Secret Power; or, The Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work — John Shaqi
Secret Power; or, The Secret of Success in Christian Life and WorkMoody, Dwight Lyman
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Secret Power; or, The Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work
Moody, Dwight Lyman
Baptism in the Holy Spirit; Christian life; Holy Spirit
How striking that is. I think there are many Christians who have had
that experience. They have been testifying, and found that while
talking for Christ the Spirit has just brought into mind some of the
sayings of the Lord Jesus Christ, and their mind was soon filled with
the Word of God. When we have the Spirit resting upon us, we can speak
with authority and power, and the Lord will bless our testimony and
bless our work. I believe the reason why God makes use of so few in
the Church, is because there is not in them the power that God can
use. He is not going to use our ideas, but we must have the Word of
God hid in our hearts, and then, the Holy Spirit inflaming us, we will
have the testimony which will be rich, and sweet, and fresh, and the
Lord's Word will vindicate itself in blessed results. God wants to use
us; God wants to make us channels of blessing; but we are in such a
condition He does not use us. That is the trouble; there are so many
men who have no testimony for the Lord; if they speak, they speak
without saying anything, and if they pray, their prayer is powerless;
they do not plead in prayer; their prayer is just a few set phrases
that you have heard too often. Now what we want, is to be so full of
the Word, that the Spirit coming upon us shall bring to mind--bring to
our remembrance--the words of the Lord Jesus.
In 1 Cor. ii, 9, it is written: "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath
prepared for them that love Him."
We hear that quoted so often in prayer--many a man weaves it into his
prayer and stops right there. And the moment you talk about Heaven,
they say, "Oh, we don't know anything about Heaven it hath not entered
into the heart of man; eye hath not seen; it is all speculation; we
have nothing to do with it; and they say they quote it as it is
written." "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard; neither have entered into
the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love
Him." What next--"but God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit."
You see the Lord hath revealed them unto us: "For the Spirit searches
all things--yea, the deep things of God." That is just what the Spirit
does.
LONG AND SHORT SIGHT.
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