1 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Studyheadquarters dot com. 3 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: You're listening to Daily devotions with Pastor John. I'm John Stangey, 4 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: and today's devotion is inspired by Luke Chapter eleven, verse thirteen, 5 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: which says, if you, then, who are evil, know how 6 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: to give good gifts to your children, how much more 7 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: will the Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those 8 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 1: who ask him? What do you think about the nature 9 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: of the gifts the Lord has blessed you with? Do 10 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: you appreciate them? Do you thank Him for them? Do 11 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 1: you even notice them? Jesus points out something interesting in 12 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: this passage of scripture. He acknowledges the fact that mankind 13 00:00:55,600 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: by nature is sinful. Yet even in our fallen state, 14 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: we are inclined to give beneficial gifts to our children. 15 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: How much more so is God, who does not struggle 16 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: with sin, willing to give good gifts to his children. 17 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: Consider for a moment the nature of the gifts the 18 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 1: Lord blesses his children with. Through faith in Jesus, we 19 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: are blessed with the undeserved gift of salvation. We're blessed 20 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: with His presence and provision. We're blessed with the gift 21 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,479 Speaker 1: of hope and a future, And as Jesus points out 22 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: in this passage, all believers are blessed with the gift 23 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: of the Holy Spirit. The moment you trust in Jesus Christ, 24 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit personally dwells you. He becomes your counselor 25 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: and comforter. He marks you as a child of God. 26 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: He grants you supernaturally enabled abilities to serve others, and 27 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: he makes the scriptures clear to your heart. He is 28 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: the Father's gift to you. Let's pray. Lord, we thank 29 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: you for your word, and we thank you for the 30 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 1: privilege that it is to look at this portion of 31 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: Scripture today and to think about all the things that 32 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: you're revealing to us in it. Father, you make it 33 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 1: clear to us in this passage that you give believers 34 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: the gift of your Holy Spirit. He lives within all 35 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 1: of your children from the moment we come to faith 36 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: in your son Jesus Christ. Father, we're grateful for the 37 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: Spirit's role of counseling us and his role of comforting 38 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: us in all of our afflictions. Father, We're grateful for 39 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: the fact that your Spirit enables us to serve others 40 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: in ways that, naturally speaking, we didn't have the capacity 41 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,959 Speaker 1: to do. Father, we're grateful for the fact that your 42 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: spirit makes your word clear to our minds and our hearts. 43 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: There are things that we only understand because your Holy 44 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: Spirit is teaching us and instructing us and helping us 45 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: to understand what your word is actually saying so that 46 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: we could apply it to our day to day lives. Father, 47 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 1: we're grateful for all of these things. We're grateful that 48 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 1: you've given us the gift of your Holy Spirit who 49 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: lives within us, and we're grateful for the ways in 50 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: which our lives are changed as a result by your grace. Father, 51 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: we pray that we would live in the spirit, that 52 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: we would treat others in such a way that we 53 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: demonstrate the fruit of the Holy Spirit living within us, 54 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: and that you would be glorified in the process. Lord, 55 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: thank you for all of the ways you've chosen to 56 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: demonstrate your love to us. We express our gratefulness to 57 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: you now, and we thank you for your presence with 58 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: us today. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.