4).

Blessed secret of spiritual purity, victory and joy, of physical life and
healing, and all power for service. Filled with the Spirit there is no
room for self or sin, for fret or care. Filled with the Spirit we repel
the elements of disease that are in the air as the red-hot iron repels the
water that touches it. Filled with the Spirit we are always ready for
service, and Satan turns away when he finds the Holy Ghost enrobing us in
His garments of holy flame. Not half-filled, but filled with the Spirit is
the place of victory and power.

This is not only a privilege; it is a command, and He who gave it will
enable us to fulfill it if we bring it to Him with an empty, honest,
trusting heart, and claim our privilege in the name of Jesus and for the
glory of God.

Holy Ghost, I bid Thee welcome;
Come and be my Holy Guest;
Heavenly Dove within my bosom,
Make Thy home and build Thy nest;
Lead me on to all Thy fulness,
Bring me to Thy Promised Rest,
Holy Ghost, I bid Thee welcome,
Come and be my Holy Guest.

MARCH 5.

"I have overcome the world" (John xvi. 33).

Christ has overcome for us every one of our four terrible foes--Sin,
Sickness, Sorrow, Satan. He has borne our Sin, and we may lay all, even
down to our sinfulness itself, on Him. "I have overcome for thee." He has
borne our sickness, and we may detach ourselves from our old infirmities
and rise into His glorious life and strength. He has borne our sorrows,
and we must not even carry a care, but rejoice evermore, and even glory in
tribulations also. And He has conquered Satan for us, too, and left him
nailed to the cross, spoiled and dishonored and but a shadow of himself.
And now we have but to claim His full atonement and assert our victory,
and so "overcome him by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our
testimony."

Beloved, are we overcoming sin? Are we overcoming sickness? Are we
overcoming sorrow? Are we overcoming Satan?

Fear not, though the strife be long;
Faint not, though the foe be strong;
Trust thy glorious Captain's power;
Watch with Him one little hour,
Hear Him calling, "Follow me.
"I have overcome for thee."

MARCH 6.

"Lean not unto thine own understanding" (Prov. iii. 5).

Faith is hindered by reliance upon human wisdom, whether our own or the
wisdom of others. The devil's first bait to Eve was an offer of wisdom,
and for this she sold her faith. "Ye shall be as gods," he said, "knowing
good an