Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quick’ning pow’rs;
Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours.
Look, how we grovel here below,
Fond of these earthly toys;
Our souls, how heavily they go,
To reach eternal joys.
In vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.
Father, and shall we ever live
At this poor dying rate,
Our love so faint, so cold to Thee,
And Thine to us so great?
Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quick’ning pow’rs;
Come, shed abroad a Savior’s love,
And that shall kindle ours.
Isaac Watts, 1707
Romans 8:6-11
The Holy Spirit enables us to live a life that honors Christ. He empowers us to overcome temptation. He convicts us when we do sin. He helps us understand and recall Scripture. Jesus and God the Father knew how much we would need the Spirit’s help. In 2024, lets resolve to lean more on the Spirit.