Memory Enhancer – The Presidential Prayer Team

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. – John 14:26

A study by Columbia University Medical Center in October 2022 revealed that three in ten older Americans have dementia. Older was defined as age 65 and above. Another 22 percent have mild cognitive decline, their study showed. Seeking to forestall such findings, some people have begun to rely on memory enhancers, including supplements and prescription drugs. Many rely on other aids—making lists, using sticky notes, putting locator devices on keys or cellphones, and keeping diaries or calendars. These can be effective when used as part of a routine. Doctors also offer encouragement by reminding you that mild forgetfulness is not a serious memory problem, nor a precursor to greater issues.

Jesus knew that the human mind becomes occupied with many things and is prone to forgetfulness—at any age. In today’s verse, Jesus said that, of the many ministries of the Holy Spirit in you, one is being your Spiritual Memory Enhancer. Perhaps you have had direct experience with this, when the Holy Spirit brought to your mind God’s Words when you needed them most. Theologian Warren Wiersbe writes, “But the Spirit of God cannot remind you of something that you have not learned! You must first let him teach you the Word. You must memorize the Scripture that he opens up to you. Then the Spirit of God will be able to remind you of what you have learned, and you can use that truth to battle Satan.”

The indwelling Holy Spirit is many things for you: Comforter, Helper, Teacher, Encourager, Guide, Advocate, Convicter, Revealer, Empowerer, and your Rememberer. Canadian pastor Dr. Arvind Balaram invites you to “enjoy your life with the Holy Spirit, for it is He who makes Jesus real to you!“ The Holy Spirit enhances your experience of grace as He enables you to live a life transformed by the knowledge of Christ. Give thanks today for the gift that is the presence of the Holy Spirit, and yield to His work in your life.

Today’s Verse: John 14:26

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

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Recommended for further reading: John 14:15-26

¹⁵“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. ¹⁶And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, ¹⁷even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

¹⁸“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. ¹⁹Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. ²⁰In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. ²¹Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” ²²Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” ²³Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. ²⁴Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

²⁵“These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. ²⁶But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.