November 27

I die daily. —1 Corinthians 15:31.

IS my warfare against sin a daily and hourly warfare, carried on in humble dependence on God, through the offered aids of the Holy Spirit? Do I take to myself, for the conflict, the whole armor of God; the girdle of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God? Do I carry on the contest with earnest prayer and constant watchfulness? Do I seek to be not only dead to sin, but alive to God and his service?

Daily remembrance of God is the source of daily obedience to God.—J. MASON.

To the Christian the little events of daily life tend wonderfully to his sanctification, though he may not know it at the time. This discharge of duty, this trial of patience, this denial of self, this loss, or suffering, or affliction, each, like the finishing strokes of the sculptor, here strikes off an excrescence, and there brings out a beauty of form or feature, till at last the work is completed, and the finished image is prepared for the upper temple.

Father, help me every hour,

Faithfully to walk with thee;

Mine the life, through thine the power,

Working grace divine in me.

Let thy strength in me appear;

Heaven's own light upon me shine;

All around me feel thee near;

And the glory, Lord, be thine!