Please read John 16.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/jhn/16/1/s_1013001
Meditate on verses 1 and 33. Jesus is talking to you.
“These things I have spoken to you so
that you may be kept from stumbling.
These I have spoken to you so
that in Me, you may have peace.
In the world, you have tribulation, but
take courage; I have overcome the world.”
Jesus knew what awaited Him in the coming hours. Yet, rather than be self-absorbed, His love for you compelled Him to say things He wants you to remember, things that will keep you from stumbling and will give you peace (vs. 1, 4, 33).
You have the incredible privilege to hold those Words in your hands, read them, meditate on them, memorize them, speak them, and pray them. God’s all-powerful Word changes your life and the lives of those you love.
And, not only do you have the very Words of God, Jesus gave you His Spirit of Truth, the Helper, to guide you into all truth, teaching and disclosing what His Words mean (vs. 7, 13). Amazing!
Reread John 14-16 and ask the Helper, the Spirit of Truth, to reveal why it is so important to the Savior for you to know these Words.
Pray John 16:8 and 13 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“Helper, convict the world, and _________, and
me of sin and righteousness and judgment.
Spirit of Truth, guide us into all truth
and disclose to us what is to come.
Make us like You, speaking
not on our own initiative
but only what we hear in Christ’s Word.
In Your name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 3 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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