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Today’s Devotional Scripture: 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
- John 7:38-39 KJV
8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
- Ezekiel 47:8-10 KJV
The Message For Today (June 24, 2026):
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Often, when we imagine rivers of living water flowing from our bellies, it’s easy to visualize living water being poured out and touching everything that you're around as you believe in the Lord. So all these rivers flowing, this encouragement, this empowerment, this power, it’s easy to visualize that.
But we know that spiritually, rivers of living water flowing out of our belly means that we are healed of affliction. We are beyond fear, we are beyond doubt, and we are beyond confusion. We are walking with God in such faith that when we speak, there’s an empowerment, that when we trust that we’re speaking life, and that when we love, we are loving the way that Jesus loves because we believe on Him.
We are then filled with the Holy Spirit, we’re filled with the grace and the glory. When we are filled with His Spirit, and we love Him, and we believe on Him, then spiritually there is an outpouring that happens upon those around us, upon our homes, upon the work of our hands. Because rivers of living water are just that. It is rivers continuously flowing.
When looking up the amplified version, it says continuously flowing. So these rivers come from this well of faith that we have in King Jesus, and that life is going forth to touch everything. Now, Jesus referenced, “as the scripture hath said.”
When He said this, that gave an indication that there are scriptures that reflect this in other places. When you look into the previous scriptures, we see in Ezekiel 47:8-10, that these waters coming out of the temple of the Lord represent the power of the Lord. The power of healed waters goes into the desert and into the sea.
In that when the water touches things, that everything will live, the things will live, as the multitudes of fish will come forth. There’ll be many fish because of the healed waters, because of the healing. We can see this through the Scripture in Ezekiel 47:8-10, that the indications of healed water, of many fish, and of blessings go forth.
But remember that these waters are coming from the temple in Ezekiel 47. So what Jesus is saying in John 7:38-39 is that we are the temple for the Holy Spirit. And when we believe in Him, and we receive the Holy Spirit, then out of our bellies shall flow rivers of living water. Because we believe and because we are the temple that is holding the Holy Spirit within us, as it states in Ephesians 3:20-21.
And it states:
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. - Ephesians 3:20-21 KJV
So we see that, according to Ephesians 3:20-21, that the rivers that are flowing from within us, that can go exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think, it’s that power at work. It’s the power of the Holy Spirit that is inside of us.
And so the scripture that Jesus references, or there are many throughout the Old Testament, but Ezekiel 47 gives a clear indication of what it’s like. When reading through Ezekiel 47:1-12, we see more context that the Lord is taking the prophet through a vision. And in the vision, the water starts under the threshold of the house of the Lord, but then it increases.
It reaches the ankles, then it reaches the knees, then the loins, and then it becomes so deep that it can only be swum in. And that is when the Lord begins to say, verse 8 - 10, that these are the rivers that go out and that they are healed and that they’re bringing in many fish.
So when you think of this, from now on, these rivers of living water, consider that the Spirit of the Lord is flowing continuously inside of you when you believe in Jesus, and when you’ve received that He is the Lord, and as you walk with Him full of His Spirit. That you are full of rivers of living water that flow and touch everything in your life and everything that you speak over, everything that you believe.
Out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water, and that things shall live around you. Things that you speak on will carry the life of that faith that you have in King Jesus. When you’re speaking, as you’re pouring, the Lord gives us the ability, the capacity, and according to these scriptures,
His Spirit, so that we can walk out this mandate to be his light in the earth. To be his hands and feet in the earth, to love the way that He loves, and to believe on Him that rivers of living water can come from us. As we are walking things out, as we are going through some of the hardest situations and the storms in our lives, what you speak and what you decree matters.
We see it evidenced through scriptures that the power of life and death is in the tongue. That speaking life is the thing that creates, it curates, and it blesses. That we can guard our hearts because the issues of life flow from it, that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
So everything that you’re pouring into yourself by faith, the scriptures that you read, the time spent in His presence, it is creating something powerful that can be measured spiritually and impactful in the natural. That rivers of living water would flow from you and touch every part of your life, your family’s life, and your children’s lives.
That there will be a blessing from you when you believe it, and that it will be a continuous flow. Because the Holy Spirit is limitless and He’s at rest within you to go beyond even what your flesh can do. We can trust in Him, we can walk with Him, and we can release living waters into every part of our lives.
Closing Devotional Prayers
My prayer for you:
Father, in the name of Jesus, thank you. Thank you, God, for rivers of living water. Thank you for the mighty woman of God walking in the favor. Thank you, Lord God, that you are Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, and that there is no one like you, there is no one above you, King of glory.
You know what the woman of God is dealing with. You know what her struggles are. And, Lord, you are good, and your mercies endure forever. I pray a blessing upon the mighty woman of God, that she would see the fullness of your will and your way. That she would see the fullness of the Word.
That she would not be distracted nor overwhelmed, and that she would receive in her heart that she has what she needs inside of her, and that she can simply speak and flow and speak life over all that concerns her and all that concerns her family, and that living water will follow.
I thank you, Lord God, for her faith increasing in the name of Jesus and for everything in her life lining up according to your will and to your word, O God, and to the utterance of her faith. I thank you, Lord, and I pray in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.
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