You know that little circle arrow on the top of a web page, called the refresh button? It’s the button that you push to reset the web page, to keep everything current and up-to-date? Did you realize that you have a refresh button in your relationship with Christ? Oh, it’s not a little circle arrow button; it’s better than that. The Holy Spirit stands before God and prays for us. Romans 8:26 “In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the spirit himself […]

John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever….. In John 14, Jesus is preparing His disciples for the fact that He will soon be leaving them. The next several chapters contain many different promises that Jesus makes to the disciples (and, by extension, to us). One of the most important of those promises is in this verse. Jesus, the Son, asks God the Father to send the Holy Spirit to permanently indwell believers. Walking with Jesus must have been amazing! Who can fathom what that was like? Yet, […]

Romans 8:26 “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.” I can’t even begin to count how many times I’ve heard the challenge to pray more faithfully, more fervently. And we should, without a doubt (I Thessalonians 5:17). Yet, there are many times in my life when I just don’t know what or how to pray. I want to please God. I want His will to be done, but I am conflicted by my own […]