Excerpt from The Intercession of Rees Howells
by Doris Ruscoe

"He that loveth his life shall lose it and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal." –John 12:25

When you have given up your life entirely to the Holy Spirit you have no right to take it back or to resent what he does with it. You will have no more claim on your life yourself, and you accept everything from him, whether it seems to be for you or against you. The surrender of outward things is only the beginning. When he comes in, he shows you yourself as he sees you and he deals with the old nature, its thoughts and motives. Human reasoning and understanding belong to the old nature which God tells us not to trust (Proverbs 3:5). You  must learn to be quiet before God for him to show you these things. At one time I spent three hours with him and the Word every evening for several months and he dealt with every thought and motive of self.

–From The Intercession of Rees Howells, by Doris Ruscoe