Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning.
Saturday, July 31, 2021
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Being Born Again
Bible Verse:John 3:1-8, 16-21 (NKJV)
"There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, who came to Jesus one night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”
Jesus answered, “Truly, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born, can he?”
To which Jesus answered, “Truly, I tell you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be amazed that I said ‘You must be born again.’
The wind blows where it wishes. You hear it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going; so it is with a person who is born of the Spirit.”"
Message:
The concept of being “born again,” as a tenet of Christian faith, is a touchy subject. The media have trained much of the population to equate it with a very specific faction of Christianity, zealous and outspoken, that not everyone finds appealing. To call someone a “born-again Christian” is to pigeonhole them into a specific set of denominations. But consider: If a person is not born again, they cannot enter the kingdom of God. If I hear some called a born-again Christian, I ask, “What other kind of Christian is there?”
When we look at this metaphor at its source — the passage written above — we realize how much it informs the basic theology of Christ. When we are baptized, the basic act of becoming Christian, we make a beginning. Our life is changed. We take a second step in becoming fully alive (although in a different way than when we are physically born).
God’s Holy Spirit comes to us and becomes available to us. It is the one aspect of God who is in direct contact with us during our physical lives, who lives with us in our everyday world, something theologians call the “immanence” of God. Like the wind, we can’t see it and don’t know exactly where it comes from, but if we pay attention we can see its effects in our lives.
We must always keep in mind the underlying meaning of Christ’s metaphor. Our baptism, with water symbolizing the Holy Spirit, creates a new life within us, a life that is lived in the invisible world of Christ and is ultimately more important then the life we live in the world of flesh.
Meditation
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Prayer :
Let me not forget you as I go forth into the world this day, blessed Lord; may my every word be a prayer, and my every act be testimony to your love and truth, and may I know your presence every second of this day.......Amen
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