Good morning, Lord Jesus. You're welcome here in my heart and in the moments of my day. ...
"Jesus said to him, 'Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know Me? Whoever has seen Me has seen the Father. How an you say, 'Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? ... I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. You know Him, because He abides with you, and He will be in you" (John 14:9-17)
Lord Jesus, when I see You, I see my Father. When I abide in You, Your Spirit abides in me. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God, help me see and abide; help me abide and see. I become like the One I see -- "being transformed in the same image (2 Corinthians 3:18). And I become one with the One I allow to abide within me -- "anyone united with the Lord becomes one spirit with Him" (1 Corinthians 6:17).
I read the passage in John’s Gospel and I can picture Jesus standing in front of me like He did with Phillip and saying, “Gary, you claim to be a Christian and I have been with you since the day you were born, and still you do not truly know me.” So I fall on my knees this morning and cry out to you, Jesus, open my eyes to see you!!! Open my heart to abide in you!!! Let me see You more clearly each day and let it begin this morning!! Let me abide in You more deeply each day and let it begin this morning!!! Make me more like You each day -- "because as (You are), so are we in this world" (1 John 4:18).
"God is faithful; by Him (we) were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord" (1 Corinthians 1:9). So by the power of Your grace at work within me, may I see and abide; may I abide and see; I in You and You in me. "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of (us)" (2 Corinthians 13:13). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
My family, I pray you earnestly cry out to Jesus this morning to see Him more clearly and abide in Him more deeply each day, starting today. So that you can become like the One you see and allow to Him abide in you, in Jesus' name! Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friends!
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