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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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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, April 29, 2023
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Seeing God Through Love(part 4) Bible Verse:1 John 4:12-17(ESV) "No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him." Message:
There are enormous implications to John’s first sentence — “No one has seen God at any time.” For we have seen manifestations of God. The person of God the Father made himself famously manifest to Moses and Abraham; in Abraham’s case, He took on the form of an ordinary man and conversed with him. The Word was made manifest as a flesh-and-blood human being, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit took visible form several times in the New Testament.
John, of course, was well aware of this. So what does he mean?
As I understand it, he means that the actual being we call God is incomprehensible to us. God exists outside the boundaries of time, space, and matter; in fact, God is infinite and created the finite universe in which we exist. Our universe is, in effect, a sealed box. I picture us as living in some sort of aquarium, made and maintained by a loving God — but my opinion means nothing here!
Anyway, I don’t see how can anyone be so prideful or short-sighted not to realize that something may exist outside of the visible universe, or that God might not be subject to the same rules and limitations we are. But this all raises the question: How can we know God if we have never seen Him? Why do we believe in Him?
God manifests Himself to us, out of love for us, so that we can know Him. And for our generation, the most available manifestation is the Holy Spirit, for He is still with us, as Christ promised He would be. The Spirit cannot be quantified or even detected by science; and yet, once we accept Christ into our heart, we become capable of knowing the Spirit and “abiding” with Him. We can’t hear Him or see Him, but we can see His power, in the way He changes lives. And, if we ask Him, the way He will change our own lives.
“By this we know that we abide in [God], and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.” Knowing the Holy Spirit is a key to deepening our faith, because by the Spirit, and only by the Spirit, we can know God first-hand.
Meditation : Prayer : Holy God, you have given me another day. Bring your Holy Spirit into my mind and my life, so that I may walk this day in your presence. Let me feel your presence throughout the day, remembering always that you sent your Spirit that you might be a living force in all I see and all I do. When I feel temptation or begin to stray, show me your path. Correct me, comfort me, let me live your will; that I may be happy in this life and blessed in the life to come. This I pray in the name of Christ, my Lord. Amen....... |
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