Sunday,
April 1st
Jesus said, "Whoever
wants to be first must be the willing
slave of all. For even the Son of
Man did not come to be served but
to serve, and to give His life as
a ransom for many."
Matthew
20:28
A Spirit of loving obedience to
the Father's will is the token by
which the faithful are identified.
Theirs not to choose this path or
reject that, to follow that discipline
or embrace another. I come to each
and every one of the Father's beloved
children who seek to know and to
follow in trust and love. According
to the measure of commitment I centre,
cleanse and indwell, and Our Holy
Spirit illumines and empowers. And
what is the service required but
to honour, love and obey the will
of the Father through service to
His world, as it is shown? Through
his faithfulness to Our love and
leading will come growth and maturity
of the one, and the extension of
the Kingdom for the many.
And the end is perfection in and
through My saving love, the way
is ceaselessly demanding. Through
pain and anguish I gained man's
liberation and redemption. So all
who are in Me and I in them are
one with Me in token commitment
to that which gained the world's
salvation. And in this they rejoice
for the joy that is at the heart
of all things: I am the joy, the
life and the love.