Father, send Your Holy Spirit through the message of Jesus’ death and resurrection that we might experience the glory of real and eternal Life today, tomorrow, and forever. We ask in the name of Jesus, the point and purpose of all of Holy Scripture, and the Same who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen!
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Augustine famously said, “Our souls are restless until they find their rest in You, O Lord.” We live in an anxiety ridden and world weary time. What would give us deep satisfying rest that resides in the very center of our being, that brings rest to our soul?
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In John 4, Jesus knows that this Samaritan woman is thirsty. How so? Everyone here today, every person you will cross paths with during the coming week, every individual on this planet is thirsty for a LIFE that is worthwhile, significant, meaningful, substantial; a life that has present and eternal value.
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On the Mount of Transfiguration, three of Jesus’ disciples saw His unveiled glory. In our John text for today – John 3:16-21, 36, we also see the unveiled glory of Jesus, that is that “God so loved the world that He gave His Son” over to the cross. In Him, the Father’s dearly beloved Son, we experience a ‘no condemnation’ verdict today and forever.
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Jesus tells Nicodemus, a very moral person of outstanding character, “You must be born-again.”
In the Gospel of John, Jesus’ miracles are called signs. Jesus miracles are indeed telltale signs of something very significant about Jesus, other than simply His divine power to do miracles. If Jesus’ miracles cease to be a sign signifying something about Him, and simply become an end in themselves, they produce a false and spurious faith, what I am calling, “miracle faith.”
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Father, as You sent Your Son into our world to be our Passover Lamb who takes away the sin of the world; now send Your Holy Spirit into our hearts to transform us from the inside out through the message of Your dear Son’s death and resurrection. And, as the Holy Spirit has made us His temple when we were baptized into Christ’s body and we were all made to drink of one Spirit, enable us to see each other as Your home – the place where You, Your Son, and the Holy Spirit dwell. We pray in the name of Your dear Son, our Lamb, the Same who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!
Father, send Your Holy Spirit through message of Jesus’ being lifted up to draw all people to Himself as the Source of self-giving and Life-giving love. May we rejoice in that today, tomorrow, indeed, forever. We ask in the name of Your beloved Son, our crucified Lord, the Same who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen!
As we begin a New Year, let us ask the most basic question of all: Why do we become disciples? How do we become disciples of Jesus? What does it mean to be a disciple?
The most incredible promise of the Scriptures is: Immanuel, that is, God is with us. One scholar claims that every time the name Yahweh occurs –literally I AM; translated as the LORD – the is with us is understood; thus, this promise is given in the Old Testament over 900 times. And it is only truly fulfilled with the birth of Jesus.
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