O Church arise, and put your armour on
Hear the call of Christ our Captain.
For now the weak can say that they are strong
In the strength that God has given
With shield of faith, and belt of truth
We’ll stand against the devil’s lies;
An army bold, whose battle cry is Love
Reaching out to those in darkness

Our call to war, to love the captive soul,
But to rage against the captor;
And with the sword that makes the wounded whole
We will fight with faith and valour.
When faced with trials on every side
We know the outcome is secure,
And Christ will have the prize for which He died
An inheritance of nations.

Come see the cross where love and mercy meet,
As the Son of God is stricken;
Then see His foes lie crushed beneath His feet
For the Conqueror has risen!
And as the stone is rolled away
And Christ emerges from the grave,
This victory march continues till the day
Every eye and heart shall see Him.

So, spirit come, put strength in every stride,
Give grace for every hurdle,
That we may run with faith to win the prize
Of a servant good and faithful.
As saints of old still line the way,
Retelling triumphs of His grace,
We hear their call, and hunger for the day
When with Christ we stand in glory.
Keith Getty and Stuart Townend

Conscience is a most important part of our inward man, and plays a most prominent part in our spiritual history. It cannot save us. It never yet led any one to Christ. It is blind, and liable to be misled. It is lame and powerless, and cannot guide us to heaven. Yet conscience is not to be despised. It is the minister's best friend, when he stands up to rebuke sin from the pulpit. It is the mother's best friend, when she tries to restrain her children from evil and quicken them to good. It is the teacher's best friend, when he presses home on boys and girls their moral duties. Happy is he who never stifles his conscience, but strives to keep it tender! Still happier is he who prays to have it enlightened by the Holy Spirit, and sprinkled with Christ's blood.~ J.C. Ryle Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John, volume 2, [Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1987], 71, 72.

The Holy Spirit [is] the source of spiritual unity! He is
the Fount of all true joy! ... We as missionaries need the
fullness of this joy. Without it our work will be a burden to
us, and we shall toil on with the hearts of slaves; and the
hearts of slaves are never strong.-Griffith John (1831-1912), "The Holy Spirit in Connection with our Work", in Records of the General Conference of the Protestant Missionaries ofChina, Shanghai: Presbyterian Mission Press, 1878, p. 36,38

I'm glad you've figured out free will or whatever. It's great to be able to figure it out but dangerous to put too much faith in your figuring.=- Flannery O'Connor

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato