JOHN 20:22

And with that he breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit’.

TO PONDER

In John 1, we read that “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us”. In John 20, Jesus appeared to his disciples and breathed upon them saying “receive the Holy Spirit.” When we are baptised into the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, we receive that same Holy Spirit. We have been united with Jesus forever and he has breathed his Spirit into us through the cleansing water of baptism. What now?

The written Word was inspired by the Holy Spirit. What greater resource for living full and fulfilled lives can we possibly hope for, than the Word and Spirit together. To receive the presence of The Father and the Son through Word and Spirit, and the further gift of ongoing revelation through the same Spirit. 

PRAYER: Come Holy Spirit and create a new heart within me today and give me a new and right spirit.

Today's devotion written by David Schuppan, LifeWay Illawarra