So be strong and courageous!…For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you. Deuteronomy 31:6 (NLT)
Acts 1:4-5
Once when he was eating with them, he commanded them, “Do not leave Jerusalem until the Father sends you the gift he promised, as I told you before. 5 John baptized with[a] water, but in just a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
After Jesus died and came back to life, the plan wasn’t for Him to stay on earth forever. He needed to go and be with God. Jesus didn’t leave the disciples alone. Before He died on the cross, Jesus had promised them the Holy Spirit, who we also call the Helper.
God is three persons in one God. He is God the Father, God the Son—who is Jesus—and God the Holy Spirit.
One day, Jesus will return to earth to finish bringing the Kingdom of God. Until then,the Holy Spirit would always be with the disciples. The disciples didn’t know when Jesus would return. However, they were given the important job of sharing the Good News as they waited.
The disciples couldn’t do this alone, so the Holy Spirit gave them power. The Helper would be there to help them with everything.
The gift of the Holy Spirit is for all disciples. A disciple is anyone who follows Jesus. When we start following Jesus, we receive the gift of the Helper and God is always with us, and we are never alone.
If you admit that you’ve sinned against God, believe in Jesus and what He did to save you, and choose to follow Him, you can be saved from your sin. When God saves us, He gives us the gift of the Helper. The Holy Spirit gives us power. He gives us power to do hard things, shows us what to do and where to go, and comforts us in sad times.
What is a disciple, and how can we become disciples of Jesus?
How does it help you to know that the Holy Spirit—the Helper—is always with you?
Thank You, God, for giving us the gift of the Holy Spirit to be our Helper. We know that You are always with us, and Your Holy Spirit gives us power to do hard things, shows us what to do and where to go, and comforts us. We love You and want to grow closer to You each day. In Jesus’ name, Amen.