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My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. — Psalm 42:2

We are thirsty…thirsty for the living God! Gallup Poll surveys of Americans report that 82% express they “experience in their lives a need for spiritual growth” (from The Next American Spirituality: Finding God in the Twenty-first Century).  To this end Water from Rock Ministries, Inc. was established to assist thirsty people in their longing for God toward experiencing His heart-felt reality in their lives.

Our name, Water from Rock, is inspired by the Exodus story of God’s people coming to a place in the wilderness where there was no water for them to drink.  It was to a thirsty, discouraged people that God commanded: You shall bring water from rock for the community (Numbers 20:8, and water gushed from dry, desert rock.

So it is for our spiritually thirsty generation that this ministry looks to Jesus Christ, the living water, to refresh and renew us in our life journeys.  Spiritual renewal has always been marked by a faithful, Biblical theology and a heart-felt faith; thus, Water from Rock is committed to bringing together sound, Biblical thought and a vital experience of God.  We find Jesus’ refreshment in the Scriptures as well as in the spiritual practices of Christ and his church, such as prayer, meditation, retreat, study, and community.  We are an interdenominational ministry seeking to draw from the great riches of historic Christian spirituality and disciplines.

What We Do

We provide weekly classes (Christ’s Teaching for Today’s World), along with workshops, retreats, conferences, devotionals, writings, printed materials, and videos that focus on Christ and His message for thirsty people.

Where

Locally, on the beautiful 25 acre campus of The Franciscan Renewal Center, 5802 E Lincoln Dr., Scottsdale, Arizona  85253 (map).  Globally, our website is also a source for teaching and community.

How You Can Participate

Follow us on our website; attend classes and various offerings; tell others; give to the Water from Rock Ministries, Inc; and pray for us as we seek to “bring forth water from rock for the community“.[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” parallax=”content-moving” typography_style=”white” css=”.vc_custom_1471276280598{background-image: url(http://waterfromrock.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/WfR_Verse_1.jpg?id=8327) !important;background-position: center;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size:cover;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=”intpage”]

Dr. Timothy Smith

tim_newWater from Rock Ministries, Founder and Executive Director, Rev. Dr. Timothy Smith, has dedicated much of his life to helping people grow in intimacy with God and experiencing spiritual renewal. During his 35 years of ministering to people from various backgrounds as an ordained minister, chaplain (hospital, hospice, and prison) spiritual director, adjunct seminary professor, and retreat leader, Tim has experienced firsthand the renewing power of Jesus Christ. And his many experiences of renewal have taught him the need for connecting an intelligent biblical faith to a warm, heart-felt devotion to God. We must be people of head and heart, together.

Thus, in his teaching and ministry, Tim focuses on laying a biblical foundation for faith, along with training in the spiritual practices that Christ and his Church have pursued. In seeking renewal for our day, Tim draws upon the disciplines and vitality that shape the various streams of Christian devotion and welcomes all who seek to know God better.

Tim’s daily prayer for the Spirit’s renewing power is taken from the Apostle Paul:

I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:16-19

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