May 24 1999

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Gracious Spirit
Come, Holy Dove,
Descend on silent pinion,
Brood o'er my sinful soul
with patient love,

Till all my being owns Thy mild
dominion.
Spirit of grace,

Reveal in me my Saviour,
That I may gaze upon His mirrored Face,
Till I reflect it in my whole behaviour.

—Richard Wilton, quoted in
You Can Say That Again

No Waiting
There is no need for us to wait, as the one hundred and twenty had to wait, for the Spirit to come. For the Holy Spirit did come on the day of Pentecost, and has never left his church. Our responsibility is to humble ourselves before his sovereign authority to determine not to quench him, but to allow him his freedom. For then our churches will again manifest those marks of the Spirit's presence, which many young people are specially looking for, namely biblical teaching, loving fellowship, living worship, and an ongoing, outgoing evangelism.

—John Stott in
Authentic Christianity

We Know the Power
When we know we have most of Christ, when we love Him most, live for Him most, we know that the Holy Spirit is within us in power.

—F. B. Meyer in
A Castaway and Other Addresses

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—A. W. Tozer in
The Counselor

Using the Power
Waste of power is a tragedy. God does not waste the great power of his Spirit on those who want it simply for their own sake, to be more holy, or good, or gifted. His great task is to carry on the work for which Jesus sacrificed his throne and his life—the redemption of fallen humanity.

—Alan Redpath in
The Life of Victory

It Keeps on Building When the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost, it wasn't dynamite, it was a dynamo! Dynamite makes a loud noise, kicks up a lot of dust, and it's over. A dynamo is a continual source of power. It builds and builds ...