Our God Is an Active God 10/2 Friday Faith

LEP'S FAITH QUOTES: Our God Is an Active God 10/2 Friday Faith Our God is an active God. His thunder is just as loud today as it was in the first century. His lightning is just as vivid as it was in the days of the early church. The sound of the mighty rushing wind is just the same today as it was on the day of the Pentecost. Pray for the violent blasts of wind from heaven, expect them, and you will get them. And do not be afraid of them. -- Smith Wigglesworth

Be Like Him 10/1 Thursday Thoughts

LEP'S FAITH QUOTES: Be Like Him 10/1 Thursday Thoughts One thing God wants to fix in our hearts is to be like Him. Be like Him in character. Don't be troubled so much about your faces but be more concerned about your hearts. All the powder won't change the heart. All the adorning of silks and satins won't make purity... Righteousness in the inward parts. Pure through and through. -- Smith Wigglesworth

A Vital Power 9/30 Wednesday Wisdom

LEP'S FAITH QUOTES: A Vital Power 9/30 Wednesday Wisdom When a man is filled with the Holy Ghost, he has a vital power that makes people know he has seen God. He ought to be in such a place that if he should go into a neighbor's house, or out amongst people, they will feel that God has come in their midst. -- Smith Wigglesworth

The Making of a Missionary 9/29 Tuesday Truth

LEP'S FAITH QUOTES: The Making of a Missionary 9/29 Tuesday Truth It takes three to make a missionary. One goes, one prays, and one gives. -- Frank Bartleman

God's Church Is One 9/28 Monday Meditation

LEP'S FAITH QUOTES: God's Church Is One 9/28 Monday Meditation We belong to the whole body of Christ, both in heaven and on earth. God's church is one. It is a terrible thing to go about dismembering the body of Christ. How foolish and wicked the petty differences between Christians will appear in the light of eternity. Christ is the "issue", not some doctrine about Him. The Gospel leads to Him. It exalts Christ, not some particular doctrine. To know Christ is the alpha and the omega of the Christian faith and practice. -- Frank Bartleman

Feast of Tabernacles -- Happy Birthday, Jesus! 9/25 Friday Faith

FEAST OF TABERNACLES -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESUS! The final and most joyous festival of the year begins at sundown [Friday, Sept. 25] and continues for seven days. It is called Feast of Tabernacles (or Shelters or Booths), Feast of Ingathering, Season of Our Rejoicing, or Sukkot. It celebrates God's care and protection during forty years of wandering in the wilderness and His continuing sustenance. All Jews made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. They made and lived in temporary shelters (sukkah booths) recalling their years of wandering. In modern times families or congregations build outdoor shelters filled with harvest decorations. It was during the Feast of Tabernacles' illumination ceremony that Jesus said, "I am the light of the world." It was during the water pouring ceremony that Jesus said, "I am the living water." There is evidence by comparing time frames in the Scriptures to prove that Jesus was born during the Feast of Tabernacles and that He will return during the Feast of Tabernacles. "Jesus is God tabernacling among men. The word _dwelt_ in Greek implies a temporary dwelling, a sukkah booth. Jesus is God's ultimate sukkah booth. For God, in Jesus Christ, tabernacles among men. As the Temple was a temporary dwelling for the Shekinah (visible Glory of God), so Jesus tabernacling among us manifested the glory of God. He is the source of light and life to all who believe." (The Fall Feasts of Israel, by Mitch and Zhava Glaser)

Father, Forgive Me 9/24 Thursday Thoughts

LEP'S FAITH QUOTES: Father, Forgive Me 9/24 Thursday Thoughts I look up to the Father and say, "Father, forgive me for doing that thing." And the moment I do, He forgives me. It is wiped out as though it had never been. The instant that I confess it and tell the Father of it, Jesus says, "Lay that to My account." Notice that the Father has no memory of your past mistakes and failures. You must forget them too. --E. W. Kenyon