After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

“Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.6Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned,

This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 

But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

“A person can receive only what is given them from heaven.

He must become greater; I must become less.”

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,14but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

Lord God my Father,

You are the Truth and the Light, in you all things good rest. Thank you for making your Spirit so close that I may feel it when I seek you. Thank you for making me better when I am with you, keep me close so my sinful nature is kept at bay. Your way is delightful and fills me with a Peace that overwhelms. Help me to receive your gift and allow it to transform me to your will with boldness and love.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen