DAILY?READINGS: Numbers 1; Psalms 144-145; Mark 11:27 to 12:17
And he (Samson) knew not that the Lord was departed from him. Judges 16:20
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God. Ephesians 4:30
Samson’s mighty deeds were the result of the Spirit of God coming upon him. But the day he sinned the Lord left him. He was captured, blinded and put to work like an ox. Today the Holy Spirit dwells in a believer and will never depart from him. But through unconfessed sin I can grieve the Holy Spirit and hinder His working in me and through me. How sad! When the Spirit convicts me of even the smallest sin, I must immediately confess and forsake it. Only an un-grieved Holy Spirit will use me for God’s glory. —David Croudace
We cannot be channels of blessing, if our lives are not free from known sin;
We will barriers be, and a hindrance to those we are trying to win.
—H. G. Smyth