John 16:5 “Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’ 6 Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things. 7 But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
8 And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10 in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me; 11 and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.
12 I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it. 13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you. 15 Everything that belongs to the Father is Mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will take from what is Mine and disclose it to you.”
The Day of Pentecost came, and the Holy Spirit descended in power. While Jesus was alive, he had already been teaching the disciples about the Holy Spirit; however, they really didn’t understand. It took the power of the Holy Spirit being demonstrated for the disciples to begin to understand the Holy Spirit. In these verses from the Gospel of John, Jesus is encouraging his disciples on the night in which he is about to be betrayed, beaten and hauled off to a kangaroo court.
Does God really work in people’s lives in a powerful way, or is this just a fairy tale?
YES! God is still working in miraculous ways in people’s lives! Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would guide us into all truth if we would allow him to do so. In April 1978 I received the Holy Spirit into my life after praying and asking the Holy Spirit to come in. Nothing was ever the same again! Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would guide us into all truth. One of the first things that happened was that I received joy – an ovewhelming supernatural joy that flooded my whole being with light and peace. God immediately began working in my heart, in my mind, and in my spirit, to show me new ways of thinking and believing. By the time I was 30 I had probably read the entire Bible through at least 20 or 30 times. But now I found myself rushing home and grabbing my Bible and reading for hours. I couldn’t get enough of God’s Word. And even though I had grown up in church and had memorized large portions of Scripture, it was as if I had an entirely new Bible. Things meant sense that had never meant sense before.
I began reading books about the Holy Spirit and learned that others had had similar experiences. For months it was as if a cloud of glory was enfolding me. While that experience gradually reduced, I found that I had a new closeness to God. That closeness has never gone away. I also found a new power in prayer, and I saw God do miracles in my life and in other people’s lives as well.
Are you hungry for more of God? Do you want to see the power of God working in your life? Ask God to send His Holy Spirit. The mark of the Holy Spirit is peace. Ask for that Holy Spirit peace and then expect God to move. God is a good Father and does not play games with His children.
PRAYER: Father, please send the Holy Spirit to everyone who reads these words. Come in your strength and your power. Bring your joy! Bring your peace! And bring your healing! In the mighty and precious Name of King Jesus. Amen.
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