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