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你是否有过这样的想法：“我希望耶稣现在就在我身边”？ 每个星期天我们都聚集在一起，敬拜一位我们“爱着的”神，尽管我们看不见祂，也摸不着祂。说实话，这并不是一件容易的事。

我们祈求神指引方向，或供应我们的需要，有时候这就好像对着空气说话。有时，我们可能会认为门徒们的信仰更容易，因为他们能和耶稣一起行走，吃饭，面对面说话。

在祂受死的前一晚，耶稣告诉门徒们，他们将要受圣灵。根据不同的圣经译本，圣灵又叫做保惠师，帮助者，策士或安慰者。每个名字都帮助我们理解了圣灵是谁以及祂所做的。

圣灵不是一个抽象的概念。祂是有位格的，和圣父、圣子一样是完全的神。神的圣灵住在信徒的里面，表明神和祂的子民的亲密关系进入了一个新的阶段。

因此，在我们这个多疑的时代，我们可以得到安慰，知道无论我们的感受如何，神已经与我们同在了。实际上，藉着圣灵，神已经以前所未有的方式靠近我们了。

Have you ever thought, “I wish Jesus was physically here right now”? Each Sunday we gather to worship a God we are “in relationship” with even though we can't see him or touch him. And, to be honest, that's not always an easy thing to get our minds around.

We pray to God for guidance and direction, or to provide for our needs, and sometimes it can feel like we are talking to empty space. Sometimes we might think faith was easier for the disciples because they could walk and talk and eat with Jesus in person.

On the night before he died, Jesus told his disciples that they were going to receive the Holy Spirit. Depending on what version of the Bible you are reading, the Spirit is called the Advocate, Helper, Counselor, or Comforter. And each title helps to explain who the Spirit is and what the Spirit does.

The Spirit is more than just an abstract concept. He is a person, as fully God as the Father and the Son. The Spirit of God comes to dwell within believers, representing a new level of intimacy between God and his people.

So, in our times of doubt, we can take comfort knowing that no matter what it feels like, God is in fact present with us. In fact, through the Spirit, God has come closer to us than ever before.