Is the Water in Your Well Drinkable — Teresa Conlon

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The Wells of Salvation in a Fruitful Land

If you would turn with me in your Bibles to 2 Kings chapter 3, 2 Kings chapter 3, I want to talk to you today about, is the water in your well drinkable? Is the water in your well drinkable? Hallelujah, hallelujah.

Hallelujah. Will you pray with me? Father, we come in the mighty name of Jesus. And Lord, because you are here, Jesus, there is a blessing. Because you are here, Lord, you are commanding a blessing. Lord, we thank you because we're in unity with you.

And we thank you, Lord, that Father, you regard Jesus and through him all blessings flow. God, you have sent the fount of all blessings, King Jesus, to be in our midst. Now, Lord, we ask you to let those blessings flow in your precious name.

God, we ask you now by the Spirit to come and teach us these things. And Lord, we thank you that we receive them now in your precious name. And we thank you, Lord, we will be changed because you are the Lord of life in our midst and in our hearts.

Be glorified, be magnified. And we give you all the praise and glory in Jesus' precious and holy name. Amen and amen. I want to talk about wells. I want to talk about us being a well. And the importance of wells in a dry and thirsty land.

In a land that's expected to give a harvest. In a land that is expected to produce something. In a land that is called to be fruitful. You cannot underestimate the power of a good well. And Scripture, many times the land can be referred to, beloved, as our total being.

The area of the mind and the region of the heart and the soul and the body. This is the land. This is the land. And many times wells, in Isaiah 12, 3, you don't need to turn there. But here's what Scripture says, a definition of a well is.

It says, with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. With joy shall ye draw out of the water of the wells of salvation. And I want to paint to you a picture. In Old Testament lands, the promised land needed more than one well.

The promised land needed wells all over the place. And each one of them was a well of salvation. If it was a good well, a deep well, and it produced water, it was salvation for that area. There were wells of salvation all over the promised land.

And I believe that there are wells that spring up in our minds. Spring up in our spirits. Spring up in us. And nourish us and cause us to be a fruitful land. Cause us to be a people of regular harvest.

Because there is a continual supply of living water. In Psalm 44, that psalm talks about how God delivered his people. That he delivered them through the Red Sea. And he drove out the heathen and he cast out the enemy before them.

To bring them into the promised land. And it says you don't need to turn them. But Psalm 44 says, they got not the land in possession by their own sword. Neither did their own arms save them. But thy right hand, thine arm, and the light of thy countenance.

Because you had favor unto them. And the scripture is clearly telling us here that Lord, you brought us into the promised land. You brought us into the land of your choosing for us. And you laid before us a conquered land.

And a vanquished people. But beloved, till the land is watered. Till the land that lays before them now. Vacant of an oppressing enemy. Knowing that they entered this land under the banner of their God.

That he has given it to them. It is their inheritance. And God is saying now you got to go in. And there's got to be wells in this land or it's just real estate. There's got to be something of that living water all over this land.

For there to be what I have called it to be for you. That there be a harvest and abundance that all the nations may see. That I the Lord God blesses his people. And that I am the God of abundance in your life.

That I bring a richness into your life. There needs to be wells all over this land. And in the natural world, beloved, rivers of water and streams flow in the ground. Underground. Where we can't see them.

But throughout this earth, the natural physical earth I'm talking about now. There are rivers of water running through the earth. And when people, when men dig a well. They dig to find a stream, a river of this clean flowing water.

But there are areas of the earth where the water is not clean. There are areas of the earth that when you dig down you get sulfur water. A very foul smelling water. There are areas where you dig and you get iron water.

It's not clear. You dig and the water supply is not fit to connect to a house as a supply for water. It is not a well that people would want to draw from. It's not the kind of water or water source that you want for your daily provision.

That you want to be associated with. And beloved, this is such a picture of a sinner. Who has polluted streams in him. Bitter water and salt water all running under the surface. But it is empowered by the spirit of man.

It is an underground water supply. And it sources, the scripture tells us where all pollution comes from. Either the world, the flesh or the devil. And in an unrepentant sinner. This water, these kind of waters flow freely.

And that is what bubbles up out of the mouth. That's what bubbles and springs up into the mind. These underground waters polluted by the flesh, the world and the devil. Is what a sinner, what an unrepentant sinner springs forth out of his life.

Jesus and the Living Water

But I thank God when Jesus walked the earth. He went to a woman at a well. And he said if you knew the gift of God. And if you knew who was speaking to you. You would ask of him. And he would give you living water.

Clean water. A water that bubbles up in your soul and your spirit. And it's cleansing and it is life giving. It is what you want to always be associated in part. You want to be drinking in of this water every day of your life multiple times.

In John 4 .14 it says but the water that I shall give. This is Jesus speaking. The water that I shall give. He says shall be in him. A well of water. Springing up into everlasting life. Listen beloved Jesus is saying.

When I come into a life. I shall be in him. I shall be in her. A well of water. Springing up into everlasting life. Into everlasting life. That when I come into a life. I will be in you. And I will be as a well of water.

And it will be living water. And Jesus made the bold statement. And the water I give. You shall never thirst. Jesus made a bold statement to her. And he says the water of this well. Of this water. You will thirst again.

But he was talking to her about a heart thirst. That he knew she had. He was talking about there was pollutions in her. And it had polluted her life. It had polluted relationships. It had polluted what she had envisioned for her life.

And now on her fifth husband. And the last one she had not being her husband. She was now the reproach of all who saw her in her day. She fully well knew the pollutions that ran deep in her. And Jesus says you drink of this water.

It comes through you. But you are never satisfied. The relationships can't do it. The money can't do it. The possessions can't do it. You are never satisfied. And in your quest to be satisfied. Your life looks more and more.

Like a source of pollution. But when the really thirsty beloved. You know this. When I was writing this message I got thirsty. There is a power. In the suggestion of cool water. Clean living water. And when we are really thirsty.

Only cool water satisfies. It is so good. And Jesus speaking right into the core of her. Where the corruption lay. Began to offer her something that she could not even begin to envision. Because she couldn't produce it herself.

She could not begin to envision. Because the world couldn't supply it to her. The well she went to couldn't supply it to her. And she began to be thirsty. There was this thought of a clean healing water.

And her soul being satisfied. Was incredible to her. And beloved that is a picture of our salvation. But I want to talk to you about something else today. Found in 2nd Kings 3. Those that know Christ as their savior now.

We have a well in us. There is a well in us. He is in us. And he is like a well of water springing up. But in 2nd Kings 3. Israel which is the Old Testament believer. When Israel invaded enemy territory.

They were commanded by the Lord. To fill in the wells of the enemy. They were commanded by God. To stop up all the wells of the enemy. And we see that in verse 19. It says and you shall smite every fence city.

Every choice city. And shall fell every good tree. And stop all wells of water. And mark every good piece of land with stones. Fill in the wells of the enemy. The Lord knew that when. If they would do that.

If they would obey him in that. That the land. In this case that they were reconquering from Moab. Would be rendered useless. That in a dry and thirsty land. When you stop up the wells. You stop up all the productivity of the land.

And all the labor that went to build it. And all what was truly valuable in a desert land. Would be lost. God says you go. And you stop up all the wells. Of the enemy. And beloved. There are two streams.

There are two courses. That run through a believer's life. Hidden in him. There is in him a well of water. We said that Jesus. When he comes into our life. He is that. He is that living water. He is that well in us.

That living water. But beloved. There is also a polluted. Corrupted streams of the old nature. In us. In the believer. There are two kinds of water. And that's why James can say. In the New Testament.

He says. How can this be so? Out of the mouth of believers. Flows bitter water. And sweet water. How can it be? Because beloved. There are two different sources. There are two different kinds of waters.

Running through him. And beloved. The command still stands. That we are to fill in the wells of the enemy. Now that we are believers. Every area. Territory. In our heart. And mind and body. Where corrupted wells.

You out. Unclean water. From my inner old man. From my corrupted nature. Our prayer can be. It's our privilege to pray. It's our privilege to know. That Holy Spirit. You show them to me. You show me. Every access.

Every hole. Where I have an enemy. Is bored a hole. Where there is access. To this pollution. Of my old nature. Of the spirit of man. That needs to be stopped up. Now beloved. I. So that we don't get confused.

The Bitter Waters of Mara and the Cross

I want to draw our attention. You don't need to turn there. But in Exodus 15. It talks about Moses. Led the children. Of Israel in the wilderness. To a place where there was no water. And when they came to a place of no water.

After three days. They came to a land called Mara. And there was water there. But it was absolutely undrinkable. And you know the story. Where Moses he was commanded. To cast into the bitter water. The tree.

Which is representative of the cross. And the bitter water became sweet. Now you have to follow me here. Because I'm talking now. And I don't want to confuse. When Christ comes into our life. There is a well.

There is a healing. There is this water. That is Christ himself. That is our covering. Is why he deals with us. And this cross. When it is put into our bitter water. It makes it sweet. Firstly in salvation.

But secondly. Every bitter place. That we encounter in our lives. I don't know how it's done. But I do surely know. That when the cross. The cross. And all that it stands for. God's symbol to us. The cross of his love.

And his cleansing. And his power. And his sacrifice. When something of that. Touches my bitter water. It becomes sweet. When I open myself up. And I won't close myself. Around my bitterness and my cause.

But finally in my desperation. I will open my arms. And I'll say God the water. It's turning bitter in me. Jesus put your cross to it. Remind me of it's sacrifice. It's love. It's power. And it's cleansing.

And do for me oh God. What only you can do. And what only your cross does. And beloved what happened then will happen now. And our bitter waters will go sweet. The embittering in our lives. Will be made sweet.

Digging Ditches and Filling the Enemy's Wells

But that does not change the fact. That some wells. Some water sources have to be filled in. And God grant us discernment. The Lord is a man of war. And the Lord is going to lead us into enemy territory.

The Lord will show us areas in our mind. Areas in our spirit. Areas in our day to day life. Where the enemy even though we belong to Christ. Is dominant. Where the enemy has a controlling influence in that area.

And him being a man of war. He wants to lead us. Into this enemy area. Because he's going to point out. The wells of the enemy to stop. To be stopped up. He will do the liberating beloved. But we must do the following.

We don't dispatch the Lord of glory. To our enemy territory. He says no I'm the captain of the host. I'm a man of war. I've come to do war. But he says you've got to follow me in. And under my command.

When I pointed out. Is your privilege. To take that ground. And fill those wells. And in 2nd Kings 3. It talks about a time when the northern kingdom of Israel. And the southern kingdom of Judah joined forces.

To reconquer Moab. Under Ahab a king of Israel. Moab was quiet. But when his son took the throne. The land conquered by Israel. The Mobites rose up. And these 2 kings of Israel joined forces with a king of Edom.

Now he's an ungodly king. He's a heathen king. But 2 kings of Israel. Who say that we know God joined forces. To fight. And they entered enemy territory. And after they get into enemy territory. They find themselves in a position of no water.

They find themselves in a position of great need. They find that their horses. And the cattle that follow them. And the army is without water. Now this should not surprise us. Because when we go into enemy controlled territory.

In our heart and life. We're going to find no good thing there. Okay we're not going to find groves. And springs and wells. And an oasis. The enemy owns this. He's a devastation. He is destruction. He is a horror.

And every area that he controls. Or says he controls. Which he's not. He's a puppet king. If we are believers in Christ. But the ones where he seems to win the battles. Where he is most dominant. Is a devastation.

And so now is a picture of these two kings joining forces. And they're going in and they find nothing of life there. And they're in great need. And the scripture says that one king despairs. But one king calls for a prophet.

One king says this is impossible. Another king says is there a word. Beloved I tell you something. That's us. We have two kings in us. We have two kings in us. When we go into enemy territory. Our flesh.

Our mind. Our spirit is not going to say let's go. When the tough comes. Tough time comes. We will find that division in us. There will be one king. That's saying this is impossible. This is ridiculous.

Why are we here? And then there's another side of us. That begins to say oh God is there not a word. If we're a believer in Christ. The water is being stirred up. And there's a thirst. And only the word.

The living word. The living water of the word can satisfy it. That's our mind. We do fight the battle going in. Sometimes we get confused. But beloved when we see it in the Old Testament like this. Two kings who say they serve God.

There's two natures in us. There's two rivers in us. It won't surprise us. When we say Lord lead on. There's an inner struggle. The interesting thing. One of the kings. The king of Judah. Jehoshaphat he says.

Is there not a word. And he's given a word. He remembers that of the prophet. Elisha is in the land. And they get they go to him for a word. And when Elisha sees these kings. Verse 14 and Elisha said.

As the Lord of hosts liveth. Before whom I stand. Surely were it not that I regard. The presence of Jehoshaphat. The king of Judah. I would not look towards thee. Nor see thee. And he's speaking to the king of Israel.

He's speaking to that side of us. That's sewn in doubt. Unbelief rebellion fear the whole thing. He is speaking. This word comes and says. I don't look towards thee. And I don't even see thee. I see the man.

Who wants the word in you. I see the cry for me in you. I have nothing to do. With that side of you. He has control. Because I'm leading you into his land. To stop up his wells. And the scripture says.

I don't deal with him. That nature. I don't deal with that flesh. I look at him beloved. That's why we pray. Uncondemned. Because when we cry out in our spirit. I want you Jesus help me. And the other side is full of doubt and unbelief.

No beloved. If we belong to Christ. God doesn't even see that king. God doesn't look at that king. He has nothing to do with him. Because in God he's an unapproachable light. He is holiness. And that thing can't come into his presence.

Hallelujah. But Jehoshaphat who wanted a word. The word comes to him. And he's given a word. And in verse 16. The word that comes to him. It says. And he said thus saith the Lord. To Jehoshaphat. Make this valley full of ditches.

Make this valley. Beloved. Where they were standing now. Elisha is saying. Where you're standing in the middle. Of this charge and enemy territory. Where all looks desolation. He says I want you to dig.

I want you to dig. And these ditches beloved. Is a symbol of make room for faith. Because that. That kind of digging. Is the work. That decision to trust. That decision at that moment to have faith. When there's a war going on inside us.

But in this place. Where there is no water. And I don't want to go on. And I'm out to supposedly spoil the enemy. And stop up his wells in my life. Where he has access to my thinking. And my heart. And my emotions.

And I seem stopped dead in my tracks. The word to him is in this place. Start digging. Start making room for faith. Saying Lord. Even though at this moment I don't feel it. I lift up a higher praise. And I declare you to be God.

At this moment I praise you. At this moment I honor you. At this moment I declare you to be God. Dig ditches. This is the work. Make room for faith. And beloved. When they did that. The scripture says in verse 17.

For thus saith the Lord. Ye shall not see wind. Neither shall ye see rain. Yet that valley shall be filled with water. That ye may drink both ye your cattle. And your beasts. And God is saying when you set in.

Under my direction. To fill up and stop up the wells of the enemy. Know that I will give you supernatural strength. I will give you supernatural endurance. To enter the enemy land. And when all looks impossible.

You will look up to me. And I will give you the strength. The plan and the provision. The living water. What you most critically need. To carry on. To enter that enemy land. In our heart, mind, body. Wherever the oppression is.

I will give you all you need to endure. I will let you go on in strength. Where there was a place of impossibility. I will create a place. That you may go forward. That you will regain the land. I don't want the enemy's waters in you.

I don't want the enemy's well. That bitter foul polluting spirit of man. Spirit of doubt. Fear. The loss of the flesh. I want my water in this land. God is saying. God is saying I will give you strength.

To make no peace. With your pollution. God is saying that when you are tempted. I will make a way of escape. Trust me. He says if you fall. I'm going to give you hope and courage. To get up and fight again.

Because I am merciful. He's saying it's not. Remember it's not your arm. It's not your sword. It's in this place. In this land. Though you fall seven times. You will get up. Beloved though we fall seven times.

If our heart. I'll tell you. If the king of Israel for a season. Seems to dominate. If he seems to tell us. There is no way. That well has been spewing. It's pollution and filth into our mind. Into your mind.

Into my spirit. Your spirit. Our bodies. Our relationships. Whatever touches it. It has been spewing it so long. Don't think you're going to change. But beloved. Jehoshaphat. Will cry. There's a side.

That God planted. Because there's a well. In us. Springing up into life. There's a Jehoshaphat. That's crying for that water. That Jesus says. The water. I will come and be in him. In you. And I will be a well of water.

Springing up. That's a promise. And Jehoshaphat. Will get that water. Beloved if we can hear this. If we belong to the Lord Jesus Christ. There is living clean water. That will spring up. In our time of greatest need.

And for some. Though they've fallen seven times. I'll tell you something. We will get God gripped. We are God gripped. In Christ we are God gripped. And we will get up. By his power. By his arm. For the glory of God.

Purity, Testimony, and the Corrupt Spring

Beloved. These wells will be stopped. Anyone who wants. A well. Of the enemy filled. Will have it. And beloved. This is God's plan for us. This is God's plan. That this. Perseverance. And the strength.

And the courage. That we need to go in. And face this. Is critical. Because the purity. Of our lives. And the purity. Of our testimony. Is what's at stake. Will you turn with me. Very quickly. To Proverbs.

Proverbs 25. In Proverbs 25. Verse 26. God is saying. This is why. I am leading you in. This is why I am going to point out. The enemy's wells. That have to be stopped. And have to be filled. Proverbs 25.

26 says. A righteous man. Falling down. Before the wicked. Is as a troubled fountain. And a corrupt spring. And we are talking. A righteous man. We are talking. A man. With the spirit of God. We are talking.

About a man or a woman. With that living well. Springing up. With clean water. In them. And the scripture tells us. That one like that. Falling down. Before the wicked. Is now a corrupt spring. And the reason.

Is because. First of all. A righteous man. Doesn't have to be. Falling down. Before the wicked. There is another well. There is another supply. But beloved. I'll tell you. One reason. Why he falls down.

Is the ground. Under him. Caved in. There were underground. Streams of that pollution. That needed to be. Stopped up. And filled. But when they. Leave. Unfilled. It eats away. At the ground. Underneath.

And one day. It all collapses. In on him. And the ground. Underneath him. Is eaten. Because he will not. Deal. With stopping up. The wells. Of pollution. In his spirit. When God says. You are a righteous man.

I'm going to. You're going to. Fill that. And you're going to move away. On the ground. Where there's clean. Living. Living water. Where. Everywhere you. Drill. Is going to be fresh. Clean water. You move off.

That ground. But you feel. That hole. In Christ. In his strength. By his power. A righteous man. Does not have to fall down. He has been given. God given. Strength. To fill. In the enemies. Wells. Falling down.

And it even speaks. Of when we make. Peace. And when we make. Excuses. After it's come. Under the light. Of the Holy Ghost. We're responsible. For the light. We live in. We walk. In the light. We've got.

And today. There's a light. Shining. Because we're his. Our God. Dwells in. Unapproachable light. He is light. And there is a light. When we're his. Fault on us. And God. Is showing us. There are. Areas.

That he wants us. To deal with. Because we can. In Christ. Because. He's not looking. For us. To fight our battles. Now. There's a well. In you. There's a well. In me. And it's living water. And it's going to.

Spring up. And it's going to be able. To cleanse us. And it's going to give us. Strength. For the battle. Ahead. But falling down. Is when. We bow. Under the pressure. Of temptation. And stay there. When the pollution.

Is allowed. To make inroads. All the time. In our heart. In our life. When it's an. Unstopped. Unchecked. Unplugged. Source. That's constantly. Eating away. At the ground. In us. Beloved. When the mouth.

Is allowed. To spout bitter water. And sweet water. Unchecked. I'll tell you something. My beloved. Living around the ocean. You can have salt water. And you pour it. Into fresh water. And you have more.

Salt water. That for all the good. We speak. That when. That other. Side. Comes out. What happens. To our testimony. What does it. Tell us. About a heart. What does it. Tell us. About our mind. Yes. There are times.

Falling. Failing. But we're talking. Now. About it. Spewing. We're talking. About now. Where another. Source. Of pollution. Is allowed. To rise up. And come out. Of us. Because the mouth. Is tied. To the heart.

And what is being now. Tapped up. Is not living water. But another. Supply. Another. Source. And this kind. Of defilement. Beloved. Is not to be changed. It must be stopped. And the Holy Spirit. Today.

Is saying. By my grace. You fill it in. By my grace. You turn it off. By my power. You walk away. By my grace. You pray. To hate it. By my power. You cry out. For deliverance. And do not. Give up. Because strength.

Where there is. No strength. Will be given. You will see. No wind. You will see. No rain. But by the spirit. Of God. Comes upon us. And stirs up. That water. We'll begin. To dig. And say. By faith. My God.

Is going to give me. A power. To hate. To walk away. To turn away. From it. To recognize it. As defilement. Not make excuses. For it. Not make peace. With it. Because I am his. And Lord. You're beginning.

To show. That a righteous man. If I keep. Falling down. I keep. Falling down. You're going. To call me. A corrupt stream. And that's not the truth. When you came. Into my life. We had a farm. And on that farm.

Replacing Polluted Wells With a Fruitful Testimony

We lived there. About 10 years. In Canada. And we dug. Several wells. And when we bought the farm. It came with a well. And that well. Absolutely. Had to go. Because nobody. Could live. With the water.

In that well. It was. A polluted. Water supply. It was. It was. It was horrible. It was. It had an odor. It had. It was colored. It ruined the clothes. If you washed it. When you drank. If you had. A shower.

A bath. You never felt clean. It. Beloved. It wasn't a well. It was a pit. That's what the enemy's. Water source is like. And in the time of the greatest heat. In the time of our greatest need. It'll be a dry pit.

Even that filthy water. That in our time of greatest need. That we would have taken. Will dry up on us. Because that's who the enemy is. Now beloved. When is that well get stopped up. If a well gets stopped up.

In our minds. In our thought life. Then it must be replaced. Because. Because beloved. We're called to be a fruitful land. We're called. That God has come to say. I'm expecting a harvest. There's got to be a new well dug.

It's got to be replaced. So that reclaimed land. Can bring forth what it's intended to be. That we're called to be productive. We're called to have a testimony. Hallelujah. Our lives are called. Beloved to have an influence.

You know the influence that a well has in a dry and a thirsty land? That's an incredible influence. We can invite people to come and take something from us that's living and clean and pure. It's an unconscious impact.

It's not self-conscious. It's a servant's heart ready to provide living water to the thirsty. And beloved, I'll tell you, you know and I know the thirsty come where clean water is. The thirsty come where clean water is.

Healing the Waters in a Pleasant City

But sometimes we feel like the well that was dug by Christ is not living anymore. Sometimes you say, Jesus, you did put a well in me, but where is the living water? It seems like the water in me is changing.

Now I'm not talking about an enemy's well. I'm talking now with this last point is when Christ is in our life, but the quality of our water is changing. And if you would just turn with me to 2 Kings 2.

Back quickly to 2 Kings 2. Verse 19. 2 Kings 2, verse 19. What happens when we know that Jesus has put the well in, but the quality of the water is changing? It says here in 2 Kings 2 .19,. And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my Lord seeth, but the water is not, and the ground is barren.

Beloved, what they're saying here, this pleasant city, it's saying, God, we're in a good place. We're in the house of God. We have salvation. We're knowing a blessing of God. We live in a pleasant place.

But the ground is barren. It's not producing anymore. Barren means it used to produce, and now it is not producing. Because the water is not. And when we look up that word, the water is not means unethical or immoral activity against other people.

Includes speech or practice. It's saying that the water in us is not that there's no water, but something, a quality, what it was. It used to be clean living water, but now it is not. Now there is now an unethical or immoral activity, and it is in my life, and this water is turning.

And what was a clean living water, where in my testimony where people could come to me and partake and see and taste that God was good, they could dip down into my life and they got refreshed, but now they're turning away.

They're not coming to my well anymore because the water is changing. A well dug by Jesus, and the water is changing. It's a pleasant place. This is where I should be. But the water is not, and the land is barren.

Unethical, unequal practice. Falseness practiced against the good of one another. Beloved, when speech is deliberately deceiving, when the hatred in my heart is covered by deceit, That's what this is talking about.

When envy is covered by flattery. When immoral activity is at the center of who I am, and at the center of my thought life. When really it is, I don't want to stop up this well, I just want to deal with the guilt.

I just don't want the guilt. But I do like the polluted supply. This is talking about when the water is not. But read on verse 20. And he said, the Elisha, the prophet, Bring me a new cruise and put salt therein.

And they brought it to him. Bring me a new container and put salt in it. And beloved, that salt talks about our testimony. Jesus said, you are the salt of the earth. He says, bring me a new vessel and put salt in it.

And when they did that, he put it in the springs of water. And verse 21 says, he went forth unto the spring of the waters and cast the salt in there and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters.

I have healed these waters. There shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. Beloved, we're talking about now, the water quality is turning. And it's saying that when we begin to understand and we begin to see this because the land is barren around me.

I'm not producing what I was called to produce. My testimony is leaving. And there is something. And finally, the courage to look in and the courage to take a water sample. A courage to say and agree with God if he's saying, this water has changed.