Walking Epistles 9/30 Friday faith

The Lord would have us to be walking epistles of His Word. Jesus is the Word and is the power in us, and it is His desire to work in and through us His own good pleasure. We must believe that He is in us. There are boundless possibilities for us if we dare to act in God and dare to believe that the wonderful virtue of our living Christ shall be made manifest through us as we lay our hands on the sick in His name.


         -- Smith Wigglesworth

Happy New Year! 9/29 Thursday thoughts

Happy New Year!   Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown, Wednesday, September 28.   According to Jewish tradition, this is the day on which God created the earth.   It has vastly more significance than an arbitrary date such as January 1.   Besides, if prophesy continues to be literally fulfilled, Jesus will return on a Rosh HaShanah, the Feast of Trumpets, when "the last trumpet" is sounded (1 Cor. 15:52).   My prayer / ministry partner and I will be attending the Rosh HaShanah praise and worship celebration at Sar Shalom Messianic Congregation in Mansfield (Jewish and gentile Pentecostal believers who confess Jesus as Messiah and observe the Jewish festivals which Jesus celebrated).   The article below explains the significance for Christians:





ROSH HASHANNAH / FEAST OF TRUMPETS : As Jews all over the globe sound the shofar and celebrate Rosh Hashanah (the Feast of Trumpets) yearly, the vast majority of Christians have absolutely no idea that the Feast of Trumpets, called Rosh Hashanah in Hebrew, is actually a Christian holiday, too.

It is a holiday that was created by YHWH : it is a holiday that Y’shua (Jesus) celebrated; it is a holiday that the first Believers celebrated; it is a holiday that foreshadows the return of Y’shua; and it is a holiday that the entire world will celebrate during the 1,000 year reign of Y’shua on earth.

Sadly, most Christians don't know the first thing about this amazing festival—but they should learn about it. The truth is that YHWH has always had His most important events foreshadowed by His festivals and has always had His most important events actually fall on the dates of these festivals. In other words, YHWH’s redemption plan for mankind is encoded in the seven main feasts of Leviticus chapter 23. Passover (Pesach) foreshadowed the sacrifice of Y’shua on the crucifixion stake and it was fulfilled on that day. Unleavened Bread (Hag HaMatzah) represents Y’shua’s three days in the grave. Firstfruits (Bikkurim) represent Y’shua’s resurrection after three days. Pentecost (Shavuot) foreshadowed the giving of the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) and it was fulfilled on that day. The first four festivals were fulfilled not only to the day, but the hour! Why will the last three, which deals with Y’shua’s Second Coming, not be fulfilled—also to the hour?

... So what does the Feast of Trumpets foreshadow? It foreshadows the last trumpet before the return of Messiah Y’shua, and it is a certainty that it will be fulfilled on that day as well! Most Christians have never learned any of this . . . 
    --  Hebrew Roots Teaching Institute  (a Facebook group)

The traditional food, by the way, is apples dipped in honey for a sweet and fruitful new year.

Tested in the Fire 9/28 Wed. wisdom

Beloved, if you are tested in the fire, the Master is cleaning away all that cannot bring out the image, cleaning away all the dross from your life, and every evil power, till He sees His face right in the life, till He sees His face right in your life.

             -- Smith Wigglesworth

Lively Hope 9/27 Tuesday truth

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.    -- 1 Peter 1:3

Lively hope is movement.
Lively hope is looking into.
Lively hope is pressing into.
Lively hope is leaving everything behind you.
Lively hope is keeping the vision.
Lively hope sees Him coming!

And you live in it, the lively hope.  You are not trying to make yourself feel that you are believing, but the lively hope is ready, waiting.   Lively hope is filled with joy of expectation of the King.  Praise the Lord!
                 --Smith Wigglesworth

No "buts" 9/26 Monday meditation

There are no "buts" in sanctification of the Spirit.  "But" and "if" are gone, and it is "shall" and "I will" all the way through. 

Beloved if there are any "buts" in your attitude toward the Word of truth there is something unyielded to the Spirit.

             -- Smith Wigglesworth, 1924

An Angel of Light 9/23 Friday faith

Lord, bring us to a place of humility and brokenheartedness where we will see the danger of satanic powers.  Don't you believe the devil is a big ugly monster; he comes as an angel of light, and he comes at a time when you have done well, and tells you about it.  He comes to make you feel you are somebody.

            -- Smith Wiggglesworth

Under His Power 9/22 Thursday thoughts

I want you to notice that Jesus want you to be so under His power, so controlled by, and filled with the Holy Ghost, that the power of authority in you will resent all evil.   . . .

I want to impress you with this fact that every believer should reach a place in the Holy Ghost where he has no desire except the desire of God.  The Holy Ghost has to possess us till we are filled, led, yes, divinely led by the Holy Ghost.  It is a mighty thing to be filled with the Holy Ghost.

          -- Smith Wigglesworth