In his spirit

There is no prospect until there comes a radical change, until the church of god begins to see that every sin in the believer comes from the flesh, from a fleshly life midst our religious activities, from a striving in self-effort to serve god.  Until we learn to make confession, and until we begin to see, and somehow or other get gods spirit in power back in his church, we must fail.  Where did the church begin in Penticost?  Their they began in the spirit. But, alas, how the church next century went off into the flesh!  They thought to perfect the church in the flesh.  

Do not let us think, because the blessed reformation restored the great doctrine of justification by faith, that the power the power of the Holy Spirit was then fully restored. it is our faith that God is going to have mercy on his church in these last ages, it will be because the doctrine and the truth about the Holy Spirit will not only be studied, but sought after with a whole heart; and not only because that truth will be sought after, but because ministers and congregations will be found bowing before god in deep abasement with one cry: "we have grieved gods spirit; we have tried to be Christian churches with as little as possible of gods spirit; we have not sought to be churches filled with the Holy Ghost."

All the feebleness in the church is owing to the refusal of the. Church to obey its god.  

The above is from "having begun In The spirit" by Andrew murry.  I would say the talk about the church in the above passage could also refer to you or me.  We try to do it on our own rather than humble ourselves before almighty god and seek his guidance.  I for one want to Persue only his guidance, I have tried doing things on my own and it never works.  Only with gods guidance do things go where he wants.