February 28

God maketh my heart soft.—Job 23:16.

IS it my daily prayer, that my heart may not only be made soft, but kept so, through the influence of the Holy Spirit? Is my conscience enlightened, tender, sensitive to the very approach of sin? Do I watch against the hardening influences of the world, with its many allurements and temptations? When I read or hear the word of God, do I open my heart to its influence? And by constant communion with Christ, do I live, continually, under the power of his love?

If I would be of one spirit with Christ, I must do all things to please him. This should be my express purpose at all times, lest my own will come to be the rule of my action.—BISHOP WILSON.

Gospel holiness includes a heart broken for sin; a heart broken off from sin; and a heart in perpetual conflict with sin.—MEDLEY.

Pray for a soft heart and a retentive memory. Often speak of the sermons and truths that you hear, and get them harrowed into your hearts, that Satan may be cheated, and your souls be saved.—MCCHEYNE.

This heart of stone to flesh convert,

The veil of sin once more remove;

Drop thy warm blood upon my heart,

And melt it with thy dying love.

This rebel heart by love subdue,

And make, and keep it, soft and new.

—WESLEY.