{"id":70782,"date":"2026-01-16T13:02:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inchristmessage.org\/wordpress\/?p=70782"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:02:50","slug":"why-truth-dont-change-your-mind-or-set-you-free-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-185","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inchristmessage.org\/wordpress\/?p=70782","title":{"rendered":"John Chapter 16 &#8211; The Father\u2019s Timing with Brenda Gray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2026 January 18th Streaming<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Chapter 16 - The Father\u2019s Timing with Brenda Gray\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7R73a1IB-b4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Timing is everything! The success or failure of an action, opportunity, or event heavily depends on \u201cwhen\u201d it happens, not just \u201cwhat\u201d it is, emphasizing that the right moment is crucial for achieving the desired outcome.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s about aligning one\u2019s action with external conditions and one\u2019s readiness for them. This is done in the hopes of maximizing the positive impact of the action that is done.<\/p>\n<p>In the natural, good timing often involves intuition, patience, and being aware of the flow of events.<\/p>\n<p>As we will see in John chapter 16, the Father\u2019s \u201cgood\u201d timing of sending the Holy Spirit was dependent upon two things; \u201cExternal\u201d conditions, and the disciples\u2019 \u201cinternal\u201d readiness to receive Him.<\/p>\n<p>The external conditions are apparent to us (post-resurrection readers); the crucifixion, death, burial and resurrection of the Christ, but for the disciples the things that Jesus would share with them were shrouded in questions, confusion, grief and fear concerning the unknown.<\/p>\n<p>The on-going dialog between Jesus and His disciples created the ideal conditions in the disciples for the coming of the Holy Spirit &#8211; \u201ccognitive dissonance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The discomfort, anxiety, avoiding asking questions, all signs of cognitive dissonance, would provide a platform of \u201cinner readiness\u201d for the disciples to receive the Holy Spirit and His guidance.<\/p>\n<p>I trust the Father as we continue in our discussion, our hearts and minds are prepared as we receive the Spirit of truth\u2019s guidance into Spiritual revelation and understanding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 January 18th Streaming Timing is everything! The success or failure of an action, opportunity, or event heavily depends on \u201cwhen\u201d it happens, not just \u201cwhat\u201d it is, emphasizing that the right moment is crucial for achieving the desired outcome. It\u2019s about aligning one\u2019s action with external conditions and one\u2019s readiness for them. This is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brenda-gray"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inchristmessage.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inchristmessage.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inchristmessage.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inchristmessage.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inchristmessage.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inchristmessage.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70783,"href":"https:\/\/www.inchristmessage.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70782\/revisions\/70783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inchristmessage.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inchristmessage.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inchristmessage.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}