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Then the devotional contact today. Today’ s Bible reading begins in verse sixteen

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of John chapter fourteen. Christ says
and I will pray to the father and

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give you another comforter to be with
you forever, the spirit of truth,

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which the world cannot receive because it
neither sees nor knows him, but you

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know him, because he dwells with
you and will be in you. I

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won' t leave you orphans.
I will come to you a little while

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and the world will see me no
more, but you will see me,

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because I live you will also live
in that day. You will know that

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I am in my father and you
are in me and I am in you.

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He who has my commandments and keeps
them. That is the one who

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loves me and the one who loves
me will be loved by my father and

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I will love him and manifest myself
I will lend myself to him. I

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am convinced that if we truly understood
what happens during prayer, we would call

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on the Lord more frequently and with
greater confidence. The believer' s prayers

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are not just words. We have
the Holy Spirit, who communicates for us

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and brings our needs to the Lord. The Holy Spirit is part of the

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trinity, so he knows the mind
of God intimately, because he is omniscient

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and omnipotent, like the father,
fully understands the circumstances for which we pray,

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even what is not seen or disconcerted. Moreover, the spirit dwells in

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every believer and knows the mind and
heart of each one of us. With

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this full knowledge, the Holy Spirit
can carry out his task of ensuring that

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our petitions coincide with the Father'
s desires. To this end, he

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speaks in our spirit and opens our
minds to the sacred scriptures. The fact

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that God gives his spirit to all
or believe them in reveals the value of

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communication between him and his children,
and so our heavenly father provides the best

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helper possible to make sure that we
can be attuned to his will, in

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other words, being wise, patient
and fully devoted to him. But we

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will have none of those qualities unless
we cultivate the habit of speaking to the

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Lord Christians should not feel guilty for
not being sure how to pray. The

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holy spirit that dwells in us knows
our needs and desires, as well as

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the mind and will of the father
and the details of each situation. He

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speaks to God in our favor and
teaches us to pray