Amy Rose's World: Everyday faith Wk3: Tranformations

Hello everyone,

The serman this week was regarding tranformations...

Romans 1: 5 - 7

"Through him we reiceved grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obdience that comes from faith for his name's sake. And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ."

We should celebrate the given grace and peace as God doing.

Hosana (praise is rising)

Oceans

Jesus knows our name, so let us call to him

Thank you for being a loving and trusting God that we can take comfort in the knowledge that we can trust him.

As this service was commitment Sunday so we said the commitment prayer. Some key point of this prayer that spoke to me was . . .

'I am no longer my own but yours'

'let me be employed gor you'

'glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, you are mine and I am yours. So be it'

I felt that the message of this prayer was to say to God: Here I am Lord, fill me with your Holy Spirit, grace, peace and use me in the capicity you need so that I may listen, understand and follow your plan.

Reading: John 2: 1 - 12 (Jesus changes water into wine)

"On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galiee. Jesus' mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother sait to him, 'They have no more wine.'

'Woman, why do you involve me?' Jesus replied. 'My hour has not yet come.'

His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever tells you.'

Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from eighty to a hundred and twenty litres.

Jesus said to the servants, 'Fill the jars with water; so they filled them to the brim.' Then he told them, 'Now draw someout and take it to the the master of the banquet.'

They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realise where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside and said, 'Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.'

What Jesus did here in Cana of Galiee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days."

Through this passage we learn that Jesus felt that he was not yet ready to be truely known to us "Woman, why do you involve me?' Jesus replied. 'My hour has not yet come." but still he helped as Mary had faith that he would when she told the servants: "Do whatever tells you."

We need to have faith in Jesus and do what he askes of us, trusting in him to lead us.

Ephesians 5:18

"Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit"

Psalms 104: 15

"wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts."

The speaker used an anaology of a fire: when we have a small amount of fire we are kept warm but if we have too much it becomes this uncontrollable thing. I feel that the message recieved from this is that we are given blessings and gifts throughout our lives that we should treat with respect and not overendulge in them, but being filled with the Holy Spirit is endless. When we are filled with the Holy Spirit we are transformed like the water turning to wine.

1 Peter 3:15

"But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,"

What is a Miracle?

They are works of power, brings wonders from the peoples reactions, and signs that point to Jesus. 'Jesus changes water into wine' is the first miracle that Jesus performed, taking place when he was 30 years old which is an important year as it is at this age that you can become a priest. This miracle is the first of seven signs within John's gospel that point to the fact that Jesus is the Son of God.

The speaker spoke about what it takes to make wine: how it takes nine chemical transformations and then time to mature for it to become a god quality of wine. Jesus could have done this in a matter of minutes, showing that he as the power to manipulate substances and time, which is known by the banquet master commenting on how it was the best wine. Jesus does this with us through the Holy Spirit.

Romans 12:2

"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will."

What are you full of now?

- fear

- anxiety

- worry

- overwhelmed

- insecurity

We need to remember that . . .

nothing is to difficult for God

it is not about whether we are good enough but about God's grace.

We do not know how long it took Jesus to turn the water into wine, so remember that it could take time for Jesus to conduct the transformation within you.

Prayer

We thank you Lord, that you are a transforming God,

transform us like you did the water into wine.

God, I look to you