Have you never yet learned the lesson that
The Holy Spirit Works with Mighty Power,
While on the human side everything appears feeble?
While you are feeble and fighting and trembling,
In Faith in the Hidden Work of God’s Spirit do not fear,
But yield yourself.
The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things.
And the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.
Out of the fullness of the heart does the mouth speak.
For the heart is the man’s own self.
Whatever a sinner does comes from his heart;
All sins issue from the heart.
When we ask According to Covenant we are not asking for things which do not belong to us, rather are we Claiming what is Reserved for us in God.
Praying According to Covenant is not Praying without ground; it is instead Reclaiming for ourselves what has Already Been Given us in the Covenant.
As we Ask According to Covenant God must Stand on our side because of the Covenant.
FOR THIS REASON, often when we come to God According to the New Covenant of the Blood, we Claim instead of Ask.
This certainly does not suggestion we do not need to Pray today.
What is really meant here is that in today’s Prayer the element of Claiming should exceed that of asking.
Every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
And so He has Prepared His People,
Who are so ready when trial comes to be shaken in their confidence,
And to be moved from the Abiding in Christ,
To Hear in each affliction the Voice of a Messenger that Comes to Call them to Abide Still More Closely.
Yes, Believer, most specially in times of trial, Abide in Christ.
Of all plants, not one needs the pruning knife so unsparingly and so unceasingly.
None is so dependent on cultivation and training,
But with this one none yields a richer reward to the vinedresser.
The Vine!
JOHN 15:2
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
May we prostrate ourselves at the Lord’s Feet,
Beseeching Him to Enlighten us and to Keep us,
To Give us a Firm Desire to Please Him at any cost.
We really Thank God, for He Gives to the Church Two Great Treasures;
One is the Bible, the other is the Holy Spirit.
We will not err if we Truly Follow the Bible and the Holy Spirit.
Oh, how easily we err, how prone we are to be deceived.