Holiness

Evening, March 11

Is 62:12

… Glory be to infinite love, God the Holy Spirit restored us! The lives of some of God’s people, if they could be written would fill us with …

Evening, November 30

Rev 12:7

… Michael will always fight ; his holy soul is vexed with sin, and will not endure it. Jesus will always be the dragon’s foe, and that not in …

Evening, June 7

Rev 3:19

… This zeal is the fruit of the Holy Spirit: it draws its vital force from the continued operations of the Holy Ghost in the soul. If our inner …

Evening, July 1

Ge 3:8

… I am sure that he will condescend to have fellowship with me, for he has given me his Holy Spirit to abide with me forever. Sweet is the …

Morning, October 18

Ps 65:11

… Oh! the delights of fellowship with Jesus! Earth hath no words which can set forth the holy calm of a soul leaning on Jesus’ bosom. Few Christians understand …

Morning, October 24

Ps 104:16

… There must be life —a vital principle infused into us by God the Holy Ghost, or we cannot be trees of the Lord. The mere name of being …

Evening, November 4

Ps 36:9

… Descriptions all fall flat and tame unless the Holy Ghost fills them with life and power; till our Immanuel reveals himself within, the soul sees him not. If …

Evening, May 27

2Sa 9:8

… Eminent saints have scarcely known to what to compare themselves, their sense of unworthiness has been so clear and keen. “I am,” says holy Rutherford, “a dry and …

Evening, March 14

Ps 39:1

… May the Holy Spirit guide us in all our ways; so shall they always please the Lord.

Evening, June 17

Nu 21:17

… In like manner, we who believe the promise of God should rejoice in the prospect of divine revivals in our souls, and as we experience them our holy …

Morning, March 25

Lu 22:48

… the much fair speech” of the world may have no effect upon me. Holy Spirit, let me not, a poor frail son of man, be betrayed with a …

Evening, April 28

Eze 3:7

… The first charge is impudence , or hardness of forehead, a want of holy shame, an unhallowed boldness in evil. Before my conversion, I could sin and feel no …

Morning, September 24

Ezr 8:22

… It is to be feared that few believers feel this holy jealousy for God; even those who in a measure walk by faith, occasionally mar the lustre of …

The Bitterness of the Cross

Zechaariah 12:10

… The Cross of Christ is the first resort of sorrow for sin and it is the last abode of holy Grief—where she lays aside her weeds and …

Morning, December 20

Je 31:3

… The Holy Spirit is often pleased, in a most gracious manner, to witness with our spirits of the love of Jesus. He takes of the things of Christ …

Strength And Recovery

Zechariah 10:12

… He is morally strong because He is infinitely holy, unquestionably just, immutably good. Righteousness and integrity are the bulwarks of His Kingdom. I speak of Him, now, not …

The Christian's Helmet

1 Thessalonians 5:8

… So we have here the name of God the Holy Spirit upon this helmet! A hope of salvation is the work of God the Holy Spirit in our …

A Cheering Incident at Bethabara

John 10:39-42

… If they cannot answer holy arguments with fair reasoning, they can give hard answers with stones. If you cannot destroy the reasoning, you may, perhaps, destroy the reasoner …

Psalm 70

Psalm 70

… more advanced race, and these shall not only feel joy, but shall with holy constancy and perseverance tell abroad their joy, and call upon men to glorify God …

Christ's Indwelling Word

Colossians 3:16

… THAT is a very beautiful name for Holy Scripture. I hardly remember to have met with it anywhere else—"Let the word of Christ dwell in you." Remember …

Owl or Eagle?

Psalm 102:6

… What a blessing it is that the saints of God, in the olden times, were moved by the Holy Spirit to write down their experiences. And what a …

Paul's Doxology

Ephesians 3:20

… It was not revealed to them in the olden time so clearly as now, but now unto the holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit, the Gospel is …

The Healing of One Born Blind

John 9:32

… Against the holy lives of Christians, unbelief has no power! Stand in serried phalanx, each man with his sword of holy living, covered in the power of the …

Something Done for Jesus

Matthew 26:10

… No, worse than that, He is persecuted by their blasphemy and hounded by their hatred! Have you not felt, when you have heard His holy name blasphemed, as …

The Blessed Guest Detained

Luke 24:28

… We have known that Jesus, Himself, drew near, and we have heard the Words of Holy Scripture as though they fell fresh from His lips, and thus they …

A Royal Funeral

John 19:38-42

… You see the Holy Child in the manger and you notice how all things round about minister strangely to Him. Throughout His life all things worked together for …

The Weakened Christ Strengthened

Luke 22:43

… That He was exceedingly weak is clear from the fact that an angel came from Heaven to strengthen Him, for the holy angels never do anything that is …

My Own Personal Holdfast

Micah 7:7

… Therefore, I urge you, by the holy effect of prayer, to believe it to be among the things honest and true. Such a holy thing, implanted in you …

Remembering God's Works

Psalm 111:4

… Blessed be His holy name, not one good thing has failed of all that He has promised! Have you ever lacked anything? Has your Lord been a wilderness …

Encourage Your Minister!

Deuteronomy 1:38

… A stream of holy wealth would flow through our Churches if each one would seek the other out with this aim of holy encouragement. How many a good …

Intercession and Supplication

Jeremiah 14:22

… THIS is an instance of amazing yet holy boldness. The Prophet had received from the Lord the explicit command, "Pray not for this people: for their good," and …

Glimpses of Essex and Cambridgeshire Life, 1853

… But I want more of the Holy Spirit; I do not feel enough — no, not half enough, — of His Divine energy. ‘Come Holy Spirit, come!’ Then men must …

Samuel and the Young Man Saul

1 Samuel 9:27

… Poor fallen woman, have you strolled in here tonight? There is something for you in the Holy Scriptures! Poor despairing man, far gone in despera- tion, there is …

The King in Pilate's Hall

John 18:37

… It is concerning that good confession that I am about to speak as the Holy Spirit shall graciously guide me. I. First, let us ask—WHAT WAS "THE …

Sermons — Their Matter

… Accurate explanations of Holy Scripture they are entitled to, and if you are “an interpreter, one of a thousand,” a real messenger of heaven, you will yield them …

Christ's Hospital

Psalm 147:3

… That is why the Divine Holy Spirit heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds with infinite power and unfailing skill. II. Now, secondly, we are …

A Sacred Solo

Psalm 28:7

… May the Holy Spirit enable us! Notice under what aspects God is thus laid hold of. Inwardly, first, as we have said, as our strength—"The Lord is …

Caleb—The Man For The Times

Numbers 14:24

… His spirit was not the Laodicean luke-warmness, which is neither hot nor cold, which God spits out of His mouth—it was a spirit of holy heat …

Great Pardon for Great Sin

Psalm 25:11

… Without their boastful showiness, you may "pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting." We need not be confined to special seasons when a summons is …

Marvelous Light

1 Peter 2:9

… But the Light of God—the marvelous Light of God, is the illumination caused by the Holy Spirit shining into the inmost recesses of the soul in full …