Time Alone With God 3/31 Thursday Thoughts

This will be the last post of the week. I will resume posting either Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. If the Son of God found it necessary to pray all night alone with God, don't you think we ought to spend some time alone with God? -- Maria Woodworth-Etter

Bride in Training 3/30 Wednesday Wisdom

I will be posting Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday only this week. I will be on vacation and will resume next Tuesday or Wednesday. The bride is now in training. The Holy Spirit is the Dove; the singing is the cooing of the Dove before the storm. Have you ever heard doves, before a storm, calling to their mates to seek shelter? In a similar way, the Holy Spirit is calling to us to seek shelter from the Tribulation storms that are coming upon the earth. -- Maria Woodworth-Etter

The Greatest Banquet 3/29 Tuesday Truth

I will be posting Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday only this week. I will be on vacation and will resume next Tuesday or Wednesday. The King of Glory will be married to His bride. Don't you know that every good thing the world enjoys, God is going to let us enjoy ten-thousandfold? When we eat bread and drink wine in the kingdom (see Matthew 26:29; Luke 22:30), it will be the greatest Banquet, the most wonderful occssion ever heard of. -- Maria Woodworth-Etter

The Same Holy Spirit Today 3/23 Wednesday Wisdom

I will be posting Monday through Wednesday this week, and will post only Tuesday through Thursday the following week. It is the same Holy Spirit today. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God. He is a person, and He works under the direction of Jesus Christ, under His orders. He doesn't do anything except what Christ tells Him to do. When we are ready to receive Him, Jesus sends the Holy Spirit to impart to us His own gifts. The Holy Spirit cleanses these temples of ours and comes in to dwell. He fills our bodies, and His power in us gives us utterances... and works through us in other ways. -- Maria Woodworth-Etter

A Cyclone of God's Power 3/22 Tuesday Truth

I will be posting Monday through Wednesday this week, and will post only Tuesday through Thursday the following week. When a cyclone comes, men and women turn pale. When God's cyclone through the Holy Spirit strikes the people, it is a great leveler. They lose sight of their money bags, and all hatred and ill will are swept away, just as a cyclone carries away everything before it. When a tidal wave strikes a city, it submerges everything. In the same way, in a tidal wave of the Holy Spirit, everything goes under. Oh, we need a cyclone of God's power to sweep out of our lives everything that hinders us and a tidal wave to submerge us in God. -- Maria Woodworth-Etter

Rise Up 3/21 Monday Meditation

I will be posting Monday through Wednesday this week, and will post only Tuesday through Thursday the following week. We are living in the last days, and there has got to be a higher standard for the [church]. Christ is coming, and we cannot continue in the old rut. God is sifting us today, and we have to rise above errors; we have to rise up and go forward. By the grace of God, we wil. Praise His name! -- Maria Woodworth-Etter

Consecrate to God 3/18 Friday Faith

LEP'S FAITH QUOTES: Consecrate to God 3/18 Friday Faith Consecrate everything to God, day by day,. He will not call you to do something unless He is going to give you strength and grace. -- Maria Woodworth-Etter

We Will Know His Will 3/17 Thursday Thoughts

Let God speak to you. Do not wait for someone to speak and tell you that God wants you to go to India. Let God speak to you. When people go to a place because someone else has told them that they should go, they get homesick and discouraged and try to get back again. Let the Lord be our Guide. If we do His will, we will know His will. -- Maria Woodworth-Etter

The Work God Wants of You 3/16 Wednesday Wisdom

[God] expects you to take Him into partnership and give Him what belongs to Him, and He will bless you. The Gospel has to be supported. Water is free, but it costs money to lay the pipes and keep the water running. Angels can fly, but men have to pay for transportation; someone has to help with this. If you keep the pipes in order, the Gospel will be given out. You need to help by praying, by holding up the hands of those who work. (See Exodus 1712.) If you trust God and walk with Him, that is the work God wants of you. -- Maria Woodworth-Etter

He Will Supply 3/15 Tuesday Truth

The Holy Spirit makes us levelheaded... Be God's stewards, and give the Lord His due. The "cattle upon a thousand hills" (Ps. 50:10) are His, but He works through our instrumentality. He gives you everything you have -- physically, financially, and spiritually -- and He expects you to use all your abilities for Him. If your resources give out, He will supply. -- Maria Woodworth-Etter

Know the Voice of God 3/14 Monday Meditation

We do know God and the voice of God, but the devil can come as an "angel of light" (2 Cor. 11:14). When you are in the Holy Spirit, that is the time the devil tries to get in and lead you astray. The Holy Spirit is revealing some secret things, and at the same time, the devil comes in. If you are not careful, you will listen to what he has to say and follow him. -- Maria Woodworth-Etter

When God Talks to You 3/11 Friday Faith

When God talks to you, the message agrees with the written Word. The Holy Spirit never says anything that doesn't correspond with the Word. A message that comes from heaven must correspond with the Word; if it is otherwise, do not accept it. -- Maria Woodworth-Etter

Recognizing God's Power 3/10 Thursday Thoughts

People who are not saved hate the power of God. The cold, dead formalists cannot understand the power of God; it is foolishness to them. They think people are excited, hypnotized, or have lost their minds. May God have mercy upon us if we do not know God's power from hypnotic power or the devil's power. --Marie Woodworth-Etter

Our Citizenship in Heaven 3/9 Wednesday Wisdom

The heaven of heavens cannot contain God, yet He tabernacles with men. He comes and dwells in us. His gifts are demonstrated through us, so that people may know that God dwells in Zion (Ps. 9:11). We have a bodyguard of angels. The angels of the Lord encamp around those who love God (Ps. 34:7). "Our citizenship is in heaven" (Phil.3:20), and we are on the way there. -- Maria Woodworth-Etter

Belief vs. Faith 3/8 Tuesday Truth

Many people today have an intellectual faith, a historical faith; they believe. Well, "the devils also believe, and tremble" (James 2:19). Belief is one thing; faith is another. -- Maria Woodworth-Etter

Introducing Maria Woodworth-Etter 3/7 Monday Meditation

I have concluded about a year and a half of posting Smith Wigglesworth quotes from the book of his complete sermons. Continuing my practice of quoting "Pentecostal pioneers" who are seldom read nowadays, I begin a new series today with The Holy Spirit, by MARIA WOODWORTH-ETTER (1844-1924). Maria (pronounced ma-RIGH-uh) grew up as a farm girl in east central Ohio. She became a famous healing evangelist throughout the Midwest and West Coast who held tent revivals. This was in a day when it was rare for women to preach, and women who did faced serious persecution. Her interesting and sometimes heartbreaking story can be read at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Woodworth-Etter "In the last days, some people will be living very near to God, but the devil will have his workers, too, who will attribute signs and wonders to any power except the power of Christ. The Lamb of God, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, has never lost His power and never will lose His power. I would hate to say by my actions that I thought the devil had more power than God." -- Maria Woodworth-Etter

Hold On! 3/4 Friday Faith

Sometimes were are tempted to think that He has left us. Oh, no. He has promised never to leave us, He will not fail. Jacob held on until the blessing came. We can do the same. -- Smith Wigglesworth

A Place of Holiness 3/3 Thursday Thoughts

But there is a place of holiness, a place of meekness, a place of faith, where you can call to God, "I will not let thee go, except thou bless me" (Genesis 32:26). And in response He will bless you exceeding, abundantly above all you ask or think. -- Smith Wigglesworth

End of Self-Sufficiency 3/2 Wednesday Wisdom

In wrestling, the strength is in the neck, the breast, and the thigh, but the greatest strength is in the thigh. The Lord touched Jacob's thigh. With his human strength gone, surely defeat was certain. What did Jacob do? He hung on. God means to have people who are broken. The divine power can only come when there is an end of our own self-sufficiency. -- Smith Wigglesworth