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I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth.
\n\u2013John 14:16-17<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe Holy Spirit gives us power in times of temptation. But when we are controlled by the Spirit, He offers us a second benefit: direction in times of confusion.<\/p>\n
You and I face decisions all the time. Maybe you are facing a monumental decision in your life right now: Should I take this job offer? Should I move to this other city? Should I marry this person? What should I do about my child who has wandered away from the faith?<\/p>\n
I have some great news for you: When you are looking for guidance, Jesus will give you the direction you need. He said in John 10:27, \u201cMy sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.\u201d You might say, \u201cThat sounds great, Pastor, but how exactly am I supposed to get that guidance? How does Jesus speak to me?\u201d<\/p>\n
How does God reveal His will when we are trying to make a decision? Sometimes God speaks through His Word, the Bible. Sometimes He speaks to us through prayer. Sometimes He speaks to us through wise counsel from other people. But one way God speaks to us and leads us is through His Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n
Many Christians overlook the simple truth that the Holy Spirit is the one who gives us direction in life. In John 14, Jesus was giving His disciples some final instructions and words of encouragement before His crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. He said, \u201cI will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever\u201d (v. 16). Who is that Helper? Jesus continued, \u201cThat is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you\u201d (v. 17). And here is a great promise in verse 18: \u201cI will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Romans 8:14 says, \u201cAll who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.\u201d Have you ever had a sudden prompting to make a telephone call or send an email to somebody? Have you ever planned a trip and then had an inclination that maybe you had better not go? Have you ever felt the urge to change your route to work one morning? All these things we sometimes call \u201cintuition\u201d or a \u201csixth sense\u201d are often the leading of the Holy Spirit of God in our lives. One of the benefits of being filled with the Spirit is He will direct us in the way we should go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth. \u2013John 14:16-17 The Holy Spirit gives us power in times of temptation. But when we are controlled by the Spirit, He offers us a second benefit: direction in times … Continue reading “Direction In Times Of Confusion – Dr. Jeffress”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168311"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168313,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168311\/revisions\/168313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}