e of every moment, on whom we constantly depend to lead
our every step.

Let Him also be the sufficiency and strength of all the day. Let us never
forget the secret: "I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth
me." Let us have Jesus Christ Himself in us to do the works, and let us
every moment fall back on Him, both to will and do in us of His good
pleasure. Let our holiness be "the law of the spirit of life in Christ
Jesus." Let our health be the "life of Jesus manifest in our mortal
flesh." Let our faith be "the faith of the Son of God who loved us." Let
our peace and joy be His peace and joy. And let our service be not our
works, but the grace of Christ within us.

JULY 12.

"When ye pray, believe that ye receive" (Mark xi. 24).

Consecration is entered by an act of faith. You are to take the gift from
God, believe you have, and confess that you have it. Step out on it
firmly, and let the devil know you have it as well as the Lord. When once
you say to Him boldly, "I am Thine," He answers back from the heavenly
heights, "Thou art Mine," and the echoes go ringing down through all your
life, "Mine! Thine!" If you dare confess Christ as your Saviour and
Sanctifier He has bound Himself to make it a reality, but you must stand
behind His mighty Word. It is the essence of testimony to tell of what
Jesus has promised to become to you. It is right to have glorious words of
thanksgiving, but these are not exactly testimony. God would have us put
our seal on the promises, and lift up our hands and acknowledge them as
ours.

Then you are to ignore the old life and reckon it no longer yours if it
should come up again. Every time it appears say, "This is from the under
world. I am sitting in the heavenly places with Christ."

JULY 13.

"Even Christ pleased not Himself" (Rom. xv. 3).

Let this be a day of self-forgetting ministry for Christ and others. Let
us not once think of being ministered unto, but say ever with Him: "I am
among you as He that doth serve." Let us not drag our burdens through the
day, but drop all our loads of care and be free to carry His yoke and His
burden. Let us make the happy exchange, giving ours and taking His. Let
the covenant be: "Thou shalt abide for Me, I also for thee." So shall we
lose our heaviest load--ourselves--and so shall we find our highest joy,
divine love, the more blessed "to give" than "to receive." Let us do good
to all men as we have opportunity