Grace Communion Melbourne Fellowship Group
Melbourne, Florida

 One spring afternoon, a boy was flying a kite with his father in an open field. The wind pressed against the fabric, and the string pulled tight as the kite rose higher and higher into the blue sky. Before long, it was only a speck. Then clouds rolled in, thick and heavy, until the kite disappeared from sight completely. A man walking by laughed and said, “Why are you still holding that string? The kite is gone. You can’t even see it anymore.” The boy smiled and said, “It’s still there. I can’t see it, but I can feel it tugging.”

Have you ever felt a tug? Faith can feel like a tug. You can’t explain it, but you know what you feel, that tug inside your soul. That tug is not something you create, just like the little boy didn’t cause the tug on the kite string. You do not decide to feel it. Have you ever felt a tug? Faith can feel like a tug. You can’t explain it, but you know what you feel, that tug inside your soul. Just like the little boy didn’t feel the tug on the kite string. That tug is not something you create, it is the Holy Spirit.

John 3:1-17 NRSVUE

3 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. ² He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with that person.” ³ Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above. ⁴ Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?” ⁵ Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. ⁶ What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷ Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘You must be born from above.’ ⁸ The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So, it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” ⁹ Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” ¹⁰ Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things? ¹¹ “Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen, yet you do not receive our testimony. ¹² If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? ¹³ No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. ¹⁴ And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, ¹⁵ that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. ¹⁶ “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.¹⁷ “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him.

 Grace Communion Melbourne Fellowship Group

1^st, 3^rd, and 4^th Sundays at 2:30 p.m.

2^nd Sunday 1:30 p.m.  Luncheon & Bible Study followed by Communion

Meeting @ Pineda Presbyterian Church 4650 N. Wickham Rd

Your Pastor and brother,

Steve Schantz

Grace Communion Melbourne Fellowship Group

1^st, 3^rd, and 4^th Sundays at 2:30 p.m.

2^nd Sunday 1:30 p.m. Luncheon & Bible Study followed by Communion

Meeting @ Pineda Presbyterian Church 4650 N. Wickham Rd

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