Good day brothers and sisters. I'm grateful to God Almighty that you are all living for the Lord, that you repent immediately after doing wrong and as a result go to Confession to receive the forgiveness of sins that only comes from God. And I am especially glad my brothers and sisters that you all eat Christ's body and drink his blood. Keep remaining in his love by keeping his commands, for this is great love to God. Remain in him, as he remains in you. Love one another.

This is simply going to be my testimony about how I felt the Holy Spirit's Love and how he had truly helped me out when there was darkness all around me. It is something that I hope that will strengthen your own faith whenever you feel faithless. Nevertheless, let us begin, and take these stories to heart, for they will strengthen you in times of testing.

Earlier this year, 2025, around the time of April-May, one of my good friends was in a heap of trouble. He was awfully depressed, and when I asked him on why he was like this, and how I can help, he was deeply distressed, and woefully told me all the things that he was practically traumatized by, and how at some points he was suicidal, and even at that moment when he was talking to me, he sounded like he was on the edge of considering the very act. Overall, he was down, depressed, and out. I did my best to comfort him on my own, but to little improvement. My other friends were concerned about this friend, for we were all friends. Later as we all got home from school, this friend of mine left the group chat, to which we were all extremely worried about. At that moment, the Holy Spirit prompted me to go into prayer to pray and petition The LORD that he may help and deliver my friend out of his sorrows as soon as possible. The Holy Spirit helped me pray with perfect assurance and faith, and he also prompted me to tell other people to pray for my friend. Overall, around seven more people prayed for my friend, and we were all praying hard and faithfully. Two days later, he confessed that he was in a good mood, and he was truly delivered out of his sorrows. It was a very quick response to our prayers, and we all praised the LORD so much for doing this wonderful thing in our eyes. The Holy Spirit was key to this miracle happening. Without him prompting us to pray for him, we would probably be in a very different and more negative situation right now.

In another situation, The Holy Spirit one evening told me to write down various Bible verses on around 20 sticky note pads. I did as he commanded me to do, with a slight implication as to what was happening, that is giving these Bible verses to people the next day. And this is what happened: I ended up giving these good and encouraging and faithful Bible verses to various people, knowing that I did my part, and the Holy Spirit would do his part in helping these people grow more in their faith. There were a few people who were in real need of these Bible verses, like one of my friends who was making videos about Jesus Christ on TikTok, in an effort to get them to choose to repent of their sins and turn to Christ, but he was worried that he may be persecuted. So, using one of the Bible verses, and in the power of the Holy Spirit, we gave him Revelation 3:5, and his faith right then and there was strengthened. Once again, the Holy Spirit worked wonders in my life, and all what I had to do was trust in him, and it really did work out.

And in one more situation that I will share, earlier this year, the second week of June, we were in Hawaii. Yes, it was a very nice place, and one must give thanks to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit for creating such a beautiful place with very nice people. The beauty of Hawaii is truly a great testament to God's perfect will in creation. But the demons there were constantly tempting us to sin, especially me. I was especially tempted to sin before God numerous times, but by calling upon the Lord for strength, he gave me the Holy Spirit. The battle was mostly in the mind, and it was a titanic spiritual battle, a battle between good thoughts, and evil thoughts that can bring sin into our lives. Overall, I had to rely 100% on the Holy Spirit to help me out, and he really did. Despite the powerful temptations in Hawaii, I did not sin, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, I held fast to the very end of our week-long vacation for Christ, and we truly did win that spiritual battle for the Risen Lord, by the power and Love of the Holy Spirit. And this teaches us an important lesson: to call upon the Holy Spirit to help us and to save us, so that we may be with the Risen One at the end of time forever. Rely on the Holy Spirit's Love and guidance, and you will feel God's Love.

Never turn away from Christ my brothers and sisters. Always love him and always abide in him as he abides in us. May the Grace of Lord Jesus Christ and his Holy Saints be with you all always. Amen.