While in prayer with a "GRACE FOR PURPOSE PRAYER" video and riding on my exercise bike, I began praying along with conviction and agreement with the prayer and feeling the Holy Spirit's presence. I had the window open enjoying the Morning fresh air and had a view of the Smokies, which had the usual movement of fog in the valleys that I have viewed in the mornings before. While in prayer, I glanced over to the window again and was surprised to see that the view was now fog and coming in my window. A thought came to mind which was "Is that the Glory Cloud I've heard people talk about?" When I had opened the window earlier there was not a cloud in sight, and it stayed while I was praying. When I did finish praying and being thankful by raising my hands, I glanced at the window and it was gone. I was in Awe of the whole experience and praised and thanked the Lord for the Holy Spirit's presence through out the prayer.
James 1:17 Every gift[a] God freely gives us is good and perfect,[b] streaming down from the Father of lights,[c] who shines from the heavens with no hidden shadow or darkness[d] and is never subject to change.
Footnotes:
[a] James 1:17 Or “legacy.”
[b] James 1:17 The Aramaic word used here, mshamlaita, means “complete, wholesome, abundant, sufficient, enough, and perfect.”
[c] James 1:17 Jesus calls us the light of the world (Matt. 5:14-16) and Paul describes believers as “shining lights” (Phil. 2:15) in this world. God is our Father, he created angels but he brought us into new birth. The Greek word anōthen (“from above”) is used by Jesus in describing to Nicodemus that we are born from above. We are lights born from above. See also John 3:7.
[d] James 1:17 Or “shadow of turning.” The implication is there is nothing that you will find wrong with God, nothing in him that could even remotely appear to be evil hiding. The more you get to know him the more you realize how beautiful and holy he is.
The Passion Translation (TPT)
John 3:7 “You shouldn’t be amazed by my statement,[a] ‘You must be born from above!’[b]
Footnotes:
[a] John 3:7 Or “say to you all.”
[b] John 3:7 A common poetic form of Hebraic teaching is to use a play on words, which Jesus utilizes in this poetic masterpiece with multiple words containing dual meanings. The word reborn can also be translated “born from above.”
The Passion Translation (TPT)
John 14:16-17 And I will ask the Father and he will give you another[a] Savior,[b] the Holy Spirit of Truth, who will be to you a friend just like me—and he will never leave you. The world won’t receive him because they can’t see him or know him. But you will know him intimately, because he will make his home in you and will live inside you.[c]
Footnotes:
[a] John 14:16 The Greek word allos means “another of the same kind.” As Jesus is the Savior from the guilt of sin, the Holy Spirit is the Savior who saves us from the power of sin by living through us in fullness.
[b] John 14:16 The Greek word used here is paráklētos, a technical word that could be translated “defense attorney.” It means “one called to stand next to you as a helper.” Various translations have rendered this “Counselor,” “Comforter,” “Advocate,” “Encourager,” “Intercessor,” or “Helper.” However none of these words alone are adequate and fall short in explaining the full meaning. The translator has chosen the word Savior, for it depicts the role of the Holy Spirit to protect, defend, and save us from our self and our enemies and keep us whole and healed. He is the One who guides and defends, comforts and consoles. Keep in mind that the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Christ, our Savior. The Aramaic word is paraqleta, which is taken from two root words: (1) praq, “to end, finish, or to save,” and (2) lyta, which means “the curse.” What a beautiful word picture, the Holy Spirit comes to end the work of the curse (of sin) in our lives and to save us from its every effect! Paraqleta means “a redeemer who ends the curse.” (See Strong’s Concordance, Gr. 6561 and 6562; A Compendious Syriac Dictionary, p. 237; and Oraham’s Dictionary, p. 250.)
[c] John 14:16 Jesus is prophesying about the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, who will indwell every believer. (See Acts 2)
The Passion Translation (TPT)
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