Brian Manning

John the Baptist reminds us not to seek our own glory but to give all glory to Jesus. Jesus is the Son of God, Saviour of sinners so my joy is found in exalting Him.

Jesus came to the guilty so that we might be saved through Him.

This verse has become so well known because in a few words it is able to communicate the wonders of salvation. In perfect love the Father sent the Son to give eternal life.

Jesus must be lifted up (crucified) so that we could be 'born again' (saved from sin)

To enter the Kingdom of God, to know eternal life and joy, to be saved from your sin you must be born again. That is to be spiritually transformed, made new. To enter into eternal life you must become something that you are not and only Jesus can do that.

As Jesus literally clears the Temple which has been defiled by greed and self-righteousness we learn that through His death and resurrection He is able to clean the defiled temple of our lives.

Jesus begins His public ministry with a silent miracle quietly but amazingly turning water into wine. In this event we are reminded that everything God does is to lead us to glorify and believe in Jesus. At this wedding we are shown the eternal, glorious, all-powerful God is personally interested in you. He wants to build the faith of His people and for us to know true, joyous life.

Jesus effectually calls us to be disciples and then to make disciples.

Practicing what we've learned about praying from the book Transforming Prayer by Daniel Henderson. We learn to apply these lessons in 1 Peter 5.

God uses us to connect people to Jesus so that Jesus can connect people to God.