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To the individual believer indwelt by the Holy Spirit there is granted the direct impression of the Spirit of God on the spirit of an individual, imparting the knowledge of His will in matters of the smallest and greatest importance. This has to be sought and waited for.
- G. Campbell Morgan
(Ask for the Spirit's guidance. It will be provided.)
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ACTS 22:30; 23:6-11; PS 16:1-2A AND 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11
JN 17:20-26
Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying:
"I pray not only for these,
but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
so that they may all be one,
as
you, Father, are in me and I in you,
that they also may be in us,
that the world may believe that you sent me.
And I have given them the glory you gave me,
so that they may be one, as we are one,
I in them and you in me,
that they may be brought to perfection as one,
that the world may know that you sent me,
and that you loved them even as you loved me.
Father, they are your gift to me.
I wish that where I am they also may be with me,
that they may see my glory
that you gave me,
because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Righteous Father, the world also does not know you,
but I know you, and they know that you sent me.
I made known to them your name and I will make it known,
that the love with which you loved me
may be in them and I in them." USCCB Lectionary
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John 1 7:20-26 (Jesus prays for us)
We often forget that Jesus is as concerned about our own walk in faith as he was for his disciples. By writing about this prayer of petition Jesus made on our behalf, John reminds us that Jesus continues to intercede for us
before the Father.
* An old saying proclaims that our problem is not that we are not good, but that we settle for less than the best. Do you believe this? Are you striving to become the best person you can be? Are you satisfied with your present level of spiritual growth?
* Pray for the grace to appreciate God’s
commitment to loving you.
Paperback, Kindle
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God and I: Exploring the Connections between God, Self and Ego, by Philip St. Romain, 2016 (2nd ed.) ____________ Chapter 3: Ego (excerpts) The cornerstone of the edifice of Egoic identity is the self-image/concept, which resides in the memory, but in a very specific way. The memory, as we know, houses an enormous database of past experiences. Self-image pertains to those aspects of memory to which we (or others) have assigned significant value. A child might think little, for example, of the feedback of teachers who have
remarked many times that she was bright and generous, giving priority instead to an older sibling’s lifetime judgment of her as dumb and mean. This is important, for we cannot change what is in the memory, but we can change what value we assign to what is there. Self-image, in other words, is a cornerstone made not of granite, but something more like sandstone. We have a self-image, but we can also modify it by changing what memories we assign value to, and even how we re-interpret that memory
later in life. Hardback, paperback, eBook and free preview versions.
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