“I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; He will speak only what He hears, and He will tell you what is yet to come”     John 16 : 12 - 13

Reading for this week : John 16 : 12 - 15

Thought for the week

In our lives ‘more’ is often not a good thing. We all learn to know our limits in all things. Individuals, communities, businesses, nations wanting more is the root of so many of our problems today. We all remember the planet breathing a sigh of relief when everything stopped in the lockdown.

Yet at the end of the passages where Jesus takes His leave of the disciples before His Crucifixion, Jesus speaks of more that the disciples need to hear and grow into.

Jesus addresses us when He speaks of so much more that we are called into through the work and witness of the Holy Spirit.

Does this resonate with you?

When we pray and spend more time praying, we want to pray more? When we read the Bible with hearts that are open to wonder and the Lord’s love, we want to know and learn more? When we see the Lord at work transforming lives and our world, we want to see, experience and grow into more of seeing the Lord and the work of the Kingdom?

Trinity Sunday reminds us there is so much more we each have to grow into. The exciting journey of faith we share and are called to discover together.

Rev Paul

Prayers for this week

Holy God, faithful and unchanging:

enlarge our minds with the knowledge of your truth,

and draw us more deeply into the mystery of your love,

that we may truly worship you,

Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

Amen

Just as God’s Word was sent into the world to heal and redeem,

so God sends you into the world this day to be light and love, healing and hope.

Go now to be light for the world!

May the grace and peace of God the Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer

Be upon you this day.

Amen