“Not one of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 Instead, because I have said these things to you, you are overcome with grief. 7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I don’t go away, the comforting Counselor will not come to you. However, if I do go, I will send him to you.
8 “When he comes, he will show that the world is wrong about sin, about righteousness and about judgment — 9 about sin, in that people don’t put their trust in me; 10 about righteousness, in that I am going to the Father and you will no longer see me; 11 about judgment, in that the ruler of this world has been judged.
12 “I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now. 13 However, when the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own initiative but will say only what he hears. He will also announce to you the events of the future. 14 He will glorify me, because he will receive from what is mine and announce it to you. 15 Everything the Father has is mine; this is why I said that he receives from what is mine and will announce it to you.
16 “In a little while, you will see me no more; then, a little while later, you will see me.”
RG AUDIO 032415"Respond!" by Author: Becky Gray
Recently a woman approached me in a hotel lobby and asked, “Do you read the bible?” Looking like an incognito traveler I responded, “Yes, and many Christian books too.” I continued toward the elevator. She abruptly said, “My son is an alcoholic.” In my spirit I breathed, “Okay, God, what do you want?” An hour later in my room, I reflected on the prayer I prayed in a hotel lobby (and my reluctance to do so) for a stranger with a broken heart.
Two days later, at an ice cream shop, a woman in a booth was sobbing. In my spirit I breathed, “God, not again!” I ate my frozen strawberry cream cheese dessert with my back to the sniffles. As I stood to leave, I glanced in her direction, the Spirit pushed me toward her and I asked, “Can I say a prayer for you?” Driving down the road, I reflected on the prayer I prayed for the stranger in the ice cream shop and remembered, “The Spirit of truth . . . will guide you” (John 16:13). “Oh, I get it now, Jesus. You promised the guidance of the Holy Spirit. All I must do is, respond!”
Hymn for Today: "COME, HOLY SPIRIT, DOVE DIVINE" by Adoniram Judson, circa 1829, alt.; appeared in Winchell’s Collection, 1832.
Come, Holy Spirit, Dove divine,
On these baptismal waters shine,
And teach our hearts, in highest strain,
To praise the Lamb for sinners slain.
We love Your Name, we love Your laws,
And joyfully embrace Your cause;
We love Your cross, the shame, the pain,
O Lamb of God, for sinners slain.
We sink beneath the water’s face,
And thank You for Your saving grace;
We die to sin and seek a grave
With You, beneath the yielding wave.
And as we rise with You to live,
O let the Holy Spirit give
The sealing unction from above,
The joy of life, the fire of love.
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