📖 Scriptures to Read and Ponder
🔹 Main Teaching Text:
Isaiah 55:1–5 –
1 ‘Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labour on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.
3 Give ear and come to me; isten, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples.
5 Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations you do not know will come running to you’
🔹 Supporting Scriptures:
John 7:37–38 – Jesus’ cry during the Feast of Tabernacles: “Let anyone who is thirsty come to Me and drink…”
John 6:63 – “The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.”
Romans 7:24–25 – Paul’s cry for rescue: “Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!”
Acts 2:39 – “The promise is for you… and all who are far off…”
Joshua 1:8 – “Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips…”
📚 Sermon Recap
1. 📨 The Royal Invitation
God extends a radical invitation to all: “Come, all you who are thirsty…”
This invitation is Open, Generous, and Urgent.
Open: For everyone—no qualifications except thirst.
Generous: Come and receive what is priceless and already paid for.
Urgent: Repeated 4 times in Isaiah 55:1. The time is now.
2. 🥖 What Are You Feeding On?
Isaiah 55:2 challenges us: Why spend on what is not bread?
Many are spending their energy on things that cannot nourish:
Social media, entertainment, distraction, performance.
But our souls are still hungry and thirsty.
Jesus alone is the Bread of Life and the Living Water.
3. 👂 Listen That You May Live
Isaiah 55:3 calls us to listen—stretch our ears toward God.
Listening is the posture of faith.
Jesus’ words are spirit and life (John 6:63).
Meditation on God’s Word brings fruitfulness (Joshua 1:8).
4. 🌍 From Invitation to Commission
Isaiah 55:4–5 reveals a shift: from personal renewal to global mission.
Jesus is the witness, ruler, and commander of nations.
We are not just saved from sin, but saved for mission.
God is calling LWC to summon nations—to live out the Great Commission.
💬 Memorable Quotes
“Come—not because you have it all together, but because He holds it all together.”
“You can’t Netflix your way to peace. You can’t Amazon your way to joy. You can’t TikTok your way to purpose.”
“The Gospel is not free because it’s cheap—it’s free because it’s already paid for.”
“Priceless. And paid for. That’s the Gospel.”
“God’s invitation is the opportunity of a lifetime… but there is a lifetime to the opportunity.”
“We are invited in, to invite others. We are filled, to be poured out.”
💬 Questions for Discussion
Use these in small groups, journaling, or with family over a meal.
What part of God’s invitation in Isaiah 55:1–5 spoke most deeply to you?
Where have you been “spending your labor on what does not satisfy”? What are the things you’ve chased that leave you empty?
How is the invitation of Isaiah 55 open, generous, and urgent in your own life?
What does it mean for you to “listen that you may live”? How can you make space to hear God’s voice more clearly this week?
In what ways is God calling you to extend His invitation to others?
What is one practical way you can respond to this message in your everyday life?
📖 Further Reading
🔹 Bible Passages:
Psalm 63 – Longing for God in a dry and weary land.
Revelation 22:17 – “Let the one who is thirsty come…”
Matthew 11:28–30 – “Come to Me, all who are weary…”
John 4:1–14 – Jesus and the woman at the well: the gift of living water.
Luke 14:15–24 – The parable of the great banquet.
🔹 Recommended Resources:
“God on Mute” by Pete Greig (especially on learning to listen)
“The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry” by John Mark Comer
“Kingdom Come” by Allen M. Wakabayashi (on God’s global mission)
🙏 Prayer Points
Thanksgiving:
Thank God for His radical and royal invitation.
Praise Him for the gift of grace—freely given and fully paid for.
Personal Repentance:
Confess any ways you’ve chased things that do not satisfy.
Ask for grace to hunger for what is truly good—God’s Word and presence.
Listening and Stillness:
Ask the Holy Spirit to help you lean in and listen deeply this week.
Pray for a renewed passion for Scripture.
Mission and Evangelism:
Pray that LWC would be a community that invites others into God’s feast.
Ask for divine appointments to share this invitation with others.
Spiritual Satisfaction:
Pray for those who feel spiritually dry—that they would come to Jesus and be filled.
Declare Isaiah 55:1–2 over the spiritually hungry in Gibraltar.