Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of isong and lyrics from the Francesca Battistelli singing … Holy Spirit … poignantly singing of God’s presence and power comes to us thru Holy Spirit, residing in the hearts of all true born-again believers.
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Highlight Verse[s]: John 14:16-17a [NLT] … 16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. 17 He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth.
… The Holy Spirit is present and resides in the hearts of all true, born-again believers. ==============
Highlight Passage [context]: John 14:15-18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to come and live in them when He had left them; and now we are the beneficiaries of His promise.
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Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NIV] … USE THIS LINK …
… We must trust in the presence and power of the Holy Spirit to lead us in life.
Reference Passage : … Matthew 28:20c [NIV] … 20c … I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
… As Jesus imparts the great commission, He promises to be with His disciples ALWAYS.
Reference Passage : … Hebrews 13:5-6 [NIV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s promise, from the Old Testament, that He will never leave us, nor forsake us.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Patricia, uses a cultural story illustrate how the Holy Spirit is present and wielding His power in all born-again believers. And the ODB author wrote: While writing a Bible guide for pastors in Indonesia, a writer friend grew fascinated with that nation’s culture of togetherness. Called gotong royong—meaning “mutual assistance” [see photo] — the concept is practiced in villages, where neighbors may work together to repair someone’s roof or rebuild a bridge or path. In cities too my friend said, “People always go places with someone else—to a doctor’s appointment, for example. It’s the cultural norm. So you’re never alone.” Worldwide, believers in Jesus rejoice in knowing we also are never alone. Our constant and forever companion is the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity. Far more than a loyal friend, the Spirit of God is given to every follower of Christ by our heavenly Father to “help you and be with you forever” (John 14:16).
Every morning I come to a quiet place, as today; and I begin my day by praying that the Holy Spirit will express His empowering grace so that I can sense the presence of the Lord and begin my day with a Prov 3:5-6 attitude of trust that He is leading me; … and EVERY DAY, I not only sense His presence, … but I’m lifted up out of my sense of self to a surrendered spirit of power, knowing, as Francesca Battistelli sings, that God’s Spirit is in me … leading me this day.
Oh, how I pray that all reading here experience that sense of God’s presence today and all days.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for Your promise of presence and power.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all reading here can, and will, join me to follow You, Holy Spirit into this day, receiving the power of our Lord to serve and glorify You. … Amen
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