By Faith 8/1 Friday Faith

We read in the Word that by faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain; by faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; by faith Noah prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed (Hebrews 11).  There is only one way to all the treasures of God, and that is the way of faith.  All things are possible, the fulfilling of all promises, to him that believeth.  And it is all by grace.

..by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:  it is the gift of God.  Ephesians 2:8

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Constant Fellowship 7/31 Thursday Thoughts

Through a constant fellowship with the Father, through bold faith in the Son, through a mighty unction of the blessed Holy Spirit, there will come a right of way for God to be enthroned in your hearts, purifying us so thoroughly that there is no room for anything but the divine presence within.  And through the manifestation of this presence, the works of Christ and greater works shall be accomplished for the glory of our triune God.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

The Same Anointing 7/30 Wednesday Wisdom

John further says, "...the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you...:"  (1 John 2:27).  We have an anointing, the same anointing which Jesus Christ Himself received.  For "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good."  (Acts 10:38).  The same anointing is for us.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Holy Ghost Comes Down 7/29 Tuesday Truth

When I was in Switzerland, a woman came to me and said, "Now that I am healed and have been delivered from that terrible carnal oppression that bound and fettered me, I feel that I have a new mind.  I should like to receive the Holy Ghost; but when I hear these people at the altar making so much noise, I feel like running away."

Shortly after this we were in another place in Switzerland where there was a great hotel joined to the building where we were ministering.  At the close of one of the morning services, the power of God fell.  That is the only way I can describe it -- the power of God fell.  This poor, timid creature, who could not bear to hear any noise, screamed so loud that all the waiters in this big hotel came out, with their aprons on and their trays, to see what was up.  Nothing especially was "up," something had come down.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Two Young Men 7/28 Monday Meditation

I spoke to two young men in a meeting one day.  They were preachers.  They had received their degrees.  I said to them, "Young men, what about it?""Oh," they said, "we do not believe in receiving the Holy Ghost in the same way as you people do."
I said to them, "You are dressed up like preachers, and it is a pity having to have the dress without the presence."
"Well, we do not believe it the way you do," they said.
"But look," I said, "the apostles believed it that way.  Wouldn't you like to be like the apostles? You have read how they received [the Holy Ghost] at the beginning, haven't you?"
Always remember this, that the baptism [of the Holy Ghost] will always be as at the beginning.  It has not changed.  If you want a real baptism, expect it just the same way as they had it at the beginning.
Those preachers asked, "What had they at the beginning?"
I quoted from the tenth chapter of Acts where it says,
...on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.  For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God....  Acts 19:45,46. 

-- Smith Wigglesworth
 

Emptiness vs. Fullness 7/25 Friday Faith

How could these weak and helpless fishermen, poor and needy, ignorant and unlearned, do the works of Christ and greater works than He had done?  They were incapable.  None of us is able.  But our emptiness has to be clothed with divine fullness, and our helplessness has to be filled with the power of His helpfulness.  Paul knew this when he gloried in all that brought him down in weakness, for flowing into his weakness came a mighty deluge of divine power.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Fully Believe God 7/24 Thursday Thoughts

God wants to bring us to the place of believing, where, despite all contradictions around, we are strong in faith, giving God glory.  As we fully believe God, He will be glorified, and we will prove a blessing to the whole world as was our father Abraham.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

A Well or A River? 7/23 Wednesday Wisdom

What do you have?  A well of water?  That is good as far as it goes.  But Christ wants to see a plentiful supply of the river of the Holy Ghost flowing through you.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Just What You Need 7/22 Tuesday Truth

The Master can give you that which will satisfy.  He has in Himself just what you need at this hour.  He knows your greatest need.  You need the blessed Holy Ghost, not merely to satisfy your thirst, but to satisfy the needs of thirsty ones everywhere; for as the blessed Holy Spirit flows through you like rivers of living water, these floods will break what needs to be broken, they will bring to death that which should be brought to death, but they will bring life and fruitage where there is none.   
-- Smith Wigglesworth

Our God is an Active God 7/21 Monday Meditation

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 day 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

Shaken 7/18 Friday Faith

And the place was shaken where they were assembled together, and all were filled afresh with the Holy Ghost.  Pentecost repeated!  Manifestations again!  And filled -- mouths and all!  "And they spake the Word of God with" -- what?  hesitation, moderation, timidity?  No, they were yet more vile.  "They spake the Word of God with boldness."  And the signs and wonders increased.  They never resented the first manifestations on their body on the day of Pentecost, and they prayed and received the second experience -- building and all.  Even the place was shaken this time.    [See Acts 4:29-31]

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Great Danger 7/17 Thursday Thoughts

There is great danger when some churches who have known the manifestation of the Spirit in days gone by desire to become so respectable and decorous that the supernatural is ruled out of their meetings...  We may as well write upon our assemblies, "Ichabod" -- the glory has departed.

-- Smith Wigglesworth

Respectability and Decorum 7/16 Wednesday Wisdom

The motto of a cold, indifferent, worldly church is, "Respectability and decorum," respectability inspired by one who is far from respectable -- Satan...  A generation that prides itself upon its outer respectability and decorum despises the manifestations of the Spirit of God.

-- Smith Wigglesworth
 

Made to be a Son 7/15 Tuesday Truth

Do you think that God will make you to be a failure?  God never made man to be a failure.  He made man to be a son, to walk the earth in the power of the Spirit, master over the flesh and the devil, until nothing arises within him except that which will magnify and glorify the Lord.
-- Smith Wigglesworth

Overcomer 7/14 Monday Meditation

God can make you an overcomer.  When the Spirit of God comes into your surrendered being He transforms you.  There is a life in the Spirit that makes you free and there is an audacity about it, and there is a personality in it-- it is God in you.
-- Smith Wigglesworth

Power by the Spirit 7/4 Friday the Fourth Faith

Look at the disciples.  Before they received the Holy Spirit they were in bondage.  When Christ said, "One of you shall betray Me," they were all doubtful of themselves and said, "Is it I?"  They were conscious of their human depravity and helplessness.  Peter said, "Though I should die with Thee, yet will I not deny Thee."  The others declared the same; yet they all forsook Him and fled.  But after the power of God fell upon them in the upper room, they were like lions to meet difficulty.  They were bold.  What made them so?  The purity and power that is by the Spirit.

-- Smith Wigglesworth
I WILL BE ON VACATION NEXT WEEK AND WILL NOT BE POSTING UNTIL JULY 14.

A Vessel Unto Honor 7/3 Thursday Thoughts

The reason the world today is not seeing this is because Christian people are not filled with the Spirit of Christ.  They are satisfied with going to church, occasionally reading the Bible, and sometimes praying.  Beloved, if God lays hold of you by the Spirit, you will find that there is an end to everything in the old life.  All the old things will have passed away, and all things will have become new -- all things are of God.  You will see that as you are wholly yielded to God, your whole being will be transformed by the Spirit's indwelling.  He will take you in hand so that you may become a vessel unto honor.
-- Smith Wigglesworth

God Filling You 7/2 Wednesday Wisdom

There is a necessity for every one of us to be filled with the Spirit of God.  It is not sufficient just to have a touch or to have usually a little.  There is only one thing that will meet the needs of the people today, and that is to be immersed in the life of God --- God filling you with His Spirit, then you live right in God and God lives in you so whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, it shall be all for the glory of God.
-- Smith Wigglesworth