Do Not Be Ordinary! 7/23 Monday Meditation

Once again I come in my book of complete sermons of Smith Wigglesworth to MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE QUOTE, which I repeat every couple years:

God has privileged us in Christ Jesus to live above the ordinary human plane of life.  Those who want to be ordinary, and live on a lower plane, can do so; but as for me, I will not!  For the same unction, the same zeal, the same Holy Ghost power is at our command as was at the command of Stephen and the apostles.  We have the same God that Abraham had, that Elijah had, and we need not come behind in any gift or grace.

Be On Fire For Him 7/20 Friday Faith

Nothing of the past is equal to the present, and nothing of the present can equal the things of tomorrow, for "tomorrow" should be so filled with holy expectations that we will be "living flames" for Him.  God never intended His people to be ordinary, or commonplace; His intentions were that they should be on fire for Him, conscious of His divine power, realizing the glory of the cross that foreshadows the crown.

--Smith Wigglesworth

Press On 7/19 Thursday Thoughts

Not a weapon that is formed against you can prosper... Glorify God in distresses and persecutions, for the Spirit of God is there made manifest.  Be chastened!  Be perfected!  Press on to heights, lengths, depths, breadths.  Faith is the victory.  The hope is within you, the joy set before you.  The peace which passeth all understanding.

--Smith Wigglesworth

From Glory to Glory 7/18 Wednesday Wisdom

There is no stop in the Spirit-filled life:  we begin at the cross... and, being filled with Holy Spirit, we go on "from glory to glory."  Let us not forget that possessing the baptism in the Holy Spirit means there must be an "ever-increasing" holiness.  How the church needs divine unction -- God's presence and power so manifest that the world will know it.

--Smith Wigglesworth

Every Trial Is a Lift 7/17 Tuesday Truth

Every trial is a lift -- every burden a place of exchanging strength.  God will work.  "Who can lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?"  People do it, but it makes no difference.  God is for us. "...Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for those that love him" (I Corinthians 2:9).

--Smith Wigglesworth

Weakness Made Strong 7/16 Monday Meditation

Shall we allow our hearts to fail us in the day of adversity? No! That which God has already strengthened and perfected!! -- weakness made strong! -- corruption changed to purity! Knowing that in the tribulation and the fire God has purified us, what shall we say to these things? These light afflictions are working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.

--Smith Wigglesworth

When the Holy Ghost Comes In 7/13 Friday Faith

Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed? Jesus is king over your desires -- no man can call Jesus Lord but by the Holy Ghost.  When the Holy Ghost comes in, Jesus is Lord -- then His Word floods our souls and the tide flows out to the needy, the vision increases.  Hungrier than ever -- nothing satisfies me but God.

--Smith Wigglesworth