Posted: 4/15/05
Let the living water flow freely,
Congreso participants urged
By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
ARLINGTON–Let the “agua fresca”–the refreshing, living water of Jesus–flow, a pastor encouraged Hispanic youth and singles.
Jesse Rincones, pastor of Alliance Baptist Church in Lubbock, told a crowd of several thousand Hispanic youth and singles that the flow of the Spirit can wane and even be “dammed up” in people's lives if they follow sinful desires or disobey God's calling upon their lives.
The pastor cited three areas where Christians can let the “agua fresca” flow–finances, forgiveness and faithfulness.
| Texas Baptist Hispanic Youth and Singles Congreso participants pray for students and young adults who feel called to vocational ministry. |
Moments after Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Director Charles Wade told the young people they would be the leaders of the many Hispanic churches the convention is starting, Rincones said Hispanic youth must give financially to make those congregations able to serve their communities.
“If we're going to start 400, 500, 600 churches, there's going to need to be resources there,” he said during the Texas Baptist His-panic Youth and Singles Congreso.
Hispanics also must remain faithful to God, trusting him to carry them, Rin-cones added, saying trust enables God to move more freely in the lives of people.
Hispanic Baptist youth should forgive and ask for forgiveness, he insisted. People act in ways that regularly need reconciliation with others. If believers ask for forgiveness, Jesus' “agua fresca” will flow stronger and affect other people, he said.
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