Baptism of the Holy Spirit 6/1 Friday Faith

There is no truth that needs to be more emphasized in this age of smartness and human self-sufficiency than the imperative necessity of the baptism of the Holy Spirit as the condition of all effective Christian work.


No man is fitted for the humblest service in the church of God until he receives the divine baptism of the Holy Spirit. The mother needs it in the nursery, the Sunday school teacher in his class, the preacher in his pulpit, the soul winner in his dealings with the inquirer and the saint in his ministry of prayer in the secret closet.

-- A. B. Simpson

I will be on vacation and will not be posting again until the middle of next week.

Signs Following 5/31 Thursday Thoughts

What right have we to go to the unbelieving world and demand their acceptance of our message without these signs following? . . . No, Christ did give them, and they did follow as long as Christians continued to 'believe' and expect them. . . . The signs shall correspond to the extent of their faith.


The signs of healing do not follow all believers, but they follow those who believe for the signs.

-- A. B. Simpson

Supernatural Gifts 5/30 Wednesday Wisdom

Were these [supernatural gifts] meant merely to be transitory and special and temporary signs in connection with the introduction of Christianity into the world? Or were they part of the permanent enduement of the church? Does not the apostle tell us that these gifts and ministries were bestowed 'till we all come into the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ'? Certainly the church has not yet reached that maturity and if these gifts were needed then they are needed still.


-- A.B. Simpson

Yesterday, Today, Forever 5/29 Tuesday Truth

In every age it ought still to be true, God also bearing them witness both with signs and wonders and with diverse miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will. If the Christ of Christianity is the same yesterday, today and forever, the Christianity of Christ ought also to be the same yesterday, today, and forever.
-- A.B. Simpson

C&MA Pioneers: an intro 5/28 Monday meditation

We're going to take another break from Smith Wigglesworth for a few weeks to focus on quotes from pioneers and early leaders of The Christian and Missionary Alliance. I recently attended Rekindle the Flame, the annual Alliance charismatic conference that is dedicated to "refreshing the memory" of the C&MA as to its para-Pentecostal and early Word of Faith roots. I am going to share quotations from Dr. Paul King's book Nuggets of Genuine Gold, which is a book of quotes from early Spirit-filled Alliance leaders. (I got to talk to him a couple times at the conference.) I think that fellow members of the Alliance will be amazed in the weeks ahead to learn about the original theology of The Christian and Missionary Alliance.  These are great quotes regardless of your particular stream of Christianity.


Christ's last promise in Mark embraces much more than healing; but if you claim one, you must claim all. If you expect healing of the sick, you must include the gift of tongues and the power to overcome malignant poisons; and if the gift of tongues has ceased, so in the same way has the power over disease. We cheerfully accept the severe logic, we cannot afford to give up one of the promises. We admit our belief in the presence of the Healer in all the charismata of the Pentecostal church.

-- A. B. Simpson, founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance.

This Sunday is PENTECOST, celebrating the coming of the Holy Spirit to be among us and within us. 
When the Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost, why did the believers break out into ecstatic language? Simply, it was because they were rightly worshiping God for the first time. Intensive worship unexpectedly leaped out of their hearts. It was nothing planned or perpetuated by some 'worship leader.' God was in their midst. Whenever there is a move of the Holy Spirit, it is always a call for God's people to be worshipers of the Most High God above everything else.

-- A. W. Tozer

The Great Secret 5/24 Thursday Thoughts

The great secret of the plan of God for us . . . is to see our covering. To those which are in. Oh, the covering, oh, the enfolding, oh, those eyes, those lovely eyes, that lovely Jesus, that blessed assurance of entrenchment, that knowledge of the Rock of Ages cleft for me, that place where I know I am in. And that joy unbounding where I know there are neither devils nor angels nor principalities nor powers to interfere with that life in Christ. Wonderful! No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper -- evil report or good report -- God makes us devil-proof.


-- Smith Wigglesworth

If You Help Yourself 5/23 Wednesday Wisdom

If you help yourself -- in the measure you help yourself, you will find that the limitations of the life of God and the power of God are diminished. I find so many people trying to help themselves. What God wants is an absolute entire cling to Him -- only one grand plan which God has got for us, "only believe." Absolute rest, perfect submission. Entirety, where God has taken charge of the situation, and you are absolutely brought into everything that God has, because you dare "only believe" what He says.


-- Smith Wigglesworth

Knowledge and Joy 5/22 Tuesday Truth

The knowledge of our weakness brought the greatness of redemption -- knowledge is coupled with joy. You cannot have the knowledge of the Lord without joy. Joy in the Knowledge of Him. Not long petitions, but faith is peace. Where faith is undisturbed is peace. Eternal faith, daring to believe what God has said. If I dare but trust Him, I find it always comes to pass -- no wavering. "...let not that man think... he shall receive any thing of the Lord" (James 1:7). Only believe.


-- Smith Wigglesworth

The Word of God 5/21 Monday Meditation

All our hope is in the Word of the living God. The Word of God abideth forever. Oh, the glorious truths found therein. Never compare this Book with other books. This is from heaven; it does not contain the Word of God, it is the Word of God. Supernatural in origin, eternal in duration, value, infinite in scope, divine in authorship. Read it through, pray it in, write it down. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.


-- Smith Wigglesworth

Come Up Higher 5/18 Friday Faith

If you are reading this on Thursday, today is Ascension Day.



Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” (Acts 1:9-11)

I want you all to understand today that the design of God's Son for us is to be so much greater in this world than we have ever comprehended. . . My eyes are looking up, my heart is surrendered. My heart is big and enlarged in the presence of God, for I want to hear one word from God, "Come up higher" and God will give us that. Higher into a holy association.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Measurement 5/17 Thursday Thoughts

We must not measure ourselves by ourselves, if we do we shall always be small. Measure yourself by the Word of God, the great measurement that God brings to you. Don't be fearful, He wants to make us strong, powerful, stalwart, resolute, resting upon the authority of God. . . We are those who have seen the King, we have been quickened from the death. God has wrought special miracles in us all; we are made with one great design and purpose.


-- Smith Wigglesworth

Possess All Things 5/16 Wednesday Wisdom

When you have nothing you can possess all things. If you rely upon anything else, you cannot possess the greater things. The infinite God is behind the man who has no trust in earthly things, you are in a place where you are trusting in nothing but God.


-- Smith Wigglesworth

So Much Greater 5/15 Tuesday Truth

The Lord has one great plan in the meeting, to reveal to us that we are so much greater than we know, a thousand times greater than you have any conception of. The Word of the Lord will reveal that all things are possible, if you dare believe, and signs and wonders are within the reach of all of us. The Lord wishes me to make it known this morning, you have not to go up nor down to find Him. He is in your hearts. The Word of life. I am perceiving that the Lord has this treasure within us, that the excellency of the power shall bring glory to God.


-- Smith Wigglesworth

Faith Is a Reality 5/14 Monday Meditation

Faith is a reality, not something that you can handle, but something that handles you to handle others. I am living in the inheritance of it because of the faith of God. It is a gift of God (Ephesians 2:8).


Through faith the eternal Word by the operation of His Spirit brings forth life in our hearts, and we realize we are living in a divine order, where God is manifesting His power and living with us. This is the plan of God for us, our inheritance, that the world should receive a blessing through us.
 -- Smith Wigglesworth

"Shout!" "It is finished!" 5/11 Friday Faith

The baptism of the Holy Ghost is to prepare us for acting when two ways meet where only God can give decision and bring off the victory and you stand still and see the salvation of God. It's a great place, to reach such a place of dignity, able to shout when the walls are up, when it looks as if all would fail. Shout! Shout! The victory is yours! Not to come at some future time. The victory is yours. Just as you shout, the ensign will arise and the walls will dry and you will walk in and possess the city. It's a designed position. It is not of our making, it's a rising position, honoring the cry of the Master. "Is is finished," not, "to be finished." "It is finished" -- God can make manifest that position as I am in loyalty with His divine purposes.


-- Smith Wigglesworth

No Failures 5/10 Thursday Thoughts

God will not allow those who trust in Him to become failures in the straightened [difficult] place. God does the work. Yes. He can, this Word is a living Word of divine activity with momentum. Power to change the nature by the power of the Spirit. All disease and weakness must go at the rebuke of the Master. God enables us to bind the enemy and set free the captive. Beloved, arise, the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee, pouring life into thy weakness, God making thee not the tail, but the head. This is a wonderful day, filled with the Spirit.
 -- Smith Wigglesworth

Holy Ghost Abides 5/9 Wednesday Wisdom

The Holy Ghost comes to abide. God must awaken us to our responsibility, an inbreathed life of power. We can never be the same after that the Holy Ghost has come upon us (Acts 1:8). We must be instant in season and out of season, full of the Spirit, always abounding, always full of the life of God. Ready for every emergency. -- Smith Wigglesworth

Seeking the Holy Ghost 5/8 Tuesday Truth

When I see people seeking the Holy Ghost, do you know, beloved, I believe it is wrong to wait for the Holy Ghost; the Holy Ghost is waiting for us. The Holy Ghost has come and He will not return until the church goes to be with her Lord for evermore. So when I see people waiting, I know something is wrong. The Holy Ghost begins to reveal uncleanness, judging, hardness of heart, all impurity, and until the process of cleansing is complete, the Holy Ghost cannot come but when the body is clean, sanctified. Jesus delights to fill us with His Holy Spirit. I know it will never stop, we are wholly God's in the process of cleansing, the Holy Ghost preparing our bodies for a temple for the Spirit to be made like unto Him. -- Smith Wigglesworth

With Only God to Help 5/7 Monday Meditation

Only believe. A man is in a great place when he has no one to turn to but God. With only God to help, we are in a great place, God shall change the situation. Not I, but Christ. A new divine order for us to come into, that divine place where God works the miracle. God waits for us to act. . . Only believe. All things are possible. "Only believe."   -- Smith Wigglesworth

Joy in the Morning 5/4 Friday Faith

Ah yes, the bitterness may come at night, but joy will come in the morning, Hallelujah! So many believers never look up. Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, "...Father, I thank thee that thou has heard me" (John 11:41). He cried with a loud voice, "...Lazarus, come forth" (v. 43). Beloved, God wants us to have some resurrection touch about us. We may enter into things that will bring us sorrow and trouble, but through them God will bring us to a deeper knowledge of Himself. Never use your human plan when God speaks His Word. You have your cue from an Almighty source which has all the resources, which never fades away. His coffers are past measuring, abounding with extravagances of abundance, waiting to be poured out upon us.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Ask and Believe 5/3 Thursday Thoughts

(continued from Wednesday)


Only be still and see the salvation of the Lord. Oh, what would happen if we learned the secret to only ask once and believe? What an advantage it would be if we could only come to a place where we know that everything is within reach of us. God wants us to see that every obstacle can be moved away. God brings us into a place where the difficulties are, where the pressure is, where the hard corner is, where everything is so difficult that you know there are no possibilities on the human side -- God must do it. All these places are of God's ordering. God allows trials, difficulties, temptations and perplexities to come right along our path, but there is not a temptation or trial which can come to man but God has a way out. You have not the way out; it is God who can bring you through.

 --Smith Wigglesworth

All Is Well 4/2 Wednesday Wisdom

It does not matter where you are if God is with you. He that is for you is a million times more than all who can be against you. Oh, if we could by the grace of God see that the beatitudes of God's divine power come to us with such sweetness, whispering to us, "Be still, My child. All is well."

(to be continued)

-- Smith Wigglesworth