Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 110
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Francesca Battistelli singing … Holy Spirit … poignantly singing of how we Christians rest in the truth that the presence of God’s Spirit dwells in our hearts as believers in King Jesus as our Lord and Savior.
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Highlight Passage: John 14:16 [ESV] ...
16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,
… Jesus promises to send His Spirit as our advocate, helper, and comforter and to dwell with born-again believers forever.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … John 14:15-21, 25-27 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus promises His disciples to send His Spirit to be our advocate before God’s throne of grace and our teacher of all truth.
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Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 3:16, 6:19 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Paul, promises to come and dwell in the hearts of true believers as God dwelt in His Temple.
Reference Passage: … Luke 11:13 [ESV] …
13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
… Jesus’ promise of the Holy Spirit coming from our Heavenly Father to those who seek after The Spirit’s comforting guidance.
Reference Passage: … Romans 8:9 [ESV] …
9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him.
… The Spirit of God dwells in the hearts of truly born-again believers.
Reference Passage: … Ephesians 1:17-19 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God gives us His Spirit so that we can come to know the Lord Who has saved us more intimately.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Anne Cetas, AT THIS LINK … writes about a screaming toddler given over to Amy, the child-care worker at church, who calmed the child instantly when the child realized that she was safe in Amy’s care.
And I’m praying today that all reading here, like that child, are comforted with God’s peace, knowing that we, as born-again Christians, have been safely entrusted to ministry of God’s Spirit, Who dwells in our hearts FOREVER. The Greek word for the Holy Spirit is “parakletas,” which means advocate or comforter; and that was the promise of that Lord imparted to His Disciples [see highlight passage] when they were so fearful that Jesus might die on a cross that next day. after their time together in the upper room.
I’m sure that readers here have any number of reasons to be fearful in these Covid days and with all the social division and unrest in our world. But again I pray that we rest on God’s promises that His Spirit, as Francesca Battistelli sings in the linked song, resides in our hearts, as Christians; and He, … the HOLY SPIRIT, … will be our advocate before God’s throne of grace, giving us comfort and guidance thru these difficult times.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, King Jesus, … thru Your Spirit, … for always being there for us.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me today, … to rest in the truth that Your Spirit, Lord, dwells in our hearts, as believers, forever. … Amen
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Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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