Written by Andrew Murray (1828-1917), a South African writer, teacher, and pastor.
There is often a question about the life of holiness. Do you grow into it? Or do you come into it by a crisis suddenly? Peter had been growing for three years under the training of Christ, but he had grown terribly downward, for the end of his growing was, he denied Jesus. And then there came a crisis. After the crisis he was a changed man and then he began to grow aright. We must indeed grow in grace, but before we can grow in grace we must be put right…Just as the Lord Jesus gave the Holy Spirit to Peter, He is willing to give the Holly Spirit to you. Are you willing to receive Him? Are you willing to give up yhourself entirely as an empty, helpless vessel, to receive the power of the Holy Spirit, to live, to dwell, and to work in you every day? Dear believer, God has prepared such a beautiful and such a blessed life for every one of us, and God as a Father is waiting to see why you will not come to Him and let Him fill you with the Holy Spirit.
Prayer:
Written by Ray Simpson, a contemporary author.
Circle me, Lord,
Keep protection near
and danger afar.
Circle me, Lord,
Keep light near
and darkness afar.
Circle me, Lord,
Keep peace within;
Keep evil out.
In the name of the Father,
And of the Son,
And of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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