JOHN 14:1-6 IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE THERE ARE MANY DWELLING PLACES
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places.
If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be. Where (I) am going you know the way.”
Thomas said to him, “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
MEDITATION
As we approach Holy Week, the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ our Redeemer and Lord, let us spend a little time in pondering the promises of Jesus. Jesus tells us we know the way to the Father’s house because they know Jesus…who sees Jesus sees the Father…do we believe Jesus…Jesus says, I am the way, the truth, and the life…no one comes to the Father except through me…Jesus is necessary for my salvation…only through Jesus…Jesus is my model…can I conform to His mindset…first and foremost submitting to the will of the Father… Jesus has already prepared a place for me…am I ready to take my place…what more must I do to prepare my wedding garment… to sit at the banquet with all the angels and saints…I need not worry what my place will look like because Jesus knows the perfect fit….prepared from the foundation of the world…will I be prepared when Jesus comes for me…
SILENT PRAYER
JOHN 14:18-27 PEACE, I LEAVE WITH YOU; MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU
I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me, because I live and you will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father and you are in me and I in you.
Whoever observes my commandments is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him…” “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him…
The Advocate, the holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name–he will teach you everything and remind you of all that (I) told you. Peace, I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.
MEDITATION
Jesus promises not to leave us orphans…Jesus will never abandon us…there is nowhere to hide from the Good Shepherd….thanks be to God…Jesus says to his disciples us included…Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid… I will not leave you an orphan… I am with you…Whoever keeps my word, My Father will love him, and we will come and dwell with him…God dwells in us…God’s love is written on our hearts…not only the Father and the Son but Jesus has sent the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire us to good works in imitation of Him and the Father…the Father and I are one…
I will send you the Holy Spirit…The Spirit will teach you…inspire you…remind you of my word…and call to mind your sins that you may be reconciled and live…My peace, I leave with you….not as the world gives…but the peace I give you will make you whole…make us one … Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid…the peace Jesus gives makes me whole…(holy)
SILENT PRAYER
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