And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever -  John 14:16 

 

In his great book, Spiritual Breakthroughs, Bruce Wilkinson writes: '”I made a dramatic breakthrough when I discovered that right before every temptation, my emotions were distressed (inwardly agitated) and that I was actually seeking for comfort. That's when I remembered the promise, 'I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever' (John 14:16). 'Incredibly, Jesus gave us the Holy Spirit to be our ever-present source of comfort. I wondered what would happen if I specifically asked Him to comfort me in the time of temptation. 'I decided to try. I prayed: 'Dear Holy Spirit, I'm in desperate need of you. I don't want to sin - please comfort me now.' At first nothing happened. How discouraged I felt. But then I slowly became aware of something - I felt comforted. I didn't know exactly when I was comforted, I only knew that I was - that my soul felt soothed and no longer in pain. When I turned back toward the temptation, it had miraculously slithered back into the darkness, far away from my senses. I was free. 'I've prayed to my Comforter many times since, and I've discovered two immutable truths (1) the Holy Spirit always - and I mean always - completes His responsibility in my heart (2) He always gives me His comfort within 3 minutes, though I can never put my finger on the moment when He does. I call this prayer for comfort my '3-minute temptation-buster'. Why don't you try it?