Exloring Life Eternal

More evidence that Jesus Christ is alive and that God truly does listen to us as a loving Father:

http://marcsmessages.typepad.com/joelnews/2005/05/good_news_from_.html

Oh, that we might pray more & put more of our faith into practical love!!

I read your prayer newsletter just now and was blessed. I'll love to subscibe for this address ...

Thanks.

Funmi Adebayo

A sample of dream interpretation, perhaps other will find this useful:

Mrs. (irrespective of marriage) & others in a pool of "dirty" water. In the pool, she lost her shoes. Something took them. When she came out, someone gave her new shoes that smelled fresh & good.

Mr. dreamed of going around the Middle East with a brother, looking at various buildings. The two looked at many of them which were clearly for religious purposes: they included a baptistry for people to be immersed in, both shallow areas and deeper areas.

When the couple woke up, they shared the dreams.

Verses which may be relevant in interpreting the dreams:

2 Corinthians 2:14 (NIV) But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. 15 For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 16 To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task?

Galatians 3:26 (NKJV) For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

John 13: 3-15 (AMP) Jesus, knowing (fully aware) that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come from God and was [now] returning to God, 4 Got up from supper, took off His garments, and taking a [servant's] towel, He fastened it around His waist. 5 Then He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the [servant's] towel with which He was girded. 6 When He came to Simon Peter, [Peter] said to Him, Lord, are my feet to be washed by You? [Is it for You to wash my feet?] 7 Jesus said to him, You do not understand now what I am doing, but you will understand later on. 8 Peter said to Him, You shall never wash my feet! Jesus answered him, Unless I wash you, you have no part with ([b]in) Me [you have no share in companionship with Me]. 9 Simon Peter said to Him, Lord, [wash] not only my feet, but my hands and my head too! 10 Jesus said to him, Anyone who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is clean all over. And you [My disciples] are clean, but not all of you. 11 For He knew who was going to betray Him; that was the reason He said, Not all of you are clean. 12 So when He had finished washing their feet and had put on His garments and had sat down again, He said to them, Do you understand what I have done to you? 13 You call Me the Teacher (Master) and the Lord, and you are right in doing so, for that is what I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher (Master), have washed your feet, you ought [it is your duty, you are under obligation, you owe it] to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you this as an example, so that you should do [in your turn] what I have done to you.

2 Kings 5:10-14 (CEV) Elisha sent someone outside to say to him, "Go wash seven times in the Jordan River. Then you'll be completely cured." 11 But Naaman stormed off, grumbling, "Why couldn't he come out and talk to me? I thought for sure he would stand in front of me and pray to the LORD his God, then wave his hand over my skin and cure me. 12 What about the Abana River or the Pharpar River? Those rivers in Damascus are just as good as any river in Israel. I could have washed in them and been cured." 13 His servants went over to him and said, "Sir, if the prophet had told you to do something difficult, you would have done it. So why don't you do what he said? Go wash and be cured." 14 Naaman walked down to the Jordan; he waded out into the water and stooped down in it seven times, just as Elisha had told him. Right away, he was cured, and his skin became as smooth as a child's.

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In baptism, God has given us a fresh & fragrant start. Wherever we go in the world, we carry the "smell" of Jesus. It is not about the water, but the Spirit who gives us life & guides us along the Way. This is a corporate thing & not in isolation from others.