the new wine skins?

This beautitude of Jesus is the antithesis of the inner nature of all human beings.

We are ego driven people who want to fulfill our own desires not seek the righteousness of God. And, it is impossible to hunger for God unless you are a “born again” believer.

Many Christians don’t take God seriously and fail to develop a burning desire for His purity.

We can never come close to the standards of God. This is the reaction of Isaiah when he met God.

Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips.

When God gives a believer a revelation about the contrast between his natural life and the purity of God this creates a hunger for the character of Jesus.

The righteous of God will never come through works or keeping laws. And, immersing yourself in religion will not transform you into the likeness of Jesus.

God has declared that faith in the Living Christ is the only way to be filled with His righteousness. This faith is being obedient to the voice of God without any clarity or vision about your future.

We trust in the promises of God not what we see with our eyes. The journey with Jesus is like wearing blinders and taking life one day at a time.

God is omniscient but He chooses not to disclose your future. He will give you glimpses of the future but He desires for you to accept Him by faith without any logic or rationale about your journey.

Abraham believed God and left his homeland. He had no vision or leading from God concerning where he was going or his mission with God.

Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all the other things will be added to you.

This is about a parable of Jesus relating to the great tribulation.

Jesus describes all the horrific things that will take place in the tribulation before this generation will be rescued by Jesus. (Matthew 24)

Jesus explains how to prepare for the end of the tribulation by using the example of a fig tree.

When the branches become tender and leaves appear all will know that summer is near. So like the fig tree look for the signs leading up to the end of the tribulation.

When you see all the terrible things taking place you will know the end is near and Jesus is returning to claim His church.

We are told to be alert and ready for the arrival of Jesus.

Jesus is hypothetically proclaiming if heaven and earth were to pass away believers can confidently trust the Word of God which is incorruptible and will never disappear or be replaced. The Word is the one thing you can stake your life on.

The instruction is to be firmly anchored in the Word of God and do not be misled by the deception and the calamities of the tribulation.

The Word of God is infallible and it is the same yesterday, today and forever.

Build your life on the Word of God not what you see with your eyes. You can be confident of your outcome because God is truth and He never changes.

Do not believe every spirit but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. There will be many false prophets at work during the tribulation. Every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God.

Submit to the authority of Holy Spirit. He will always bring glory to Jesus and expose the counterfeit spirit of the Antichrist.

God keeps His Word!

The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. You shall keep them, O Lord, You shall preserve them from this generation forever.

Last night the Holy Spirit kept me awake for several hours discussing this subject. He reminded me this is of utmost importance to Him. He also told me all believers have a limited view of Jesus and cannot comprehend the laborious efforts of God to save a soul.

God is loving but He is very set in His ways. The rules of salvation will never change.

This may seem very harsh but if you are a nonbeliever God will not accept you. He is vehemently opposed to all sin and will not tolerate an unclean human being in His presence. So there is a barrier to overcome if you want God.

This is because all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. This enmity was caused by Adam and Eve who defied God and set all mankind on a wrong track.

This does not imply that believers are any better than non believers. It just means they have accepted Jesus as an intermediary to become reconciled to God.

God is holy and pure. He lives in Heaven. God has never sinned and will not tolerate another human being unless they have been cleaned by the blood of Jesus and are a professing believer.

This barrier between God and man will never change. If anyone is not a Christian he or she is on the outside looking in.

God created Jesus as the perfect plan of salvation to correct the amoral and corrupt condition of mankind. There will never be another sacrifice by God for sin and atonement.

Why can’t a human being get past unbelief?

He has been raised in a family of nonbelievers and has accepted their doctrines or beliefs.

He has a mindset which has been blinded by Satan to the values of Jesus.

He has been deeply hurt by a calamity and blames God.

He has accepted a false religion.

He has made his priority to seek the riches and prosperity of the world.

He is in bondage to a stronghold established by Satan and is imprisoned in sin.

How to do the work of Christ?

Christ followers are instructed by Jesus to plant seeds and then leave the results up to God.

Many times, the most powerful way to influence a nonbeliever is through the Living Water flowing out of you. The love, compassion, and kindness of Christ can be a powerful influence targeting those in your life.

Pray and make intercession for the heart and soul of those who God brings to your mind. You have to get Jesus engaged in this war along with the Holy Spirit.

Ask Jesus to show you how to pray and for wisdom about the nonbeliever. Jesus is omniscient and knows everything about this person and the most powerful approach to bring him to salvation.

Speak against Satan demanding he takes his hands off this person. Remind Satan he has been defeated by the blood of Jesus and must flee.

Don’t give up! The prayers of a righteous man will bring good results. Nothing is impossible for God.

Jesus is motivated by unconditional love and desires for all to receive the gift of salvation!

There is a risk in giving up your life for Christ. Things didn’t go very well for the disciples of Jesus!

Jesus asks you to give up your rights and independence and follow Him. And, Jesus tells you come live with Him by faith.

The calling is to first seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all the other things shall be added unto you.

Jesus wants you to give up your worldly desires and make Him the centerpiece of your life.

Jesus warns that a believer will face calamities and fiery trials walking with Him.

The question is the risk worth the reward. Most people don’t think so or they accept a watered down version of Christ. Who wants a life turned upside down?

Let’s examine the reward side of this question. The reward promised by Jesus is the gift of salvation. If you make a genuine decision to live for Christ above all else you are given the privilege to live with God forever.

The gift of salvation initiates your baptism into the death and resurrected life of Jesus. You die to self and learn to live for Jesus.

Salvation has nothing to do with time and begins immediately and lasts forever.

You can enter into a personal and embracing relationship with Jesus.

God seals you with the Holy Spirit. He is the life of Christ and you are now personally linked with Jesus who has power and dominion over the heavens and earth.

Jesus is alive in your life and you can hear His voice and draw upon His attributes of love, joy, peace, wisdom and strength. Jesus promises to protect you from evil with a supernatural buttress of support.

Jesus promises to give you an abundant life filled with the goodness of God. He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Salvation is the process of becoming transformed into a new creature filled with the character of Jesus.

The challenge is weighing the risk versus the reward. Do you want to live closely with our great and powerful God or take your chances living on your own?