Our family goes camping a few times each year. During the day we love hiking, relaxing, and cooking meals. But once the sun sets, it gets very dark. Occasionally, you\u2019ll spot a distant campfire, but that\u2019s about it. If we need to get up during the night, a lantern is essential. It doesn\u2019t eliminate the darkness but lights the path just enough to help us move safely. A lantern brings both guidance and comfort when everything around you is covered in darkness. Of course you could always attempt to navigate the darkness without a lantern, but it is far more challenging\u2014and you might not make it to where you want to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In today\u2019s Scripture reading, we learn that the Holy Spirit is like a powerful lantern. In John 16, Jesus was with His disciples at the Last Supper giving one of His final teachings. The disciples didn\u2019t fully understand what was about to happen in the coming days, but Jesus focused on what would come after He returned to the Father (vv.7\u201311). He told them the Holy Spirit was coming\u2014a helper who is part of Him, who would live in them and bring wisdom, guidance, and comfort. In Isaiah 32:14\u201318, we see that the Holy Spirit brings justice, peace, trust, and rest. And in Joel 2:28\u201329, God promised to pour out His Spirit on us, giving us wisdom and fulfilling prophecies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jesus knew He wouldn\u2019t be with us on earth forever, but He also knew what we would need. We need a counselor, an advocate, and a mediator between us and a holy God. In Romans 8:12\u201317, we read that if we live according to the Holy Spirit, then we are adopted sons and daughters of God and therefore are heirs with Jesus Christ. Because of the Holy Spirit, we get to experience a life with Christ here on earth and eternally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These scriptures show us that Jesus left so He could send us the Holy Spirit for our benefit (John 16:7). These chapters remind us that God gave us the Holy Spirit because He deeply cares and knows we can’t do life alone. When we trust in Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit lives in us, guiding us through every part of life. Just like a lantern lights the way on a dark camping trip, the Holy Spirit lights our path, giving us comfort, wisdom, discernment, and joy in a world that feels heavy and dark. We can find encouragement through these Scripture readings, remembering that we are not alone. He is always with us. Though we will face trials and tribulation, we can hold on to hope, knowing Jesus has already overcome the world (John 16:33).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Our family goes camping a few times each year. During the day we love hiking, relaxing, and cooking meals. But once the sun sets, it gets very dark. Occasionally, you\u2019ll spot a distant campfire, but that\u2019s about it. If we need to get up during the night, a lantern is essential. It doesn\u2019t eliminate the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":72650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[305],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-john25"],"acf":{"hero_background_image":false,"related_plans":[72756],"weekly_truth":false,"grace_day":false,"share_text":"#SheReadsTruth","devotional_text":"JESUS PROMISES THE SPIRIT<\/b>
\r\nby Lauren Eve<\/i>
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Our family goes camping a few times each year. During the day we love hiking, relaxing, and cooking meals. But once the sun sets, it gets very dark. Occasionally, you\u2019ll spot a distant campfire, but that\u2019s about it. If we need to get up during the night, a lantern is essential. It doesn\u2019t eliminate the darkness but lights the path just enough to help us move safely. A lantern brings both guidance and comfort when everything around you is covered in darkness. Of course you could always attempt to navigate the darkness without a lantern, but it is far more challenging\u2014and you might not make it to where you want to go.<\/p>
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In today\u2019s Scripture reading, we learn that the Holy Spirit is like a powerful lantern. In John 16, Jesus was with His disciples at the Last Supper giving one of His final teachings. The disciples didn\u2019t fully understand what was about to happen in the coming days, but Jesus focused on what would come after He returned to the Father (vv.7\u201311). He told them the Holy Spirit was coming\u2014a helper who is part of Him, who would live in them and bring wisdom, guidance, and comfort. In Isaiah 32:14\u201318, we see that the Holy Spirit brings justice, peace, trust, and rest. And in Joel 2:28\u201329, God promised to pour out His Spirit on us, giving us wisdom and fulfilling prophecies.<\/p>
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Jesus knew He wouldn\u2019t be with us on earth forever, but He also knew what we would need. We need a counselor, an advocate, and a mediator between us and a holy God. In Romans 8:12\u201317, we read that if we live according to the Holy Spirit, then we are adopted sons and daughters of God and therefore are heirs with Jesus Christ. Because of the Holy Spirit, we get to experience a life with Christ here on earth and eternally.<\/p>
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These scriptures show us that Jesus left so He could send us the Holy Spirit for our benefit (John 16:7). These chapters remind us that God gave us the Holy Spirit because He deeply cares and knows we can't do life alone. When we trust in Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit lives in us, guiding us through every part of life. Just like a lantern lights the way on a dark camping trip, the Holy Spirit lights our path, giving us comfort, wisdom, discernment, and joy in a world that feels heavy and dark. We can find encouragement through these Scripture readings, remembering that we are not alone. He is always with us. Though we will face trials and tribulation, we can hold on to hope, knowing Jesus has already overcome the world (John 16:33).<\/p>","share_image_height":"640","day_number":"26","scripture":"John 16:1-33, Isaiah 32:14-18, Joel 2:28-29, Romans 8:12-17","available":true,"ad_banner_name":"","ad_banner_image":false,"ad_banner_url":"","songs":"","key_verse":"","key_verse_reference":"","background_image":false,"background_color":"#FBF7F3","scripture_references":false,"share_image":false,"author_name":"","author_bio":"","guest_social_media":false,"show_ad":true,"ad_override":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}