1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:12,710 Speaker 1: Life Audio Thank you for listening to Your Nightly Scripture, 2 00:00:13,550 --> 00:00:18,410 Speaker 1: a calming, scripture-centered devotional podcast designed to help you end 3 00:00:18,570 --> 00:00:21,730 Speaker 1: each day with God's Word in your mind and on 4 00:00:21,770 --> 00:00:26,940 Speaker 1: your heart. Right after this short word from our sponsors, 5 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: we'll reflect on tonight's scripture, John chapter 16. Tonight's scripture 6 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:46,420 Speaker 1: reflection is written by Greg Grandchamp and read by Leah Gerard. 7 00:00:47,340 --> 00:00:53,820 Speaker 1: John chapter 16 All this I have told you so 8 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,690 Speaker 1: that you will not fall away. They will put you 9 00:00:56,740 --> 00:01:00,110 Speaker 1: out of the synagogue. In fact, the time is coming 10 00:01:00,570 --> 00:01:03,350 Speaker 1: when anyone who kills you will think they are offering 11 00:01:03,390 --> 00:01:07,210 Speaker 1: a service to God. They will do such things because 12 00:01:07,230 --> 00:01:11,170 Speaker 1: they have not known the Father or me. I have 13 00:01:11,220 --> 00:01:14,750 Speaker 1: told you this so that when their time comes, you 14 00:01:14,790 --> 00:01:18,570 Speaker 1: will remember that I warned you about them. I did 15 00:01:18,630 --> 00:01:21,410 Speaker 1: not tell you this from the beginning because I was 16 00:01:21,569 --> 00:01:25,250 Speaker 1: with you, but now I am going to him who 17 00:01:25,310 --> 00:01:30,490 Speaker 1: sent me. None of you asks me, where are you going? Rather, 18 00:01:30,970 --> 00:01:33,970 Speaker 1: you are filled with grief because I have said these things. 19 00:01:34,970 --> 00:01:38,410 Speaker 1: But very truly I tell you, it is for your 20 00:01:38,569 --> 00:01:42,569 Speaker 1: good that I am going away. Unless I go away, 21 00:01:43,090 --> 00:01:46,459 Speaker 1: the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, 22 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:51,420 Speaker 1: I will send him to you. When he comes, he 23 00:01:51,460 --> 00:01:53,980 Speaker 1: will prove the world to be in the wrong about 24 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: sin and righteousness and judgment. About sin, because people do 25 00:01:59,330 --> 00:02:03,850 Speaker 1: not believe in me. About righteousness, because I am going 26 00:02:03,910 --> 00:02:06,790 Speaker 1: to the Father, where you can see me no longer. 27 00:02:07,890 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: And about judgment, because the prince of this world now 28 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:16,180 Speaker 1: stands condemned. I have much more to say to you, 29 00:02:16,820 --> 00:02:20,139 Speaker 1: more than you can now bear. But when he, the 30 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,690 Speaker 1: spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all 31 00:02:23,770 --> 00:02:27,010 Speaker 1: the truth. He will not speak on his own. He 32 00:02:27,050 --> 00:02:29,930 Speaker 1: will speak only what he hears, and he will tell 33 00:02:29,970 --> 00:02:34,090 Speaker 1: you what is yet to come. He will glorify me, 34 00:02:34,310 --> 00:02:37,820 Speaker 1: because it is from me that he will receive what 35 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 1: he will make known to you. All that belongs to 36 00:02:41,100 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: the Father is mine. That is why I said, The 37 00:02:45,260 --> 00:02:48,980 Speaker 1: Spirit will receive from me what he will make known 38 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:53,910 Speaker 1: to you. Jesus went on to say, In a little 39 00:02:53,970 --> 00:02:56,810 Speaker 1: while you will see me no more, and then after 40 00:02:56,850 --> 00:03:00,609 Speaker 1: a little while you will see me. At this some 41 00:03:00,650 --> 00:03:03,910 Speaker 1: of the disciples said to one another, What does he 42 00:03:04,030 --> 00:03:07,839 Speaker 1: mean by saying, In a little while you will see 43 00:03:07,900 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: me no more, and then after a little while you 44 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:16,100 Speaker 1: will see me, and because I am going to the Father. 45 00:03:17,460 --> 00:03:20,810 Speaker 1: They kept asking, What does he mean by a little while? 46 00:03:20,910 --> 00:03:26,049 Speaker 1: We don't understand what he's saying. Jesus saw that they 47 00:03:26,090 --> 00:03:28,790 Speaker 1: wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, 48 00:03:30,230 --> 00:03:33,650 Speaker 1: Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, 49 00:03:34,270 --> 00:03:36,450 Speaker 1: In a little while you will see me no more, 50 00:03:37,070 --> 00:03:39,500 Speaker 1: and then after a little while you will see me. 51 00:03:40,620 --> 00:03:44,380 Speaker 1: Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn 52 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:49,980 Speaker 1: while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief 53 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:54,690 Speaker 1: will turn to joy. A woman giving birth to a 54 00:03:54,730 --> 00:03:58,350 Speaker 1: child has pain because her time has come, but when 55 00:03:58,370 --> 00:04:01,660 Speaker 1: her baby is born... She forgets the anguish because of 56 00:04:01,700 --> 00:04:04,270 Speaker 1: her joy that a child is born into the world. 57 00:04:05,590 --> 00:04:09,910 Speaker 1: So with you. Now is your time of grief, but 58 00:04:10,110 --> 00:04:13,430 Speaker 1: I will see you again and you will rejoice, and 59 00:04:13,590 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: no one will take away your joy. In that day, 60 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly, I 61 00:04:21,700 --> 00:04:24,060 Speaker 1: tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask 62 00:04:24,260 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: in my name. Until now, you have not asked for anything. 63 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:33,550 Speaker 1: in my name. Ask, and you will receive, and your 64 00:04:33,610 --> 00:04:38,529 Speaker 1: joy will be complete. Though I have been speaking figuratively, 65 00:04:39,150 --> 00:04:41,410 Speaker 1: a time is coming when I will no longer use 66 00:04:41,450 --> 00:04:44,740 Speaker 1: this kind of language, but will tell you plainly about 67 00:04:44,779 --> 00:04:47,779 Speaker 1: my Father. In that day you will ask in my name. 68 00:04:48,500 --> 00:04:50,820 Speaker 1: I am not saying that I will ask the Father 69 00:04:50,900 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: on your behalf. No, the Father himself loves you because 70 00:04:54,620 --> 00:04:57,610 Speaker 1: you have loved me and have believed that I came 71 00:04:57,670 --> 00:05:00,930 Speaker 1: from God. I came from the Father and entered the world. 72 00:05:01,550 --> 00:05:04,130 Speaker 1: Now I am leaving the world and going back to 73 00:05:04,180 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: the Father. Then Jesus' disciples said, Now you are speaking 74 00:05:09,660 --> 00:05:12,980 Speaker 1: clearly and without figures of speech. Now we can see 75 00:05:13,060 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: that you know all things and that you do not 76 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 1: even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes 77 00:05:19,100 --> 00:05:23,780 Speaker 1: us believe that you came from God. Do you now believe, 78 00:05:23,980 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: Jesus replied. A time is coming and in fact has 79 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,849 Speaker 1: come When you will be scattered, each to your own home, 80 00:05:32,370 --> 00:05:35,929 Speaker 1: you will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, 81 00:05:36,370 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: for my Father is with me. I have told you 82 00:05:39,460 --> 00:05:43,020 Speaker 1: these things, so that in me you may have peace. 83 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,460 Speaker 1: In this world you will have trouble, but take heart, 84 00:05:48,420 --> 00:05:56,140 Speaker 1: I have overcome the world. Certainly there are times for 85 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: all of us when it's hard to feel Jesus' presence. 86 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,420 Speaker 1: That feeling may be even stronger in times of trouble. 87 00:06:05,620 --> 00:06:10,330 Speaker 1: Of course, Jesus promised us in John 16.33 that we'd 88 00:06:10,370 --> 00:06:14,070 Speaker 1: have trouble in this world, didn't he? But in the 89 00:06:14,250 --> 00:06:17,650 Speaker 1: same verse, he also told us we can take heart 90 00:06:18,029 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: because he has overcome the world. We can only imagine 91 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,890 Speaker 1: how the disciples felt When Jesus told them, he would 92 00:06:26,910 --> 00:06:31,210 Speaker 1: be leaving them. But as was his way, he followed 93 00:06:31,250 --> 00:06:34,750 Speaker 1: that with the promise that he was not leaving them alone, 94 00:06:35,180 --> 00:06:38,980 Speaker 1: that their grief would turn to joy. Like the disciples, 95 00:06:39,620 --> 00:06:43,539 Speaker 1: our journey of faith will often include troubling times and 96 00:06:43,620 --> 00:06:49,300 Speaker 1: difficult situations. Yet the promises of Jesus reassure us that 97 00:06:49,339 --> 00:06:56,100 Speaker 1: we can, that we will find peace in him, His 98 00:06:56,180 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: calm and peace will guard our hearts and our minds 99 00:07:00,020 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: and help see us through the turmoil. Yes, it is 100 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:10,170 Speaker 1: easy to feel overwhelmed during our most difficult times, lost even. 101 00:07:11,270 --> 00:07:15,510 Speaker 1: But the Word of God always encourages us to seek 102 00:07:15,570 --> 00:07:19,770 Speaker 1: our comfort in Him. In Him we can find reassurance 103 00:07:20,330 --> 00:07:24,450 Speaker 1: that we are loved and not forgotten, and that regardless 104 00:07:24,510 --> 00:07:27,940 Speaker 1: of the storms of life Our faith in Him will 105 00:07:27,980 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: calm the storms and bring us peace. Remember that fear 106 00:07:33,900 --> 00:07:42,090 Speaker 1: never accomplished anything. Courage did. Faith did. Let faith, not fear, 107 00:07:42,530 --> 00:07:47,230 Speaker 1: be your default response. Prayer will serve as our lifeline 108 00:07:47,250 --> 00:07:51,130 Speaker 1: to peace in the middle of our troubles. In open, 109 00:07:51,690 --> 00:07:55,510 Speaker 1: heartfelt communication with the Lord, He helps us release all 110 00:07:55,530 --> 00:07:59,730 Speaker 1: of our anxieties and worries into His very capable hands. 111 00:08:00,890 --> 00:08:04,340 Speaker 1: Prayer gives us the strength and courage to confront our 112 00:08:04,380 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: worries and fears, finding peace and assurance. We will discover 113 00:08:09,460 --> 00:08:13,460 Speaker 1: that we can trust the Lord with whatever troubles us. 114 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:17,650 Speaker 1: We can lean into His outcomes, knowing that He has 115 00:08:17,690 --> 00:08:22,380 Speaker 1: a perfect plan for us. Trusting God and His plan 116 00:08:22,460 --> 00:08:26,620 Speaker 1: gives us a firm foundation and allows peace to reign 117 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:33,610 Speaker 1: in our hearts. Father, thank You for being there for me, 118 00:08:34,010 --> 00:08:37,770 Speaker 1: even if I don't always feel You. Help me, Father, 119 00:08:37,830 --> 00:08:41,350 Speaker 1: give me strength to feel Your presence. Help me to 120 00:08:41,450 --> 00:08:43,930 Speaker 1: trust You with all my heart and lean not on 121 00:08:43,980 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: my own understanding. Help me to cast all my anxiety 122 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: on You and feel Your peace. Please, Father, Make it 123 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:59,559 Speaker 1: well with my soul. Amen. How did tonight's scripture speak 124 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: to you? Share your thoughts in the Your Nightly Scripture 125 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:04,459 Speaker 1: Forum discussion. 126 00:09:13,210 --> 00:09:17,790 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to Your Nightly Scripture. Tonight's scripture 127 00:09:18,230 --> 00:09:23,030 Speaker 2: was read from the New International Version by Biblica. All 128 00:09:23,110 --> 00:09:28,970 Speaker 2: rights reserved. 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