September 18

Ephesians 5:1
THE Holy Spirit, a divine Person, has been sent to earth by the Father and Son (John 14:16; 15:2616And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; (John 14:16)
26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: (John 15:26)) to guide the Church through this present scene. All believers are born of the Spirit and baptized by Him into Christ’s Body. He indwells them individually and is the One who reveals the truth, makes Christ precious, and enables them to triumph daily over all the power of the enemy. All believers have the Holy Spirit thus dwelling in them, but it is another thing to be filled with the Spirit. He wants to have complete control of the life, that every thought may be conformed to the obedience of Christ. As we yield ourselves unto God in true surrender, and reckon ourselves dead to sin in the death of Christ, the Holy Spirit becomes the power for holiness and guards us from the evil that is in the world.
“Our blest Redeemer, are He breathed
His tender last farewell,
A Guide, a Comforter bequeathed,
With us to dwell.
And His that gentle voice we hear,
Soft as the breath of even,
That checks each fault that calms each fear,
And speaks of heaven.
And every virtue we possess.
And every conquest won,
And every thought of holiness,
Are His alone.
Spirit of purity and grace,
Our weakness, pitying, see;
Oh, make our hearts Thy dwelling-place,
And worthier Thee!”
—Harriet Auber.