Today’s Thought “My Easter Speech” G. Ward John 16:13 “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.” I’d love to infer to not being the “old folks” many see coming to then exit stage left, but I’m overwhelmed with great experiences (seemingly) worthy to share, along with gratitude for the many responsible for few moments I’ve had in exemplary living. There were however, some sayings given our generation absolutely not true and one unfortunately crept into these times that says, “if you open your mouth, God will speak for you.” This was the encouragement (primarily) unto those of us somewhat shy and whereas it sounded good, many of us failed to trust that, but there were our parents looking on with visual threats embracing a common expression, “I brought you in this world and I’ll take you out,” so we did our best in every oratorical endeavor. In the Spirit realm, I’ve learned how necessary it is to rehearse information ingested that alleviates embarrassment (Ps.1:1-3) and now understand, if there’s failure to practice statements of conviction, we’ll never persuade men towards implicit trust of our Lord; even furthering perpetuated doubt in some that criticizes believers’ reliance on their spiritual leader versus their Maker.