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Research on teen Us of AI chatbots in America
Daily prayer habits vs. chatbot use
Greek Word Study on the Holy Spirit as “helper”
Article about the Gnostics
Article about FOMO
Barna Study on Pastors and Trust in AI
Recent lawsuits against AI companies
Gen Z study revealing “The Loneliest Generation”
Article about humanity’s fear of public speaking
AI power usage - study by MIT
Forbes article on AI threats
Day 1 - The Holy Spirit is our Advocate
Many teens are turning to AI chatbots for friendship and emotional support (American Psychological Association Report)
A comparison of Daily Prayer habits versus Daily Chatbot and social media habits among US teens - Source: Pew (see images below)
Strongs gives a helpful word study on the Greek paráklētos (from pará, which means"from close-beside" and kaléō, to"make a call").
Day 2 - The Holy Spirit Guides us in Truth
Who were the Gnostics? You can read this great article about them here.
I share some bullet points on their views overall about this article on FOMO and AI.
Day 3 - The Holy Spirit Counsels Us
AI is Becoming a Spiritual Authority, Even Among Practicing Christians (Barna, May 2026)
Gen-Z, The Loneliness Epidemic And The Unifying Power Of Brands (Forbes):
“Loneliness is a growing epidemic in most developed countries. Young people aged 16 to 24 feel more lonely than any other age group, including people aged 65 and over. Indeed, 73% of Gen-Z report feeling alone sometimes or always. Loneliness can be as damaging to health as smoking 15 cigarettes per day. And people who experience social isolation have a 32% higher risk of early death.”
Day 4 - The Holy Spirit Gives us Boldness
Report on public speaking and just how many people fear it
Day 6 - The Holy Spirit Empowers Us
MIT Technology Review recently shared that “by 2028 more than half of the electricity going to data centers will be used for AI. At that point, AI alone could consume as much electricity annually as 22% of all US households.”
ChatGPT has one billion queries, on average, each day.
One billion of these every day for a year would mean over 109 gigawatt-hours of electricity, enough to power 10,400 US homes for a year. If we add images and imagine that generating each one requires as much energy as it does with our high-quality image models, it’d mean an additional 35 gigawatt-hours, enough to power another 3,300 homes for a year. This is on top of the energy demands of OpenAI’s other products, like video generators, and that for all the other AI companies and startups.
~ From: We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The AI energy footprint today is the smallest it will ever be. They’re cutting deals with government, investing in the grid, and developing more nuclear power, simply to ensure AI can be powered to match its growth and demand.
Day 8 - The Holy Spirit Leads Us Closer to the Father
Just take a minute to read this short article of some of those fears about how AI could go wrong over at Forbes.
Further reading on A.I. and the Holy Spirit
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