Day 16: Lips Are Sanctified

With it, he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.” Isaiah 6:7. By His heavenly gifts, the Lord has made ample provision for His people. An earthly parent cannot give his child a sanctified character. He cannot transfer his character to…

Day 15: Heart Changed

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and…

Day 14: Dry Bones Vivified

And [I] shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord. Ezekiel 37:14. It is not the human agent that is to inspire with life. The Lord God…

Day 13: Clay in the Hands of the Potter

And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith…

Day 12: Part Takers of Divine Nature

Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. (2 Peter 1:4) A healthy Christian is one whom has Christ formed within, the hope of glory. He loves truth, purity,…

Day 11: Born Again

Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again. John 3:3. Thy kingdom comes, thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). The whole life of Christ upon earth was lived for the purpose of manifesting the will of…

Day 10: Emptying the Vessel

So that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then, you will shine among them like stars in the sky. Philippians 2:15. Transformation of character is to be the testimony to the world of the indwelling love of Christ. The Lord expects His people to…

Day 9: Opening the Heart

I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me, you can do nothing. John 15:5. The Lord desires to make man the repository of divine influence, and the only thing that hinders the accomplishment of God’s designs is that…

Day 8: Placing Self Aside

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Philippians 3:7. It is through the church that the self-sacrificing love of Jesus is to be made manifest to the world, but by the present example of the church the character of Christ is misrepresented, and a false conception of Him is…

Day 7: Feeling Our Spiritual Need

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. Luke 18:13. We should be often in prayer. The outpouring of the Spirit of God came in answer to earnest prayer. But mark this fact…

Day 16: Lips Are Sanctified