“If you love me, obey my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you. No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you. Soon the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Since I live, you also will live. When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them.” —John 14:15-21 (NLT)
“But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you. —John 16:4-15 (ESV)
“This is the new covenant I will make with my people on that day, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.” —Hebrews 10:16 (NLT)
“Who Is The Holy Spirit?” Devotional. Day 3 - “Jesus Promised to Give You the Holy Spirit” By Switch (Life.Church):
“Can you imagine trying to send a group text using pen, paper, and the post office? Imagine writing out letters by hand to your five closest friends, buying stamps, stuffing envelopes, and mailing them to five different addresses. After waiting for two or three days, the letters would start arriving at your friends’ houses. Then, each would respond with a letter of their own, making copies for each person in the group and waiting a few more days for each reply. Whew! I’m exhausted just thinking about it. It seems silly since you can accomplish the same thing in a few seconds using your smartphone.
The Holy Spirit works sort of like that. He makes it possible for Jesus to communicate with every single one of His followers in real time across the globe. Jesus could only be in one place at a time. His first disciples didn’t know much about the Holy Spirit or His purpose. That’s why Jesus spent His last days on earth preparing them for His death. They didn’t know He was about to die, and they certainly didn’t understand why. So, instead of trying to dump His entire plan on them all at once, He made them a promise.
He said that when He left He’d send someone else in His place—the Holy Spirit. Jesus wasn’t saying that they would be trading their relationship with Him in exchange for the Spirit. Instead, the Holy Spirit would come alongside them and help them understand everything Jesus had taught. Plus, the Holy Spirit could teach them new things as they learned to hear His voice.
When the Holy Spirit came, He would lead them to the truth. He wouldn’t have His own agenda, but He would be totally committed to completing Jesus’ mission on earth. In fact, the Holy Spirit would do everything to bring honor to Jesus. He would relay messages straight from Jesus into the hearts and minds of all His followers. But, here’s the best news of all: That promise wasn’t just for the disciples who were sitting around that night. It was also for you!
Think about how that changed the game. Before Jesus gave us access to the Holy Spirit, Jesus was the single source of information, and He was limited to physically being in one place at a time. He had to spread His message one crowd at a time. But, when the Holy Spirit made His home in the heart of every believer, Jesus’ message was engraved into our hearts.
Now, without cell towers or smartphones, the Holy Spirit can speak directly into our hearts and minds. Tomorrow, we’ll begin to explore His amazing power that’s available to us any time or place.”
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Happy 2024
In 2023 I read the following books:
Monterosso mon amour, by Ilja Leonard Pfeijfer
The Langauge of Thorns, by Leigh Bardugo
Renegades, by Marissa Meyer
Heartstopper, by Alice Oseman
The Lives of Saints, by Leigh Bardugo
Archenemies, by Marissa Meyer
Heartstopper volume 2, by Alice Oseman
Heartstopper volume 3, by Alice Oseman
Heartstopper volume 4, by Alice Oseman
An Italian Girl in Brooklynn, by Santa Montefiore
Volwassen worden is optioneel, by Marloes de Vries
De woestijndief, by Emmelie Arents
The Mitford Vanishing, by Jessica Fellowes
Wat gebeurde er met David, by Henk Hardeman
Queen of Shadows, by Sarah J Maas
Supernova, by Marissa Meyer
Wees Lucie, by Astrid Boonstoppel
Grijs, by Carlie van Tongeren
Zwaar verguld, by Chantal van Gastel
Over straatfiguren en wegpiraten, by Mijke Pelgrim
Anna K Away, by Jenny Lee
Zorro. The Curse of Capistrano, by Johnston Mcculley
De tweede stem, by Elin Meijnen
Mortal Engines, by Philip Reeve
De meesterdief, by Emmelie Arents
Nick and Charlie, by Alice Oseman
Stewardess Hannah in Parijs, by Petra Kruijt
Stewardess Hannah in Rome, by Petra Kruijt
Sintel en As, by Mara Li
Stewardess Hannah op Ibiza, by Petra Kruijt
The Golden Enclaves, by Naomi Novik
Welkom in Smartpark, by Mirjam Mous
Stewardess Hannah in Reykjavik, by Petra Kruijt
The Iron Sword, by Julie Kagawa
Gilded, by Marissa Meyer
The Syndicate, by Shelena Shorts
Stewardess Hannah in Barcelona, by Petra Kruijt
Stewardess Hannah in Amsterdam, by Petra Kruijt
The Pace, by Shelena Shorts
Stewardess Hannah in New York, by Petra Kruijt
One of us is Lying, by Karen M Mcmanus
Predator's Gold, by Philip Reeve
Stewardess Hannah in Praag, by Petra Kruijt
The Broken Lake, by Shelena Shorts
Stewardess Hannah op Curaçao, by Petra Kruijt
One of Us is Next, by Karen M Mcmanus
Stewardess Hannah in Lissabon, by Petra Kruijt
Wind, by Esther Walraven
The Iron Quill, by Shelena Shorts
The Hour of Dreams, by Shelena Shorts
Penthouse, Lotte Boot
Denken wat je wilt, doe wat je droomt, Gijs Jansen
Empire of Storms, by Sarah J Maas
One of Us is Back, by Karen M Mcmanus
Confessions of a Shopaholic, by Sophie Kinsella
To All the Boys I've Loved Before, by Jenny Han
Ivelle, by Laura Diane
PS. I Still Love You, by Jenny Han
Always and Forever, Lara Jean, by Jenny Han
Anders, beter, by Lisa van Campenhout
The Iron Vow, by Julie Kagawa
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