In the 1700’s in England, during a time of economic depression, a single mom and her 20-year-old only son were really struggling to make a living. So the son heard about America and said to his mom, “Mom, I am going to go down there and find some riches to help you out.” When this son was in America, he and his mom used to write letters back and forth to each other. He could not find any work of any kind. It was a new country and it was depressed as well. He was lonely and wanted to go back home. Then in one of the letters the mom wrote to him, she said she had found strength in Jesus. And in the letter, she wrote to him, “What a friend I have in Jesus, all my sins and griefs to bear, and what a privilege it is to carry everything to Him in prayer.” She said she was very happy now and not lonely anymore! The burden had been lifted. It changed her whole heart. When the son got the letter from his mom, he read that and was humming these words under his breath as he walked around looking for work, and out of it all, God touched him! He became a believer in Jesus! And what happened is he put those words to a song! And it has been sung for years and still is sung around the world today, “What a Friend I Have in Jesus”. He saw the light, the guy!
Jesus knocked at the door of his heart and he let Him in, and discovered he had a Friend forever. When He knocks at the door of our hearts, and we have let Him in, He is locked and sealed within us, forever.
After His resurrection, when He left for heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father, Jesus said to His disciples that He would send another, the Person of the Holy Spirit, which is the Third Person of the Trinity. Jesus said, “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth… But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” (John 14: 16,18). He will come and dwell in you. The Holy Spirit is the one who carries us through life. Part of His work in our lives is He is our guide, He empowers us, He reveals things to us, and He is our teacher, our advocate, our counsellor, and is our wonderful comforter.
In the midst of all this, gifted to us is a new prayer language, which is the evidence that we have received the blessing of the Holy Spirit.
We then have received the ability to speak to God, our needs and problems and our joys, everything, in a new way, an extra way. This reinforces our faith that we have the evidence, that His power and gifts are within us. And He enables us to continue our walk with Him.
Believe it today, enjoy it, open it up and use the Gift, God will bless you, and we bless you. He loves you very, very, very, very much!!
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