Read | John 3:1–8
There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one could perform these signs you do unless God were with him.”
Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
“How can anyone be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked him. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born?”
Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be amazed that I told you that you must be born again. The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
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Jesus says we must be born again. Where do you need the spirit of God to heal what you cannot fix and reconcile what has gone cold, hard, or distant in you?
Are there places in your life where pride, self-reliance, or control are keeping you from humble dependence on the Holy Spirit and honest relationship with God?
Focus
Reconciliation begins with dependence. Spend a few minutes with open hands and pray for the Holy Spirit to soften what is hard in your heart. Bring life to what has become cold, defensive, or distant.
Pray
Ask the Holy Spirit to soften what is hard in you and restore what has grown cold or distant.
Going Deeper
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