Active, Operating, Influential
Principles of the Life by John McDuff It is the work of the
Blessed Spirit to take of the things of Christ and to show
them to the soul to reveal to us the precious benefits of redemption
and the riches of divine grace, and to present them to us in
such a transforming and convincing and penetrating form, as that
they shall not only become sources of abiding comfort to the heart,
but active, operating, influential principles of the life. It is
the work of the Blessed Spirit to be the comforter of the children
of God. Yes, wherever a believer is afflicted,
wherever he sheds a sorrowful tear, wherever he is pained by
some heart-rending grief, wherever he is bowed beneath some oppressive
burden, there is the comforter to cheer, to solace, to sustain
pointing him from the wound to its balm, from the grief to its
ultimate cure, from present suffering to eternal rest at God's right
hand. The Holy Spirit is not a traveler
to sojourn for a season, but He is a friend to abide and dwell
with you, a spiritual mentor to be always near, to guide you
in all seasons of perplexity, to strengthen you in all times
of weakness, when you are discouraged to uphold you, when you are wandering
to lead you back, when you are nearly overcome in your spiritual
conflict, to bring you more of His divine strength and grace. This Puritan devotional has been
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