Yielding to The Holy Spirit

“Why is faith in the Holy Spirit so seldom preached and practiced in Christendom? The world rules too much in the lives of Christians. Christians rarely live the heavenly life to which they are called in Christ Jesus. The love of the world—“the lust of the flesh” pleasure in eating, drinking, ease and comfort; “the lust of the eyes” delight in all that the world offers of beauty and possession; “and the pride of life” the self-exaltation in what the wisdom and power of humans have accomplished  (1 John 2.16)—robs the heart of its desire for the true self-denial that enables one to receive the Holy Spirit.”

—Andrew Murray