THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST

 EVENING DEVOTION

OCTOBER 23

 

Romans 15:13

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Ghost.

 
The Holy Spirit is a divine person,
  equal with the Father and the Son,
   in power, majesty, and glory.
 
Without his agency salvation is impossible.
 
He quickens us when dead in trespasses and sins.
 
He teaches us when ignorant and bewildered.
 
He sanctifies us when polluted and depraved.
 
He comforts us when depressed and cast down.
 
He helps us in prayer, against temptation, and out of many difficulties.
 
His power produces our graces, quickens them when dull, and keeps them alive.
 
He witnesses to our adoption, and seals us unto the day of redemption.
 
We are his workmanship and his temple.
 
He is our teacher, comforter, and inward intercessor.
 
Hie power alone can make the gospel effectual,
   subdue the corruptions of our hearts,
     and conform us to the likeness of the Lord Jesus.
 
He convinces us of sin, unfolds to us the glories of Jesus,
  works faith in our hearts, leads us to the fountain of his blood,
    clothes us in his perfect righteousness, unites us to his person,
        and teaches us to live upon him.
 
The great thing we want in the Church, and in our hearts, is to experience
    “The power of the Spirit of God.”
 

Come, Holy Ghost, thy power display,

Thy working let me prove;

Chase darkness, doubt, and fear away,

And fill my soul with love.

 
James Smith