Reading
SAA Notes
Take a Trinitarian position on prayer. Pray to the Father (2). Persevere because you are petitioning a friend – the Son of Man (5-8). Know that in the gift of the Holy Spirit is God’s answer to your prayers (13). Consider John Bunyan’s catechism: Q. How does God the Holy Spirit save you? A. By His illumination, by His renovation, and by His prseveration. Think about what the gift of the Holy Spirit really is in Scripture, and not about what some Christian opinion may say it is!
SJA Notes
* Holy God, thank You for this day, and for Your word to us today. May we listen and obey.
“… How much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Notice the singular source of the “good gifts” that God the Father gives to us.
Our blessings come from the gift of the Holy Spirit.
He is the life-breath into dry bones, the work re-purposing us each day, the companion that sticks closer than a brother.
The good gifts are first and foremost the fruits of the Holy Spirit.
As we read in Galatians chapter 5,
“… Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control;”
These are the good gifts from the Father!
* Loving Heavenly Father,
Thank You that You are a Father who loves to give good gifts to His children.
Thank You that the fruits of Your Spirit are such wonderful elements of our life here on earth.
Please grow Your word within us, the we might bear much fruit!
Amen.