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Sanctification, holy living, obedience, and growth in grace
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Morning, December 18
Joe 2:13
… It is a secret grief which is personally experienced , not in mere form, but as a deep, soul-moving work of the Holy Spirit upon the inmost heart …
SERMON • SERMON 176The Prodigal's Return
Luke 15:20
… If I had been let alone to form my notion of God, entirely from Holy Scripture, I feel, that with the assistance of his Holy Spirit it would …
DEVOTIONALMorning, January 4
2Pe 3:18
… May God the Holy Spirit enable you to “ grow in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour .” He who grows not in the knowledge of Jesus, refuses to …
DEVOTIONALMorning, February 5
1Jn 4:14
… the new covenant? He who knoweth the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost as he should know them, never setteth one before another in his love …
DEVOTIONALMorning, November 3
Acts 9:11
… therefrom. “Faith asks no signal from the skies, To show that prayers accepted rise, Our Priest is in His holy place, And answers from the throne of grace.”
DEVOTIONALEvening, January 18
Lu 24:27
… When Jesus himself sought to enrich others, he wrought in the quarry of Holy Scripture. The favoured pair were led to consider the best of subjects , for Jesus …
SERMON • SERMON 1146Consolation For The Despairing
Psalm 31:22
… Surely we may expect the Divine help of the Holy Spirit in our endeavor to console them, for the special office of the Holy Spirit under the present …
SERMON • SERMON 3065The Third Beatitude
Matthew 5:5
… But now there is something really given to him by the Grace of God—not a negative quality, but a positive proof of the work of the Holy …
DEVOTIONALMorning, January 11
Lu 8:13
… a follower of Jesus, above all let me feel the energy of his Holy Spirit, and then I shall possess an abiding and enduring seed in my soul …
DEVOTIONALMorning, June 17
Ps 12:1
… Students, in doctrinal difficulties , may often obtain aid by lifting up this cry of “Help, Lord,” to the Holy Spirit, the great Teacher. Spiritual warriors in inward conflicts …
DEVOTIONALEvening, July 31
1Ch 9:33
… As mercy did not cease to rule either by day or by night, so neither did music hush its holy ministry. My heart, there is a lesson sweetly …
DEVOTIONALMorning, August 18
Je 51:51
… shame, for it was a terrible thing that men should intrude into the Holy Place reserved for the priests alone. Everywhere about us we see like cause for …
DEVOTIONALMorning, August 20
2Sa 23:1
Morning, August 20 Go To Evening Reading “The sweet psalmist of Israel.” 2 Samuel 23:1 Among all the saints whose lives are recorded in Holy Writ, David …
DEVOTIONALMorning, November 12
1Pe 1:7
… Meanwhile, if you cannot yet claim the result of long experience, thank God for what grace you have; praise him for that degree of holy confidence whereunto you …
DEVOTIONALEvening, December 27
Is 58:11
… if you live near to God, and your heart be kept warm with holy love. He goes not amiss who goes in the company of God. Like Enoch …
DEVOTIONALMorning, January 17
Rev 14:1
… He is the theme of the songs of all glorified spirits and holy angels. Christian, here is joy for thee; thou hast looked, and thou hast seen the …
DEVOTIONALMorning, March 7
Mk 11:22
… Faith is the oil enabling the wheels of holy devotion and of earnest piety to move well; and without faith the wheels are taken from the chariot, and …
DEVOTIONALEvening, April 8
Ps 23:4
… for thou art with me.” Psalm 23:4 Behold, how independent of outward circumstances the Holy Ghost can make the Christian! What a bright light may shine within …
DEVOTIONALMorning, September 20
Jdg 7:20
… name determine to go out personally and serve with our flaming torch of holy example, and with our trumpet tones of earnest declaration and testimony, and God shall …
SERMON • SERMON 2306Servitude Or Service—Which?
2 Chronicles 12:8
… He had committed the Holy Oracles to the seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—they were, from before the foundation of the world, set apart in the eternal …
SERMON • SERMON 2779Heart-communing
1 Kings 10:2
… But if you have the inner eyes that have been enlightened by the Holy Spirit, and if your heart discerns the invisible Presence of the once-crucified but …
DEVOTIONALMorning, July 17
1Th 1:4
… The assurance of the Holy Spirit shall be given to you, so that you shall be able to say, “I know whom I have believed, and I am …
DEVOTIONALEvening, October 1
Ps 84:11
… How soon we may have glory none can tell! It may be before this month of October has run out we shall see the Holy City; but be …
DEVOTIONALMorning, November 27
Zec 3:1
… nigh by the blood of Christ, and has been taught to minister in holy things, and enter into that which is within the veil. Jesus has made us …
SERMON • SERMON 2742Question and Exclamation
Jeremiah 3:19
… The Lord give us wisdom, by His Holy Spirit, to understand and know these things—and to put our understanding to practical account by returning to Him, for …
SERMON • SERMON 3464True Worship
Psalm 50:14
… The mere repetition of holy words can never be acceptable sacrifices to God. There are some who from their childhood have been taught to say a form of …
DEVOTIONALMorning, January 2
Col 4:2
… Pray that this year thou mayst be holy, humble, zealous, and patient; have closer communion with Christ, and enter oftener into the banqueting-house of his love. Pray …
DEVOTIONALEvening, January 15
Ps 109:4
… David did not cry once, and then relapse into silence; his holy clamour was continued till it brought down the blessing. Prayer must not be our chance work …
DEVOTIONALEvening, January 9
Ps 100:2
… Without oil the axle soon grows hot, and accidents occur; and if there be not a holy cheerfulness to oil our wheels, our spirits will be clogged with …
DEVOTIONALEvening, January 19
Lu 24:45
… The most unlearned of men become ripe scholars in the school of grace when the Lord Jesus by his Holy Spirit unfolds the mysteries of the kingdom to …
DEVOTIONALEvening, January 23
Song 1:4
… remember thy love, O Jesus as it was manifest to us in thy holy life, from the manger of Bethlehem to the garden of Gethsemane. We track thee …
DEVOTIONALMorning, February 17
Ge 25:11
… Let us learn to live in the presence of the living God; let us pray the Holy Spirit that this day, and every other day, we may feel …
DEVOTIONALEvening, August 9
Mk 16:9
… Her holy fidelity made her a favoured beholder of her beloved Rabboni , who deigned to call her by her name, and to make her his messenger of good …
DEVOTIONALMorning, September 1
Ps 73:24
… In his written Word thou hast this assurance in part fulfilled, for holy Scripture is his counsel to thee. Happy are we to have God’s Word always …
SERMON • SERMON 1696The Bird Escaped from the Snare
Psalm 124:7
… A certain good man is often melancholy. "Ah," says Satan, "that is how you ought to be—you ought to be bowed down with holy sorrow." I remember …
SERMON • SERMON 1155The Chariots Of Amminadib
Solomon 6:12
… When they have gone forth to visit the sick, the sorrowful and the dying, they have heard such delightful expressions from the lips of holy, suffering men and …
DEVOTIONALMorning, January 13
1Ki 22:48
… O for such love to Jesus that, like him, we may be holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners; for if it be not so with us, we …
DEVOTIONALEvening, March 18
Jn 15:9
… May the Holy Ghost lead us into its marrow and fatness!
DEVOTIONALEvening, August 19
Ps 31:4
… If by faith we are depending alone upon the strength of the mighty God of Israel, we may use our holy reliance as a plea in supplication. “Lord …
DEVOTIONALEvening, March 6
Pr 18:12
… graces or thy talents? Art thou proud of thyself, that thou hast had holy frames and sweet experiences? Mark thee, reader, there is a destruction coming to thee …