Good morning, Lord Jesus. Lead me in the ways that lead to life today. …
“Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found Him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.’ Nathanael said to him, ‘Can anything good come out of Nazareth?’ Philip said to him, ‘Come and see.’ When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, He said of him, ‘Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is not deceit!’ Nathanael asked him, ‘Where did you get to know me?’ Jesus answered, ‘I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.’ Nathanael replied, ‘Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!’ Jesus answered, ‘Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.’ And He said to him, ‘Very truly I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man’” (John 1:45-51).
Philip found Jesus—the Messiah, the Christ, the One they longed in their hearts to see and to know, Who would fulfill all the law and all the prophecies, Emmanuel, God with us. And Philip couldn’t wait to share his faith with Nathanael: “Come and see!”—“Come and see the One Who’s forgiven my sins, the One Who heals the brokenhearted and sets the captives free, the One Who knows everything about us and loves us anyway, the One who makes my heart sing and my spirit soar!”
But Nathanael wasn’t so sure. He had his doubts and he had his questions. But he soon found that You already knew everything about him. You weren’t offended by his doubts or put off by his questions. You loved him and welcomed him, and then spoke to him of how his life was about to change, how he was now going to experience life in way that he could have never known without knowing You. The heavens were open over You, and now the heavens would be open over him and over all who put their hope and trust in You.
I saw two more set aside their doubts and come to the end of their questions to ask You to come into their hearts as Lord and Savior this weekend on our church’s Alpha Course. Friends invited them to “Come and see.” And now the heavens are open over their hearts and their lives are changed forever. Many others received deep healing and spiritual freedom. You healed one lady dramatically of her pain from years of fibromyalgia and chronic pain, as we gathered around her in prayer and her husband spoke blessings into her spirit in the authority of Your name. And so many received a fresh filling of Your Holy Spirit. Some even sang in tongues the high praises of God!
You’re the God who knows everything about us. You know our doubts and our questions, our insecurities and fears, even our sins and shame. But You keep loving us and calling us to come know You, to come let You change our lives in the power of Your love and the mercy of Your grace. Then we can’t wait to go get our friends and say, “Come and see.” In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
Friends, thank you for praying for us at our weekend retreat on our Alpha Course this weekend. God moved in might ways! I was excited to get to share three talks on the Holy Spirit, which is one of my favorite parts of Alpha ( www.AlphaUSA.org ), one of the evangelism ministries of my home church ( www.CentenaryLex.org ). Cyndi, the lady who was healed by Jesus from years of chronic pain from fibromyalgia, said she's love to write a testimony to share with our ministry and encourage our intercessors and supporters. Praise God! Healing is not always so sudden and dramatic, but it's really exciting when it is. And salvation of the soul is always the greatest healing of all! So we are all praising God for His mighty hand in our lives on this weekend away. And I pray for His mighty power to move in your life and lives of your friends you reach out to say, "Come and see" and lead them to Him. God bless you!
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