Truly the sufferings of this present life are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. One hour of eternity, one moment with the Lord will make us utterly forget a lifetime of desolations.

- Horatius Bonar: Night of Weeping

I WILL BE ON VACATION NEXT WEEK AND WILL NOT BE POSTING.

Never Be Afraid... 4/28 Thursday Thoughts

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
-- Corrie ten Boom

Completely Obedient 4/25 Wednesday Wisdom

The child of God must be completely obedient to the Word of the Lord.  The driver on the highway is safe, not when he reads the signs; but when he obeys them.
--A.W. Tozer
I will be on vacation next week and will not be posting.

God Controls Every Circumstance 4/24 Tuesday Truth

My eye is not on the density of the fog, but on the living God, who controls every circumstance of my life.
- George Mueller

We Cannot Glorify God... 4/23 Monday Meditation

 We cannot glorify God  -- either by our lives or by worship -- unless we are enjoying Him.

--Jerry Bridges

To Preach the Wrath of God... 4/20 Friday Faith

I am certain that to preach the wrath of God with a hard heart, a cold lip, a tearless eye, and an unfeeling spirit is to harden men, not benefit them.
--Charles Spurgeon

Prayer Is an Attitude 4/19 Thursday Thoughts

Prayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude... an attitude of dependency... dependency upon God.
--A.W. Pink

Prayer Doesn't Change Things... 4/18 Wednesday Wisdom

Prayer doesn't change things -- God changes things in answer to prayer.

--John Calvin

The Closer We Are to God 4/17 Tuesday Truth

The closer we are to God, the more the slightest sin will cause us deep sorrow.

-- R.C. Sprowl

The Only Safe Place 4/16 Monday Meditation

For a change of pace, I am going to use quotes from "Christian Devotional Readings" Facebook group for two weeks, then I will be on vacation for a week.

The only safe place for a sheep is by the side of his shepherd, because the devil does not fear sheep, he just fears the shepherd.

-- A.W. Tozer

No More "Thou Shalt Not" 4/13 Friday Faith

In Him we live and move, and reign over all things.  It is no more "thou shalt not."  It is God's will, revealed to us in Christ.  "I delight to do Thy will, O God."  And, beloved, in our hearts there is exceeding glory.

--Smith Wigglesworth

"Have You Any of the Gifts?" 4/12 Thursday Thoughts

Ask of a score of saints chosen at random from almost any assembly, "Have you any of the gifts of the Spirit?" and the answer will be, "No," and given in a tone and with a manner that conveys the thought that the saint is not surprised at not having the gifts, that he doesn't expect to have any of them, and does not expect to seek for them.   Isn't this terrible when this living Word exhorts us specifically to "covet earnestly the best gifts"?
So in order that the gift might be everything and in evidence, we have to see that we cease to live excepting for His glory.  He works with us, we work with Him, cooperative, working together.  This is divine.  Surely this is God's plan.

--Smith Wigglesworth

Lord Over All 4/11 Wednesday Wisdom

When your will becomes entirely the will of God, then you are clearly in the place where the Holy Ghost can make Jesus Lord in your life, Lord over your purchases, Lord over your selling, Lord over your eating and your drinking, your clothing and your choice of companionship.

--Smith Wigglesworth

How To Be Saved 4/10 Tuesday Truth

You are eternally saved by the power of God.  Do not be led astray by anything, do not take your feelings for your salvation, do not take anybody's word for your salvation.  Believe that God's Word is true.  What does it say?

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.   John 3:36

--Smith Wigglesworth

God's Love Toward Us 4/9 Monday Meditation

I have great love for my boys in England, great love for my daughter here; but it is nothing in comparison to God's love toward us.  God's love is desirous that we should walk up and down the earth as His son, clothed, filled, radiant, with fire beaming forth from the countenance, setting forth the power of the Spirit, so that the people jump into liberty.

--Smith Wigglesworth

Only God 4/6 Friday Faith

Only God can make people right.  Only melted gold is minted.  Only moistened clay receives the mold.  Only softened wax receives the seal.  Only broken, contrite hearts receive the mark as the Potter turns us on his wheel.  Oh, Lord give us that blessed state where we are perfectly and wholly made meek.

--Smith Wigglesworth

The Power of God Fell 4/5 Thursday Thoughts

One day the power of God fell upon me.  I came out to the meeting and fell down before the Lord.  The people began asking, "What sin has Wigglesworth been committing?"  This went on for a fortnight [two weeks].  Every time I came to the altar God used to sweep through me with such a manifestation of my helplessness, that I would go down before God and weep right through.  Then the preacher or the leader was broken up and came alongside of me. God made a revival begin in that.  God had broken me up and revival began through His revival in me.  Oh, it was lovely!  At last my wife said, "Since my husband had that touch, I have never been able to cook anything that he was not pleased with.  It is never too cold and never too hot."

--Smith Wigglesworth

Forget Yourself and Get Lost in Him 4/4 Wednesday Wisdom

Never let us do anything to lose this divine love, this close affection in our hearts that says, "Not I, but Christ, not I, but Christ!"  I want to say forget yourself and get lost in Him.  Love all your identification in the Son of God, let Him become all in all, seek only the Lord and let Him be glorified.  You will have gifts, you will have grace, and wisdom.  God is waiting for the man that will lay all on the altar, fifty-two weeks in the year, three hundred and sixty-five days in the year, and then continue perpetually in the Holy Ghost.

--Smith Wigglesworth

The Kingdom of God Is Within You 4/3 Tuesday Truth

Could the kingdom of heaven bring weakness, disease, consumption, cancers, tumors?  The kingdom of God is within you, it is the life of Jesus, the power of the Highest, pure, holy; it has no disease or imperfection.  But Satan cometh to steal and kill and destroy.

--Smith Wigglesworth

Our God Is an Active God 4/2 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 days of the early church.  The sound of the mighty rushing wind is just the same today as it was on the day of 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