Help Is on the Way - Part 1

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[instrumental music] Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Tuesday, May 5th. Believers in Jesus never face a crisis alone. The presence of the Holy Spirit assures us that help is always on the way.

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Have you ever wished you had a 911 line to heaven? Probably many times you've wished that, when you could just get connected immediately with Almighty God to help you through some situation or circumstance in life. We've all been there, times when we needed someone and you look around and family can't help you, friends can't help you, nobody can help you, but you need some help. When you find yourself in one of those situations, where do you turn? So I want you to turn, if you will, to the 14th chapter of John, and to remind you that, um, Jesus is encouraging His disciples. He's going to be crucified the next day. They're very discouraged, and Judas has betrayed Him, and He's begun to talk about some things. They don't quite figure out how they all match up. He said, "If you've seen Me, you've seen the Father. I and the Father are one." And, uh, now He's talking about suffering and all the rest. But listen to these words of encouragement because this 14th, 15th, 16th chapters of John really are words of encouragement. He's getting ready to leave them. And beginning in verse, uh, 16 of the 14th chapter,