July 15, 2026

Many people fail to touch, listen to and communicate with the Holy Spirit every day. Yet He is as close to us as Jesus was to His disciples when He walked the earth. The Holy Spirit is within us! He speaks. He is the third person of the Trinity. We should live in pure delight. God loves us, Jesus came to set us free, and faith in Him is our entrance to Heaven.

God keeps His word. Always. Even if hundreds or thousands of years have passed. True prophecy is flawless. God’s prophecy is reliable and certain. What He says He will do, He will do.

Every detail of our Salvation was planned. Jesus had to submit to the crucifixion. If He had stopped, if He had decided He couldn’t do it, all our hope and faith would be lost. He died for the sins of the world, actually becoming the living sacrifice that had formally consisted of an endless parade of cows, sheep and goats.

Before He ascended, Jesus made a call to action. The Great Commission. I am breathless at the image of Jesus breathing the Spirit, His Spirit, into the disciples. What a moment, what a miracle. Now, He willingly breathes His Spirit right into us so we can confidently take part in the Great Commission!

Dear Father, I do not do enough for the Kingdom of God. I think about it. I talk about it. I write about it. But do I reach out to help when I see suffering? Do I pray every time I hear sirens? No. Sometimes I’m too focused on errands that will mean little or nothing by the end of the day. Help me, Lord, to be people centered and not self-centered. Let my love be greater than my focus on the unimportant.

The Great Commission

16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.

18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go [c]therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” [d]Amen. Matthew 28:16-20