Luke 17:20-18:14; John 7:1-52

On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. (John 7:37-39)

One scripture reading that connects water and Spirit is Ezekiel 36:25-27. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Jesus may have referred to this reading by the words he spoke as recorded in John's Gospel, chapter 7.

Jesus, I come to You for living water, cleansing, a new heart, and the Spirit of God within.