Helper: December 6, 2011

HELPER

DEFINITION:

One who gives aid, assists in doing or attaining, or brings relief to; one who furnishes another person what is needed.

SCRIPTURE:

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. I Thessalonians 5:16-19.

And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever. John 14:16

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

Have you ever wished that you could have a 911 number that rang in heaven so that you could call whenever you needed help with a situation or a crisis? We want to remind you that we all have, as believers, divine assistance that is even closer than a phone call. Our helper dwells within us and we know Him as the Holy Spirit. The problem is that many people today are either unaware or just do not care that He is available for us. We miss so many opportunities to benefit from the greatest asset in our Christian life --- the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus knew that when He left this earth, His disciples would be totally inadequate to handle the task that Jesus was giving them. He knew they would need supernatural help and so would we. So He gave us the Holy Spirit who comes to our aid, empowers our service and transforms our lives from inside out. (John 14: 16 above)

The Holy Spirit is a personal Helper. He is a member of the Trinity and coequal with both the Father and Jesus Christ. He is also a practical Helper who involves Himself in every aspect of our lives. He convicts of sin and calls us to repentance. (John 16:8). He guides us into all truth, John 16:9. The Holy Spirit helps us to know the truth of the message of Jesus Christ and He helps us to discern what is right and what is wrong. The Holy Spirit enables us to align our will with our Father’s will so that we will receive God’s best.

The Holy Spirit helps us with our prayer life if we will only involve Him. He burdens us to pray. The Spirit convicts you by giving you a strong sense that you need to pray. He does this because He may know you need strength because of a present difficulty or situation. The Holy Spirit also intercedes for us. Have you been in situations where you just do not know how to pray? When sorrow or helplessness overwhelms us we find it impossible to know what we ought to pray for. The Holy Spirit understands the depth of our thoughts, feelings and needs and He translates them into effective supplication according to God’s will and intercedes for us before God’s throne of grace. The Spirit helps in our weakness and even if we do not know how to pray the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. Romans 8:26.

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in Proverbs 19:17.

He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and He will pay back what he has given.

PRAYER:

Help me to recognize the power and love of the Holy Spirit that dwells within me each and every day. May Your Spirit comfort, enable, and guide me each and every moment of this day.