INTRODUCTION

The Bible never directly addresses the Lord Jesus as “the Comforter,” yet the Lord alluded to this title. The Lord told His followers that the coming of the Holy Ghost would be God’s means of sending them “another Comforter” (John 14:16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
See All...). Evidently, the Lord Jesus served as the Comforter and the Holy Ghost would function as another Comforter. During His earthly ministry, the Lord Jesus worked in the lives of those who followed Him. He was their Comforter. When He went to the Father, the Father sent “another Comforter” and He is the Holy Ghost. Each person who is born again by the grace of God has the Holy Ghost dwelling within (Romans 8:9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
See All...). When troubles come, and they will, the believer has within himself a person of the Godhead that specializes in comforting those afflicted.

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For children): The Holy Ghost is God (1 John 5:7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
  See All...; Acts 5:3-4 [3] But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? [4] Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
  See All...). He lives inside every single believer (John 14:17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
  See All...). Since God has the power to make everything (Job 33:4The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
  See All...; Psalm 33:6-9 [6] By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. [7] He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. [8] Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. [9] For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
  See All...), He has the power to comfort you in anything (Isaiah 51:12-13 [12] I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; [13] And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
  See All...).
• (For everyone): If comfort is strength that you can carry with you, how does the Holy Ghost perfectly fit the description of “the Comforter”? How is He strength that can be carried with you?
• How can the comfort of the Holy Ghost be a wonderful evidence of salvation? Where does a lost person get his comfort? How is comfort different in the life of a saved person?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Thank God for sending the Holy Ghost to be your “Comforter.”
• Ask God to help you submit to the comfort of the Spirit.

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