Born Again

On Sunday we had one of our largest services in the history of North Rand.

We also looked at Jesus conversation with Nicodemus about being born spiritually in John 3:1-8.

Part of the journey for us to be reborn spiritually is to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior and then to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

When we are filled with Holy Spirit we are moved to love God and others:

"Jesus replied: "`Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: `Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

(Matthew 22:37-40)


So, no longer do we just focus on God but we also need to focus on others.

Awesome!

Warnings and Encouragements

On Sunday, we spoke about Jesus's warnings and encouragements in Luke 12:1-7.

Two warnings emerged:

- Be sincere in your faith
- Fear God

Two encouragements also emerged:

- All things will be revealed (only bad things grow in the dark)
- You are valuable to God

Awesome!

Bottom line:

God is love and He loves us. We need to bring everything about our lives to Him.

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The Greatest Gift

On Sunday we spoke about the giving of gifts and how Jesus is the greatest gift we can be given and offer others - Acts 3:1-10.

Three things we spoke about:

1. Don't be short sighted - Jesus has the power and authority to transform (verse 2)

2. Engage with others: let them look into our lives and us into theirs - gifts from those we know generally have greater meaning (verse 4)

3. Allow Jesus to be the centre of our lives (verse 6)

My prayer is that you have received God's gift in Jesus and that you will offer Him to others.