I want you to know

When I was 17 or 18 and found my way back to going to church. One of the things I learnt pretty soon was that God expected me to be very ecumenical in my heart. That's a fancy way of saying I understood pretty soon that God works across man-made boundaries.

A lot of my early bible study was led by the Holy Spirit. And my thinking has been formed by three statements:

Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.  God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” John 4:23-24 NIV

The wind blows wherever it wishes; you hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. It is like that with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3.8

" no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit." 1 Corinthians 12.3

Jesus instructed my heart to respect anyone who professed that Jesus is Lord. To try and listen to what the Spirit is saying across boundaries.

To understand that the letter to the Hebrews is right when it says:

"In the past God spoke to our ancestors many times and in many ways through the prophets,  but in these last days he has spoken to us through his Son. He is the one through whom God created the universe, the one whom God has chosen to possess all things at the end.  He reflects the brightness of God's glory and is the exact likeness of God's own being, sustaining the universe with his powerful word. After achieving forgiveness for the sins of all human beings, he sat down in heaven at the right side of God, the Supreme Power."

I want you to know what I know in the core of my being. That when you accept Jesus as your saviour your life is changed. Changed for the better.

You may feel "poor in Spirit" but Jesus says to you right now - "blessed are the poor in Spirit because they shall inherit the Kingdom of God"

The Spirit is waiting to renew you.

Let Jesus have a foothold in your life and it will be changed beyond all reckoning.

Dear Jesus, accept me as I am. I am weak but you are strong. Help me to surrender that which is not of the Kingdom of God. Amen

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