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Sanctification, holy living, obedience, and growth in grace
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Morning, December 3
Song 4:7
… She often wanders from him, and grieves his Holy Spirit, but he does not allow her faults to affect his love. He sometimes chides, but it is always …
SERMON • SERMON 674The Mighty Arm
Psalm 89:13
… Is anything too hard for the Lord? Why limit the Holy One of Israel? God is not man that He should fail, nor the son of man that …
DEVOTIONALEvening, February 18
Lu 15:18
… not till I realize that I am forgiven, then I shall feel a holy love to my Father, and shall go through my Christian career, not only as …
DEVOTIONALEvening, February 23
Mk 10:21
… waking with to-morrow’s sun, you may go forth to the day’s cross with the holy and submissive spirit which becomes a follower of the Crucified.
DEVOTIONALEvening, February 26
Le 13:13
… We must confess that we are “nothing else but sin,” for no confession short of this will be the whole truth; and if the Holy Spirit be at …
DEVOTIONALMorning, August 16
Ps 29:2
… He is glorious in his character, for there is such a store of everything that is holy, and good, and lovely in God, that he must be glorious …
DEVOTIONALEvening, September 22
Ps 61:2
… O Lord, our God, by thy Holy Spirit, teach us the way of faith, lead us into thy rest. The wind blows us out to sea, the helm …
SERMON • SERMON 51Comfort for the Desponding
Job 29:2
… if you were to compare the Christian to a steam-engine, you must make his prayers, fed by the Holy Spirit, to be the very fire which sustains …
SERMON • SERMON 2486Overcoming Christ
Solomon 6:5
… Oh, no! There is a holy discipline in Christ's house that sometimes withholds the coveted blessing till we have learned to pray in downright earnest, but the …
SERMON • SERMON 3221'Yet There Is Room'
Luke 14:22
… All whom He has chosen unto eternal life have not yet believed in Jesus and been "sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of …
SERMON • SERMON 750A Triumphal Entrance
Psalm 24:9
… God the Holy Spirit comes in and helps our infirmities. And what we could not do because we are weak through the flesh, He helps us to do …
SERMON • SERMON 2913David's First Victory
1 Samuel 17:50
… Within certain limits, then— limits, we suppose, which there is little danger of transgressing in these mechanical, dry times—the types and the allegories of Holy Scripture may …
DEVOTIONALEvening, August 26
Mk 9:15
… Though Jesus is holy and just, yet blended with his purity there is so much of truth and grace, that sinners run to him amazed at his goodness …
DEVOTIONALMorning, October 30
Ps 9:1
… They too shall “sing in the ways of the Lord,” when they hear us magnify his holy name. Praise is the most heavenly of Christian duties. The angels …
SERMON • SERMON 1686With the Disciples on the Lake of Galilee
Matthew 8:27
… Whenever Jesus is near, the feeling of holy awe and solemn dread will steal over true disciples. I am afraid of that way of being so familiar with …
DEVOTIONALEvening, February 5
Mt 11:25
… has given, or to express assent to the great truths which God the Holy Ghost has opened to our understanding. What a privilege is intimate communion with the …
DEVOTIONALEvening, February 21
Ac 8:30
… As the Holy Ghost, the Author of the Scriptures is he who alone can enlighten us rightly to understand them, we should constantly ask his teaching, and his …
DEVOTIONALEvening, April 4
Is 2:3
… May God the Holy Spirit cut the cords that keep us here below, and assist us to mount! We sit too often like chained eagles fastened to the …
DEVOTIONALEvening, April 20
1Sa 18:17
… we charge you who are lovers of Jesus, to do valiantly in the Holy War, for truth and righteousness, for the kingdom and crown jewels of your Master …
DEVOTIONALEvening, July 6
Job 13:23
… is bitter, can yet stand before the blazing throne of the great and holy God, and cry, “Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died; yea …
DEVOTIONALEvening, December 6
Rev 1:13
… A girdle , for Jesus never was ungirt while upon earth, but stood always ready for service, and now before the eternal throne he stays not His holy ministry …
DEVOTIONALMorning, March 13
2Ki 7:3
… May the Holy Spirit embolden you to go at once, and you shall not believe in vain. When you are saved yourself, publish the good news to others …
DEVOTIONALEvening, June 20
Mk 1:18
… Should the reader be impressed with any duty while perusing these pages, let him hasten to fulfil it before the holy glow has departed from his soul, and …
SERMON • SERMON 91Christ Exalted
Hebrews 10:12-13
… at the right hand of the glorious Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, sits the person of the man Jesus Christ, exalted at the right hand of the …
DEVOTIONALMorning, January 19
Song 3:1
… Did you lose Christ by sin? You will find Christ in no other way but by the giving up of the sin, and seeking by the Holy Spirit …
DEVOTIONALEvening, February 28
1Ki 17:16
… For three long years, in this widow’s days, the heavens never saw a cloud, and the stars never wept a holy tear of dew upon the wicked …
DEVOTIONALMorning, June 12
Da 5:27
… You will find it a holy exercise to read some psalm of David, and, as you meditate upon each verse, to ask yourself, “Can I say this? Have …
DEVOTIONALMorning, October 31
Ps 51:10
… No man can be renewed without as real and true a manifestation of the Holy Spirit’s energy as he felt at first, because the work is as …
DEVOTIONALMorning, December 19
Pr 16:33
… not a sparrow falleth to the ground without your Father.” It would bring a holy calm over your mind, dear friend, if you were always to remember this …
DEVOTIONALEvening, January 16
Da 9:26
… Let all who trust in the merit of Messiah’s death be joyful at every remembrance of him, and let their holy gratitude lead them to the fullest …
DEVOTIONALMorning, February 26
Jon 2:9
… God’s Holy Spirit sanctifies me. Am I weaned from the world? I am weaned by God's chastisements sanctified to my good. Do I grow in knowledge …
DEVOTIONALEvening, March 15
2Ch 31:21
… The Holy Spirit helps our infirmities, but he does not encourage our idleness; he loves active believers. Who are the most useful men in the Christian church? The …
DEVOTIONALEvening, April 5
Pr 15:33
… If our heavenly Father were to let your unhumbled spirit win a victory in his holy war, you would pilfer the crown for yourself, and meeting with a …
DEVOTIONALMorning, April 20
Heb 2:14
… Ask grace from God the Holy Ghost, that by an intimate knowledge and a firm belief of thy Redeemer’s death, thou mayst be strengthened for that dread …
DEVOTIONALEvening, June 29
2Ch 32:31
… Therefore let us cry to God never to leave us . “Lord, take not thy Holy Spirit from us! Withdraw not from us thine indwelling grace! Hast thou not …
DEVOTIONALEvening, July 7
Eze 16:6
… self-same voice which is echoed by the arch-angel, “Live,” and as holy spirits rise to heaven to be blest forever in the glory of their God …
SERMON • SERMON 893Strong Consolation
Hebrews 6:17
… May the Holy Spirit help my infirmities and bless your souls. First, this morning, we shall, by the help of the text, find out the favored people who …
SERMON • SERMON 1928Our Ascended Lord
1 Peter 3:22
… The High Priest, on the Day of Atonement, lifted the mysterious veil which shut in the Holy of Holies. He passed within and the veil fell between him …
DEVOTIONALMorning, January 7
Php 1:21
… He began to do so when God the Holy Spirit convinced him of sin, and when by grace he was brought to see the dying Saviour making a …
DEVOTIONALEvening, March 22
Jn 17:24
… But no, it must not be; death smites the goodliest of our friends; the most generous, the most prayerful, the most holy, the most devoted must die. And …