Holy Spirit

Plain Words With the Careless

Luke 8:28

… O that the Holy Spirit may press home upon you the arguments which I try to use! You have heard the story of the Savior who came from …

Ten Wrong Kinds of Hearers

Isaiah 58:1

… If it comes to me with the power of the Holy Spirit, commending itself to my conscience, I will obey it, I will yield to it, for I …

Joyful Transformations

Isaiah 42:16

… Whatever the peculiar form of your besetting sin, the Holy Spirit is more than a match for it. Though you have sinned very foully, He can forgive—and …

Redeemed Souls Freed From Fear

… What then? Let us hear the use which the Holy Spirit makes of this fact: “He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us …

Our Motto

Ephesians 6:7

… May the Holy Spirit guide us while we reflect, secondly, that should this text become the inspiration of our life IT WOULD GREATLY ELEVATE OUR SPIRITS. What would …

Remember Lot's Wife

Luke 17:32

… May the Holy Spirit impress these weighty facts on all your hearts. The worst point, perhaps, about the perishing of Lot's wife lay in that she perished …

Mature Faith—Illustrated By Abraham's Offering Up Isaac

Genesis 22:2

… Secondly, Abraham had the expressed approval of God—"Now I know that you fear God." The man whose conscience bears witness with the Holy Spirit enjoys great peace …

Stambourne Meeting-House

… mistake whim for inspiration, and a childish preference for a call of the Holy Spirit. I once learnt a lesson, while thus fox-hunting, which has been very …

What Meanest Thou, O Sleeper?

Jonah 1:5-6

… O that the Holy Spirit may quicken and arouse you, perhaps he may do it through my voice, while again I adjure you. “What meanest thou, O sleeper …

I Will Give You Rest

… and then to each one individually, “I will give you rest.” May the Holy Spirit bring to each of us the fulness of the rest and peace of …

The Beauty Of The Olive Tree

Hosea 14:6

… The Believer in a healthy spiritual state, refreshed by the Holy Spirit as with the dew of Heaven, has a beauty like that of the olive tree in …

Open-Air Preaching — Remarks Thereon

… Only the other day I heard of a person to whom that appeal was made useful by the Holy Spirit. Look well to the ground you select, that …

Bands of Love; or, Union to Christ

… union to Christ is the sure consequence of the quickening influence of the Holy Spirit, and is indeed, in some respects, identical with it. When the Lord in …

All of Grace

Ephesians 2:8

… To which class do we belong? I hope that, by the witness of the Holy Spirit, we may be so assured of our safety as to sing, "The …

Early Religious Impressions

… As soon as children can learn evil, be assured that they are competent, under the teaching of the Holy Spirit, to learn good. In the household in which …

Jesus, The Substitute For His People

Romans 8:34

… May the Holy Spirit apply them to your souls and give you rest. I. And first you, as a Believer, cannot be condemned because CHRIST HAS DIED. The …

Hearken and Look; or, Encouragement for Believers

Isaiah 51:2-3

… O for the presence of the Holy Spirit, that the word may be full of the dew of heaven to refresh our souls. I. We shall first look …

Wheat in the Barn

… Oh Holy Spirit! let each of us be found transformed by thy power. II. The second word of our text is “gather”—that is A WORD OF CONGREGATION …

Grace for the Guilty

Isaiah 44:22

… Sabbath evening when he delivered an extempore discourse from a text which the Holy Spirit vividly impressed upon his mind while the congregation was singing the hymn immediately …

Love's Transformations—a Communion Meditation

John 14:28

… May God the Holy Spirit work in us abundantly to love Jesus who tenderly says, "If you loved Me, you would rejoice!" III. My third observation is that …

The Principal Wheat

… object in life; and, when you have found it out, then beseech the Holy Spirit to help you to choose that one thing, and to give all your …

Preaching in the Open Air

… Many years afterwards, I heard of a person to whom that appeal was made useful by the Holy Spirit. Pastor T. B. Field, now of Crewe, has kindly …

Communion With Christ And His People

… In meditation and its attendant thanksgiving we speak with our risen Lord, and by His Holy Spirit He answers us by creating fresh thought and emotion in our …

Psalm 63

Psalm 63

… God himself can satisfy the craving of a soul really aroused by the Holy Spirit. My flesh longeth for thee; by the two words soul and flesh , he …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage

… me, by his preaching, and by his conversations, through the power of the Holy Spirit, to the cross of Christ for the peace and pardon my weary soul …

Our Place—at Jesus' Feet

Luke 7:38

… We seem to say, "God is love, I know, I feel." For in our very hearts the love of God is shed abroad by the Holy Spirit. Then …

“Westwood”

… the same blessed process might be repeated by the effectual working of the Holy Spirit. At one time, bees were kept at " Westwood," and Mr. Spurgeon was intensely …

The Minister’s Ordinary Conversation

… Aim at excellence in both exercises, and if the Holy Spirit’s aid be called in, you will attain your desire. Here, perhaps, I may insert a canon …

God Forgiving Sin

Isaiah 55:7-9

… It is a trifle, a mere mistake, a failure of judgment, a little going aside—but when the Holy Spirit begins to deal with them sin grows to …

In the Hay-field

… There is a gospel in the hay-field, and that gospel we intend to bring out as we may be enabled by the Holy Spirit. Our text conducts …

An Inscription for the Mausoleum of the Saints

Hebrews 11:13

… The Holy Spirit puts Believers by themselves and speaks of them as, "These." Believers are a class by themselves, even when they die. It is idle to think …

The Messages of Our Lord's Love

Mark 16:7

… There shall you see Him"! I have thus far proceeded, crying to the Holy Spirit for help and now comes the fifth observation, with which we close. V …

An Indictment with Four Counts

Zephaniah 3:2

… However, I point out the fact and pray God that His Word may be directed as He wills by the Holy Spirit. The first sin is not hearkening …

Psalm 64

Psalm 64

… The most mischievous weapons of the wicked are words, even bitter words; but the Word is the chief weapon of the Holy Spirit: and as with this sword …

The Horns of the Altar

1 Kings 2:30

… Wherefore, may God the Holy Spirit lead you to resolve, "If I must die, I will die here." Listen to me, soul, whoever thou mayest be out of …

The Bird Escaped from the Snare

Psalm 124:7

… May the Holy Spirit prevent any child of God from turning aside, even for a moment, from the straight way. "Let them not turn again to folly," is …

A Mingled Strain

Psalm 51:7

… With all the failure of his patience, the Holy Spirit does not call it a failure, for He says, "You have heard of the patience of Job." He …

Taught That We May Teach

Ezekiel 40:4

… labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." May the Holy Spirit bring you to trust in Jesus at once and to the name of …

The Pastors’ College, 1861-1878

… All of us engaged in the enterprise feel our entire dependence upon the Holy Spirit; and, hence, we value, beyond all price, the prayers of the saints. We …

The Covenant Pleaded

Psalm 74:20

… and has brought you this far to put you to shame? Has His Holy Spirit given you confidence in a lie? And has He worked in you faith …