Morning, November 21 Go To Evening Reading “Grieve not the Holy Spirit.” —Ephesians 4:30 All the believer has must come from Christ, but it comes solely through the channel of the Spirit of grace. Moreover, as all blessings thus flow to you through the Holy Spirit, no good thing can come out of you in holy thought, devout worship, or gracious act apart from the sanctifying operation of the same Spirit. Even if the good seed be sown in you, it lies dormant except he worketh in you to will and to do his own good pleasure. Do you desire to speak for Jesus? How can you do it unless the Holy Ghost touches your tongue? Do you want to pray? Alas! What dull work it is unless the Spirit maketh intercession for you! Do you desire to subdue sin? Would you be holy? Would you imitate your Master? Do you wish to rise to superlative heights of spirituality? Do you want to be made like the angels of God, full of zeal and ardor for the Master’s cause? You cannot without the Spirit—“Without me,
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Morning, November 20 Go To Evening Reading “O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul.” —Lamentations 3:58 Observe how positively the prophet speaks. He does not say, “I hope, I trust, I sometimes think, that God hath pleaded the causes of my soul,” but he speaks of it as a matter of fact not to be disputed. “Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul.” Let us, by the aid of the gracious Comforter, shake off those doubts and fears which so much mar our peace and comfort. Be this our prayer, that we may have done with the harsh croaking voice of surmise and suspicion and may be able to speak with the clear, melodious voice of full assurance. Notice how gratefully the prophet says, ascribing all the glory to God alone! You perceive there is not a word concerning himself or his own pleadings. He doth not ascribe his deliverance in any measure to any man, much less to his own merit, but it is “ thou ”—“O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my l