John 1:12 (NLT) But to all who believed him 
and accepted him, he gave the right to become 
children of God.  

COMMENTARY PEARL

   This life is preparation for eternity - 
but what does that mean in practical terms? How 
do you use your life here to prepare for 
eternity? 
   First, you get to know Jesus Christ.
   The Bible says, To all who received 
him, he gave the right to become children of God. 
All they needed to do was to trust him to save 
them (John 1:12 TLB). Notice that not 
everybodys a child of God - just those who receive him 
into their lives. God wants you to establish a 
relationship with him by trusting in him. 
   You grow a relationship with God the same 
way you grow any relationship - through time and 
conversation. 
   For example, if I want to grow my 
relationship with my wife, Kay, what do I have to do? 
First, I have to spend time with her. I have to 
show her that Im invested in getting to know 
her by making time for her and making the time 
count. You cannot have a relationship with someone 
you never spend any time with. 
   Thats the same way you develop a 
relationship with God. You make time in your schedule for 
him. One way to make him the most important part 
of your is day through a daily quiet time. You 
get alone with God and worship him and learn 
from him. You spend regular, significant time 
with him. 
   The second thing you can do to have a 
relationship is to talk. In a relationship with God, this 
means prayer. There are many ways to be more 
intentional about your prayer life. Maybe you need to 
start a prayer journal of requests and answered 
prayer. You could make a prayer card using Scripture 
and put it on your bathroom mirror, on your desk 
at work, or on your phone so that you are 
reminded to pray Gods Word. Or maybe your family 
needs to have a set time of prayer together each 
day. Whatever it is you need to do to increase 
your conversation with God, do it! 
   You will never regret investing your 
time, your energy, and your life in getting to 
know God better. Take the first step in getting 
ready to be used by God by spending time with him 
and talking to him today. [Daily Devotional by 
Rick Warren: https://pastorrick.com/devotional/] 

CLOSING THOUGHT

God made us: invented us as a man invents an 
engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would 
not run properly on anything else. Now God 
designed the human machine to run on Himself. He 
Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to 
burn, or the food our spirits were designed to 
feed on. There is no other. That is why it is 
just no good asking God to make us happy in our 
own way without bothering about religion. God 
cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from 
Himself, because it is not there. There is no such 
thing. C. S. Lewis in Mere Christianity  

LINK FOR FURTHER STUDY

John 1:12 - The Born Again Experience!!!

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2021/20210420-0902.html 

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