The Father has given to us the power of attorney to use the Name of Jesus, and that Name has all authority in heaven and on earth.
That make us absolute masters of Satanic forces.
"In my name ye shall cast out demons; ye shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover; whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name He will give it you."
That is limitless.
It is the limitlessness of the prayer life, and it belongs to every child of God.
It is not a problem of faith; but a problem of knowing your legal rights in Christ, and then taking your place as a son and daughter and actually playing the game with Him.
-- E.W. Kenyon, In His Presence
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
8/31 Tuesday truth
"Treating the Word As If It Were a Common Book"
One of the most dangerous habits that Christians have is treating the Word as though it were a common book.
In one breath we will declare that we believe it to be a Revelation from God, and yet we turn to the arm of flesh for help when the Word has promised perfect deliverance.
We treat the fact of Redemption as though it were a beautiful fiction.
We read articles about the Word.
We sing hymns confessing it.
And yet we live under the dominion of the Adversary, continually confessing sickness, want, fear, weakness, and doubts in the face of this Revelation from God of our Redemption . . . and the fact that He is seated now at the right hand of God . . .
We read about it. We talk about it.
And then we act as though it were but a fable!
This is the reason why the chrurch has more sickness and more disease than any other organized body of people; why faith is weak; why the average believer is ruled by the Adversary.
All this could be changed if we would give the Word the same plae we would give Christ if He were here physically in our presence.
-- E.W. Kenyon, In His Presence
One of the most dangerous habits that Christians have is treating the Word as though it were a common book.
In one breath we will declare that we believe it to be a Revelation from God, and yet we turn to the arm of flesh for help when the Word has promised perfect deliverance.
We treat the fact of Redemption as though it were a beautiful fiction.
We read articles about the Word.
We sing hymns confessing it.
And yet we live under the dominion of the Adversary, continually confessing sickness, want, fear, weakness, and doubts in the face of this Revelation from God of our Redemption . . . and the fact that He is seated now at the right hand of God . . .
We read about it. We talk about it.
And then we act as though it were but a fable!
This is the reason why the chrurch has more sickness and more disease than any other organized body of people; why faith is weak; why the average believer is ruled by the Adversary.
All this could be changed if we would give the Word the same plae we would give Christ if He were here physically in our presence.
-- E.W. Kenyon, In His Presence
Sunday, August 29, 2010
8/30 Monday Meditation: A Plea for the Return to the Supernatural
I'm going to break away from E.W. Kenyon for a day to share something I read in the August 2010 issue of Charisma (p. 54):
"... in China ... it is estimated that healings in Jesus' name have led to roughly half of the millions of conversions there in recent decades. That estimate comes from the China Christian Council, which is affiliated with the Protestant, state-approved Three-Self Patriotic Movement. A source with the underground church in China offers a far higher estimate: 90 percent."
The majority of the Muslims in Africa who come to Christ do so because of dreams and visions of Jesus speaking to them. I've read that whole churches are made up of people who have had "The Dream". I've also read that "The Dream" has become so common that African Muslims routinely ask one another, "Have you seen 'The Man' yet?"
We in America have been trained in recent years to believe that the most relevant and effective form of evangelism is friendship or relational evangelism. We tend to dismiss the supernatural as a form of evangelism. (Perhaps we dismiss it and seek other forms of evangelism because real Holy Spirit power is gone from our churches.) But miracles, signs, wonders, healing, and tongues are how all of the converts were won in the Book of Acts.
Let's pray for a return of the supernatural to spark evangelism and revival in our churches.
"I fear that the day will come when the supernatural is no longer seen in our Alliance churches." --A.B. Simpson (approximate quote)
"The church that is not supernatural is superficial." -- Source Unknown
"... in China ... it is estimated that healings in Jesus' name have led to roughly half of the millions of conversions there in recent decades. That estimate comes from the China Christian Council, which is affiliated with the Protestant, state-approved Three-Self Patriotic Movement. A source with the underground church in China offers a far higher estimate: 90 percent."
The majority of the Muslims in Africa who come to Christ do so because of dreams and visions of Jesus speaking to them. I've read that whole churches are made up of people who have had "The Dream". I've also read that "The Dream" has become so common that African Muslims routinely ask one another, "Have you seen 'The Man' yet?"
We in America have been trained in recent years to believe that the most relevant and effective form of evangelism is friendship or relational evangelism. We tend to dismiss the supernatural as a form of evangelism. (Perhaps we dismiss it and seek other forms of evangelism because real Holy Spirit power is gone from our churches.) But miracles, signs, wonders, healing, and tongues are how all of the converts were won in the Book of Acts.
Let's pray for a return of the supernatural to spark evangelism and revival in our churches.
"I fear that the day will come when the supernatural is no longer seen in our Alliance churches." --A.B. Simpson (approximate quote)
"The church that is not supernatural is superficial." -- Source Unknown
Thursday, August 26, 2010
8/27 Friday faith
"Satan's Defeat"
When I was Redeemed in Christ, that Redemption was out of the hand of the enemy.
I have been translated out of the kingdom of Satan, into the kingdom of the Son of the Father's love; in whom I have my Redemption, complete and perfect.
Then I do not have to war to conquer Satan, because Satan is already conquered.
He was conquered for me. He knows that he was conquered for me, so I take my deliverance from him and my victory over him in Jesus' Name, with thankfulness.
-- E.W. Kenyon
When I was Redeemed in Christ, that Redemption was out of the hand of the enemy.
I have been translated out of the kingdom of Satan, into the kingdom of the Son of the Father's love; in whom I have my Redemption, complete and perfect.
Then I do not have to war to conquer Satan, because Satan is already conquered.
He was conquered for me. He knows that he was conquered for me, so I take my deliverance from him and my victory over him in Jesus' Name, with thankfulness.
-- E.W. Kenyon
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
8/26 Thursday thoughts
The Word is mine. The Holy Spirit is mine Jesus is mine. God is my own Father. Their Righteousness is my Righteousness. I stand complete in their completeness.
I am a New Creation, created in Christ Jesus. All the rights and privileges of a child are mine. I did not have to ask for them. They were conferred on me. When I became His child, these things were a part of the New Creation so I enter into my rights.
-- E.W. Kenyon, In His Presence
I am a New Creation, created in Christ Jesus. All the rights and privileges of a child are mine. I did not have to ask for them. They were conferred on me. When I became His child, these things were a part of the New Creation so I enter into my rights.
-- E.W. Kenyon, In His Presence
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
8/25 Wednesday wisdom
"Have Your Own Faith" (Part 3)
" 'If ye abide in Christ, and His words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein am I glorified, that ye bear much fruit.' This is prayer fruit. It is going to be borne by one of the branches, and I am that branch."
When your heart can speak like this, then you know that when you approach the throne of Grace there is a willing ear, listening to you, and whatever you ask (because the Word is living in you) you will receive.
Do you understand what that means? A lover has written you a letter. It is not written to anyone else. It is too sacred for any other eyes to see. That is your letter. That is your lover writing to you.
-- E.W. Kenyon, In His Presence
" 'If ye abide in Christ, and His words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein am I glorified, that ye bear much fruit.' This is prayer fruit. It is going to be borne by one of the branches, and I am that branch."
When your heart can speak like this, then you know that when you approach the throne of Grace there is a willing ear, listening to you, and whatever you ask (because the Word is living in you) you will receive.
Do you understand what that means? A lover has written you a letter. It is not written to anyone else. It is too sacred for any other eyes to see. That is your letter. That is your lover writing to you.
-- E.W. Kenyon, In His Presence
Monday, August 23, 2010
8/24 Tuesday truth
"Have Your Own Faith" (part 2)
Here are some facts that will help you to begin to build your own faith life.
The Word is yours. It is as though there was no other person in the world but you, and this Revelation had been given especially for you; you can say, "It is mine. No one has a better right to it than I have. Every promise is mine. Every statement of fact is mine."
When He said, "Whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you, you can say, "He was talking to me. He is my Father; I am His child. This is His message to me, to help me in my earth walk."
-- E.W. Kenyon
Here are some facts that will help you to begin to build your own faith life.
The Word is yours. It is as though there was no other person in the world but you, and this Revelation had been given especially for you; you can say, "It is mine. No one has a better right to it than I have. Every promise is mine. Every statement of fact is mine."
When He said, "Whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you, you can say, "He was talking to me. He is my Father; I am His child. This is His message to me, to help me in my earth walk."
-- E.W. Kenyon
Sunday, August 22, 2010
8/23 Monday meditation
This week I'm going to do five consecutive passages from E.W. Kenyon so that we get a complete teaching.
"Have Your Own Faith"
One should never trust the great issues of his life to another's faith. He should have faith of his own, faith that can meet any crisis that may come.
Your case is vital to you. It may not be vital to this other party to whose faith you look. . . . His faith may be at a low ebb when you appeal to him for aid.
Everyone should build his own faith life. . . .
I find that the majority of people float on carelessly until they come to a dangerous place. They are sick, or some loved on is sick, some financial or heart problem confronts them that may afftect their entire future. Then they frantically hunt for someone who can cry and sob and quote scriptures in what they call their "prayer" and it is of no avail becasue there is no faith back of it.
If there was faith there, there would be no crying and no sobbing. There would be a rejoicing because they would know that whatever they ask of the Father in Jesus' Name, He will do it.
"Have Your Own Faith"
One should never trust the great issues of his life to another's faith. He should have faith of his own, faith that can meet any crisis that may come.
Your case is vital to you. It may not be vital to this other party to whose faith you look. . . . His faith may be at a low ebb when you appeal to him for aid.
Everyone should build his own faith life. . . .
I find that the majority of people float on carelessly until they come to a dangerous place. They are sick, or some loved on is sick, some financial or heart problem confronts them that may afftect their entire future. Then they frantically hunt for someone who can cry and sob and quote scriptures in what they call their "prayer" and it is of no avail becasue there is no faith back of it.
If there was faith there, there would be no crying and no sobbing. There would be a rejoicing because they would know that whatever they ask of the Father in Jesus' Name, He will do it.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
8/20 Friday faith
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Every man and woman in connection with our church who is not spending time in prayer will be a neutralizing force in the church.
They may be in the choir; they may be in the Sunday School; they may have charge of the finances; they may act as deacons or elders; but whatever their place, they carry a certain coldness, they are an inert body.
They have a tendency to lower the spiritual temperature of everyone in close contact with them. . . .
A church can't be built up spiritually without prayer.
Numbers can be drawn through personal work or by eloquence, but to build up a real spiritual body, is only possible through prayer.
This will need much wise teaching on the part of the Pastor, and the teachers of adult classes.
-- E.W. Kenyon, In His Presence
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Every man and woman in connection with our church who is not spending time in prayer will be a neutralizing force in the church.
They may be in the choir; they may be in the Sunday School; they may have charge of the finances; they may act as deacons or elders; but whatever their place, they carry a certain coldness, they are an inert body.
They have a tendency to lower the spiritual temperature of everyone in close contact with them. . . .
A church can't be built up spiritually without prayer.
Numbers can be drawn through personal work or by eloquence, but to build up a real spiritual body, is only possible through prayer.
This will need much wise teaching on the part of the Pastor, and the teachers of adult classes.
-- E.W. Kenyon, In His Presence
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
8/19 Thursday thoughts
His Word in your lips is like the Father's Word in Jesus' lips.
It defeats the forces of darkness.
It strengthens those whom Satan has made weak.
I hardly dare give you the next sentence: His Word in your lips make you a superman.
You have all authority over the power of the Enemy.
It is love that has been delegated to you.
It is love pouring itself through your lips.
You can enter the throne room at will. You are always welcome.
You are master of the laws of nature that would hurt and hinder.
You stand quiet in the presence of humanity's needs knowing that you have authority to open the flood gates of grace, of life and love and let them pour over the wounded broken-hearted men and women struggling in life's uneven fight.
-- E.W. Kenyon, In His Presence
It defeats the forces of darkness.
It strengthens those whom Satan has made weak.
I hardly dare give you the next sentence: His Word in your lips make you a superman.
You have all authority over the power of the Enemy.
It is love that has been delegated to you.
It is love pouring itself through your lips.
You can enter the throne room at will. You are always welcome.
You are master of the laws of nature that would hurt and hinder.
You stand quiet in the presence of humanity's needs knowing that you have authority to open the flood gates of grace, of life and love and let them pour over the wounded broken-hearted men and women struggling in life's uneven fight.
-- E.W. Kenyon, In His Presence
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
8/18 Wednesday wisdom
I want you to begin to reckon on Him. I want you to say in the morning, "That mighty One is in me. He can put yme over today. I can face any emergency. I can do all things in Him because He is my strength."
I can hear Him whisper, Isaiah 41:10: "Fear thou not for I am with thee. ("I am in thee.") Be not dismayed for I am thy (Father ) God. I will strengthen thee; yea, I will uphold thee; yea, I am today all that you need: your helper, your wisdom, your strength, your ability."
You see, it is not what I should be. It is not what I can be.
It is what I am in Christ. . . .
We are what He says we are, so we can do what He says we can do.
-- E.W. Kenyon, In His Presence
I can hear Him whisper, Isaiah 41:10: "Fear thou not for I am with thee. ("I am in thee.") Be not dismayed for I am thy (Father ) God. I will strengthen thee; yea, I will uphold thee; yea, I am today all that you need: your helper, your wisdom, your strength, your ability."
You see, it is not what I should be. It is not what I can be.
It is what I am in Christ. . . .
We are what He says we are, so we can do what He says we can do.
-- E.W. Kenyon, In His Presence
Monday, August 16, 2010
8/17 Tuesday truth
He is with us in the Word, that living Word.
He is with us in His Name.
He is with us in the presence of the Holy Spirit.
We join forces with Him in this prayer life.
That "all authority" was given to Him as the head of the Church, and it is for the Church to use.
The authority that is in His Name is in your lips. You let that authority loose. You give it liberty and it blesses men.
He has made us Sons.
He has given us the Name.
He has given us the Holy Spirit.
He has restored all that Adam lost and more.
We are Satan's rulers.
We are masters of demons and laws that sin brought into being. . . .
We are surrounded by demoniacal forces that are dominating the human on earth, and if the Church hasn't authority over these, then no one has.
But the Church has! And prayer is our method and mode of dominating these diabolical forces that are wrecking civilization.
-- E.W. Kenyon, In His Presence
He is with us in His Name.
He is with us in the presence of the Holy Spirit.
We join forces with Him in this prayer life.
That "all authority" was given to Him as the head of the Church, and it is for the Church to use.
The authority that is in His Name is in your lips. You let that authority loose. You give it liberty and it blesses men.
He has made us Sons.
He has given us the Name.
He has given us the Holy Spirit.
He has restored all that Adam lost and more.
We are Satan's rulers.
We are masters of demons and laws that sin brought into being. . . .
We are surrounded by demoniacal forces that are dominating the human on earth, and if the Church hasn't authority over these, then no one has.
But the Church has! And prayer is our method and mode of dominating these diabolical forces that are wrecking civilization.
-- E.W. Kenyon, In His Presence
Sunday, August 15, 2010
8/16 Monday: Intro. to E.W. Kenyon
I am starting a new series of quotes from E.W. Kenyon.
E.W. Kenyon (1867-1948) was a friend of A.B. Simpson, the founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance. Kenyon and Simpson had a great influence on each others' thoughts and writings. They often exchanged pulpits until they had a parting of the ways due to a difference in theological emphasis. Kenyon is considered a forefather of the Word of Faith movement. His writings greatly influenced Kenneth E. Hagin.
(Kenyon usually wrote each sentence as a separate paragraph. And each sentence could stand alone as a devotional.)
If you don't take time to pray, you are losing out.
You can't say that you have no responsibility in the prayer life, for you have.
To see a need is to have a call to prayer.
There are people who will be utterly lost unless you take your place.
Unless you do your part, men will cry against you through eternity.
You can't plead that you have too much work to do. You can pray while you work.
You can't put up the idea that you do not know how, you can learn if you wish.
For you to disobey the prayer call is for you to disobey the call of your Father.
The prayer responsibility today is the most important thing of our lives.
-- E. W. Kenyon, In His Presence
E.W. Kenyon (1867-1948) was a friend of A.B. Simpson, the founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance. Kenyon and Simpson had a great influence on each others' thoughts and writings. They often exchanged pulpits until they had a parting of the ways due to a difference in theological emphasis. Kenyon is considered a forefather of the Word of Faith movement. His writings greatly influenced Kenneth E. Hagin.
(Kenyon usually wrote each sentence as a separate paragraph. And each sentence could stand alone as a devotional.)
If you don't take time to pray, you are losing out.
You can't say that you have no responsibility in the prayer life, for you have.
To see a need is to have a call to prayer.
There are people who will be utterly lost unless you take your place.
Unless you do your part, men will cry against you through eternity.
You can't plead that you have too much work to do. You can pray while you work.
You can't put up the idea that you do not know how, you can learn if you wish.
For you to disobey the prayer call is for you to disobey the call of your Father.
The prayer responsibility today is the most important thing of our lives.
-- E. W. Kenyon, In His Presence
Thursday, August 12, 2010
smithwigglesworth.com
Just learned about this website about Smith Wigglesworth's life and ministry from Smith's Facebook page! www.smithwigglesworth.com
8/13 Friday faith
Noah was a preacher of righteousness 120 years; he never wavered or lost the reality of God. There was no sea near, but God has said he would send a flood, it was sufficient. The fear of God has a principle in it which brings peace. Real faith has perfect peace and joy and a shout at any time. It always sees the victory.
-- Smith Wigglesworth
Next week I'm starting a series from E.W. Kenyon.
-- Smith Wigglesworth
Next week I'm starting a series from E.W. Kenyon.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
8/12 Thursday thoughts
The man drunk with wine says everybody is drunk but him. May God the Holy Ghost make me so unconscious of my condition in the Spirit, so hungry, so thirsty, that I see everyone has more than me. God can do it, it means much. Jesus says -- "I give you My life, it is to become in you a production of what I am." "... be not drunk with wine ... but be filled with the Spirit" (Ephesians 5:18).
-- Smith Wigglesworth
-- Smith Wigglesworth
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
8/11 Wednesday widsom
I am convinced that there is nothing in the world that is going to convince men and women of the power of the Gospel like the manifestation of the Spirit with the fruits. God has baptized us in the Holy Ghost for a purpose, that He may show His mighty power in human flesh, as He did in Jesus, and He is bringing us to a place where He may manifest these gifts.
-- Smith Wigglesworth
-- Smith Wigglesworth
Monday, August 9, 2010
8/10 Tueday truth
Now, beloved, I feel somehow that we have missed the greatest principle which underlies the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The greatest principle is that God the Holy Ghost came into my body to make manifest the mighty works of God and that I may profit withal. Not one gift alone, but as God the Holy Ghost abides in my body I find He fills it, and then one can truly say it is the unction of the Holy One. It so fills us that we feel we can command demons to come out of persons possessed; and when I lay hands on the sick in the name of the Lord Jesus I realize that this body is the outer coil merely and that within is the Son of God. For I receive the Word of Christ and Christ is in me, the power of God is in me, and the Holy Ghost is making that Word a living Word, and the Holy Ghost makes me say, "Come out!" It is not Wigglesworth. It is the power of the Holy Ghost that makes manifest the glorious presence of Christ.
-- Smith Wigglesworth
-- Smith Wigglesworth
Sunday, August 8, 2010
8/9 Monday meditation
Do you believe that the Father in heaven would make you a judge over a kingdom if there was anything crooked in you? Do you believe you will be able to bind unless you are free yourself? But every man that hath this living Christ within him hath the power that will put to death all sin. With Jesus' last words on earth He gave the disciples a commission; the discipleship has never ceased. The churches are weak today because Christ the rock is not abiding in them in the manifestations of the power of God. This is not because it is a special gift -- this power to loose and to bind -- but it is whether you have the rock foundation in you. In the name of Jesus you will loose, and in the name of Jesus you will bind, and if He is in you it ought to bring forth evidences of that power.
-- Smith Wigglesworth, 1914
-- Smith Wigglesworth, 1914
Friday, August 6, 2010
comment
I was asked a question by email about Thursday's quote. I posted a portion of my email reply under "comments" on "Thursday thoughts."
Thursday, August 5, 2010
8/6 Friday faith
When they came to the Jordan Elijah switched his mantle over it, and they passed over, and no doubt Elisha said, "I must follow his steps." And when they had gone over, the old man said, "You have done well, you would not stay back; what is the real desire of your heart? . . . ask what you like now before I leave you." "Master," he says, . . . "I want twice as much as you have." I believe it is the fainthearted that do not get much. . . . What have you asked for ? Are you satisfied to go on in the old way now when the Holy Spirit has come to give you an unlimited supply of power, and He says, "What will you have?"
-- Smith Wigglesworth
-- Smith Wigglesworth
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
8/5 Thursday thoughts
The Holy Ghost, coming upon an individual, is capable of changing him, and fertilizing his spiritual life, and filling him with such power, and grace, that he may not be able to say what could not happen. What can happen, what is possible, if we reach this place and keep in it -- abide in it?
Some people have an idea that they have to be doing something. I beseech you, by the power of the Holy Ghost today, that you see that there is one thing only that is going to accomplish the purposes of God and that is being in the Spirit. I don't care how dry the land is, I don't care how thirsty the land is, or how many vessels or how few, that are round about, I beseech you in the name of Jesus, that you keep in the Spirit. That's the secret.
-- Smith Wigglesworth
Some people have an idea that they have to be doing something. I beseech you, by the power of the Holy Ghost today, that you see that there is one thing only that is going to accomplish the purposes of God and that is being in the Spirit. I don't care how dry the land is, I don't care how thirsty the land is, or how many vessels or how few, that are round about, I beseech you in the name of Jesus, that you keep in the Spirit. That's the secret.
-- Smith Wigglesworth
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
8/4 Wednesday wisdom
"Filled with God, yes, filled with God, pardoned and cleansed and filled with God." Filled with God leaves no room for doubting or fearing. We have no idea of all that means, to be filled with God. It means emptied of self. Do you know what it means to be filled with God? It means you have no fear, for when you are filled with God you are filled with love, and perfect love casts out fear.
-- Smith Wigglesworth, 1914
-- Smith Wigglesworth, 1914
Monday, August 2, 2010
8/3 Tuesday truth
Some people, just because they have been baptized with the Holy Ghost and with fire, think they have to go and be preachers. It is a thousand pities that it is so. It is good that that desire is in your heart, but it may not be God's purpose for you. If you would get to know your place in the Holy Ghost, it would save you from struggles and burdens, and relieve the whole situation. Get to know your place in the Holy Ghost and God will bless you. . . .
God will put you in the place you are to occupy, if you will ask and trust Him for it; and you will live in the Holy Ghost so that His glory shall be always upon you.
-- Smith Wigglesworth, 1916
God will put you in the place you are to occupy, if you will ask and trust Him for it; and you will live in the Holy Ghost so that His glory shall be always upon you.
-- Smith Wigglesworth, 1916
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