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4 May 2007
Ephesians 1:13-14
So it is with you. When you heard the true teaching - the Good News about your salvation - you believed in Christ. And in Christ, God put his special mark of ownership on you by giving you the Holy Spirit that he had promised. That Holy Spirit is the guarantee that we will receive what God promised for his people until God gives full freedom to those who are his - to bring praise to God's glory.
The Adidas Predator football boot, £ 120 of Beckham sponsored technology. Buying these might make me as good as Beckham! I don't think so, I am rubbish at football and I really don't think that spending that amount of money will make a difference. But there are people who think differently, they may buy the boots because David Beckham owns a pair, he has placed his own special logo on them and that is enough.
Paul writes that you have a special logo on you!! A special mark of ownership, that is a guarantee that you belong to God. That logo isn't a physical mark, but the gift of the Holy Spirit.
A pair of predators cannot guarantee that you can bend it like Beckham, but the Holy Spirit can guarantee that you are part of God's family, you belong!
Dear God, Thank you, for the gift of the Spirit, that makes me new, that refreshes me and gives me the power to make a difference. Thank you that I belong to you. Amen
Written by Ray Khan
Ephesians 1:13-14
So it is with you. When you heard the true teaching - the Good News about your salvation - you believed in Christ. And in Christ, God put his special mark of ownership on you by giving you the Holy Spirit that he had promised. That Holy Spirit is the guarantee that we will receive what God promised for his people until God gives full freedom to those who are his - to bring praise to God's glory.
The Adidas Predator football boot, £ 120 of Beckham sponsored technology. Buying these might make me as good as Beckham! I don't think so, I am rubbish at football and I really don't think that spending that amount of money will make a difference. But there are people who think differently, they may buy the boots because David Beckham owns a pair, he has placed his own special logo on them and that is enough.
Paul writes that you have a special logo on you!! A special mark of ownership, that is a guarantee that you belong to God. That logo isn't a physical mark, but the gift of the Holy Spirit.
A pair of predators cannot guarantee that you can bend it like Beckham, but the Holy Spirit can guarantee that you are part of God's family, you belong!
Dear God, Thank you, for the gift of the Spirit, that makes me new, that refreshes me and gives me the power to make a difference. Thank you that I belong to you. Amen
Written by Ray Khan
