Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Empowered to Be

I found this on the "Henri Nouwen Society" website:

Who are we? Are we what we do? Are we what others say about us? Are we the power we have? It often seems that way in our society. But the Spirit of Jesus given to us reveals our true spiritual identities. The Spirit reveals that we belong not to a world of success, fame or power but to God. The world enslaves us with fear; the Spirit frees us from that slavery and restores us to the true relationship. That is what Paul means when he says: "All who are guided by the Spirit of god are sons of God, for what you received was no the spirit of slavery to bring you back into fear; you received the spirit of adoption, enabling us to cry out, 'Abba, Father!" (Romans 8:15)

Who are we? We are God's beloved sons and daughters!

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