A Scripture and a Prayer: “God’s Gift of the Holy Spirit”

“If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” (John 4:10)

Prayer:

Lord, help us realize the fullness of this gift You have offered. Help us not to allow the distractions of this world to hide this wonderful treasure. But even more, may we never think of this gift of the Holy Spirit in casual terms, thinking that we can take it or leave it. Instead, let us recognize it as essential giving us Your living waters to quench our thirsty souls. Help us to break away from the dryness of this world that leave us parched and wanting something else, something more, that will never satisfy. Instead, may our hearts yearn for Your presence as the deer pants for the water brook. And let our hearts yearn for the living water of Your peace, joy, and hope. And this we ask in Jesus’s name. AMEN