Why Not? 7/1 Monday Meditation

If, as you say, the Lord sends diseases, creates suffering bodies and sorrowing homes to make us better Christians, why not get some vials of germs, diphtheria, TB, infantile paralysis, etc., from the laboratories and scatter them over the congregation to make us all more patient and Christlike? If a little is good, would not more be better?




-- Aimee Semple McPherson

Sickness Sent by God? 6/28 Friday Faith

Q: May it not be that much of our sickness is sent from the hand of the Lord to make us better Christians or to keep us from wandering away?




A: This is an old and oft advanced theory but it is without foundation in the Word of God. The thought of our tender, sympathizing Jesus planting within His children cruel cancers to burn and gnaw and eat their way into the very heart of the sufferer, or paralysis to the limbs of little children that they can run and play no more, or blindness to the eyes of the father that he can no more more earn his daily bread. . .



This is not the work of our Lord but of the archfiend Satan whose work Jesus came to destroy. When the Lord made the world, it was pure, innocent, free from sin and sickness. 'Twas the devil who sowed these seeds but there is deliverance through the triune God for body, soul and Spirit.



-- Aimee Semple McPherson

No Such Handicap 6/27 Thursday Thoughts

(This follows on the heels of yesterday's meditation.)




How handicapped would Philip have been had he been obliged to preach a different Christ -- a limited Christ. He would needs have said unto Samaria:



"Now, dear people, while I am preaching Christ to you and telling of the things He did whilst on this earth, you must not expect to see them now, for the light of the supernatural and miraculous demonstrations of the power of Christ is passed away with His ascension."



Somehow I do not believe that the revival would have been nearly as great and wonderful. Do you? But, praise the Lord, he knew no such handicap and, as he preached Christ unto them, he was able to say:



"Come, dear sinner, come to the living Jesus now. Forsake your sin. Give Him your entire being, seek ye His face, believe on Him with the whole heart and even now He will be your Saviour."



-- Aimee Semple McPherson

He Preached Christ 6/26 Wednesday Wisdom

We read that "when Philip was come down unto Samaria, he preached Christ unto them." He did not preach politics, social reform, community uplift, theories or doctrinal differences, but he preached CHRIST. -- Not a different Christ than He who walked the shores of Galilee, forgiving sin and healing the sick. Not a limited Christ whose power had waned, nor a far-off Christ who could not hear, but the Christ whose power was just the same -- a Christ who had said: "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."




-- Aimee Semple McPherson

Buying an Automobile 6/25 Tuesday Truth

When we bought our automobile, a salesman kindly said to us: "Now any time your car needs fixing up or servicing, we will be glad to have you come right in, we will fix it free of charge, this is our own make of car, we understand it thoroughly and our system of service is included for a certain length of time without any additional cost to you." Now, of course, there was no law to hinder our taking the car to some other garage . . .




So it is with our blessed Lord. It is He that made us and not we ourselves. If you would prefer an earthly physician to the Great Physician, or feel that you could trust him more, then go to him. But it is your blessed privilege to come to the Lord who made us, who understands our frame and knows just how to heal us without pain or suffering.



-- Aimee Semple McPherson

Watchmaker or Blacksmith? 6/24 Monday Meditation

Coming to Christ for divine healing is like taking your watch to a watchmaker for repairs. You could take it to a blacksmith, of course, or to an automobile mechanic, and they might clumsily do their very best for you, but after all, 'twould only be a second best and you have the privilege of taking the watch, with its delicate mechanism, to the very one that made it and knows just how to repair it.




-- Aimee Semple McPherson

Keep Your Eyes 6/21 Friday Faith

But keep your eyes upon Jesus. Lift up your heart and begin to praise the Lord, resist the devil and he will flee from you. Do not let the enemy corner you in Doubting Castle; keep out in the sunshine of Jesus' smile. Lift your voice in audible praise to Jesus and prove indeed that the "joy of the Lord is your strength." Remember that all things are possible to them that believe and that faith is the master key which opens the door of every Promise Castle of God's Word.




-- Aimee Semple McPherson

Foolish Talking 6/20 Thursday Thoughts

Avoid foolish talking, idle conversation, gossip, and criticism. There is not a more deadly enemy to the health of soul and body than an ungoverned tongue. "Tis as though one had pumped and pumped water from the river into a great reservoir, for life and irrigation purposes, and then foolishly opened the gates of the sluice box and let it all run back into the river again.




-- Aimee Semple McPherson

Blessing and Protection 6/19 Wednesday Wisdom

The Lord did not promise His blessing and protection to the sinner and the scornful but promised His blessing to "the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. His delight is in the laws of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night."




To those who walk closely to Him and meditate in His law (that is, read His Word, the Bible, and think upon it earnestly), He promises, "and he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."



-- Aimee Semple McPherson

Walk in the Spirit 6/17 Tuesday Truth

Walk in the Spirit, spend much time in reading His Word and seeking His face in prayer; but no time in doubtful disputations.


-- Aimee Semple McPherson

Keep It! 6/17 Monday Meditation

Back from 2 1/2 weeks in Florida. Went first to Niceville on the panhandle for our granddaughter's high school graduation (summa cum laude). Stayed in a wonderful cottage on the beach. Went on a dolphin cruise. Then we went to The Villages, where we met up with our friends from college and stayed at another friend's vacation house for a week. Went to Holy Land Experience (theme park /theater) in Orlando. Had a wonderful time and hated to leave.






Having received your healing from the loving hand of Jesus, the next thing is to KEEP IT!

"Oh! is there a possibility of my losing my healing after receiving it?" you ask...



"Why, yes, we hear of such things every day."

"Then it is also possible for a man or woman to receive the divine healing touch of Jesus Christ upon their bodies and then to depart from His paths into doubt, criticism and sin, and not only lose the healing but become more ill than before."



Remember that Christ is The Vine -- we are the branches. In healing, as in Salvation, we have no separate life of our own. In Him we move and live and have our being. Sever the branch from the vine and it is bound to perish and wither away.



--Aimee Semple McPherson