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Waiting for the Spirit

The founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance, A. B. Simpson, died 98 years ago on October 29, 1919. In this anthology compiled by Harry Verploegh, Simpson writes about waiting for the Spirit.

by A. B. Simpson

The promises of God are for those that wait for Him, and the spiritual life which, in some respects instantaneous in its operations, in others, is progressive.

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The greatest harm that we can do is the attempt to do anything at all when we are not prepared and when we do not understand our Master’s will.

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There are times when the most masterly thing we can exercise is inactivity, and there are times when the most mischievous thing we can do is to do anything at all.

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God cannot use us until we come to the end of ourselves and see our utter worthlessness and helplessness and then put on His mighty strength and go forth, crying, “I am not sufficient even to think anything as of myself, but my sufficiency is of God.”

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There are some spiritual conditions that cannot be accomplished in a moment.

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We do not wait enough upon the Lord. We do not spend sufficient time at the Mercy Seat. We allow the rush and hurry of life to drive us off, and we lose time instead of gaining it by our reckless haste.

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Without the Holy Ghost you are unequal to the journey of life; you are unfit for the service of the Master; you are unwarranted in attempting to preach the gospel or to win a soul for Christ, and you are unprepared for the future which He is immediately opening to you.

—from The Holy Spirit, Volume II

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