Missionary Renegade: The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Daily Meditation: "The Large Network of God's People" for Saturday, 11 November 2017

Saturday, November 11, 2017

The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Daily Meditation: "The Large Network of God's People" for Saturday, 11 November 2017

The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Daily Meditation: "The Large Network of God's People" for Saturday, 11 November 2017

DAILY MEDITATION: "
The Large Network of God's People" for Saturday, 11
November 2017

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The saints are God's holy people. The apostle Paul speaks about all those who belong to Christ as "holy people" or "saints." He directs his letters to "those who have been consecrated in Christ Jesus and called to be God's holy people" (1 Corinthians 1:2; see also Ephesians 1:1). This sanctity is the work of the Spirit of Jesus. Paul again says: "All of us, with our unveiled faces like mirrors reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the image that we reflect in brighter and brighter glory; this is the working of the Lord who is the Spirit" (2 Corinthians 3:18).
As saints we belong to that huge network of God's people that shines like a multitude of stars in the dark sky of the universe.

For further reflection...
"With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ." (2 Thessalonians 1: 11, 12 (NIV))
Your response...
You are God's beloved - today and forever.

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Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo.

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