Only We Have Changed 9/1 Friday Faith

The meetings [the Azusa Revival, 1906-1909] were controlled by the Spirit, from the throne. Those were truly wonderful days. I often said that I would rather live six months at that time than fifty years of ordinary life. But God is just the same today. Only we have changed. -- Frank Bartleman

The Road of Apostasy 8/30 Thursday Thoughts

The apostasy of the early church came as a result of a greater desire to see the spread of its power and rule than to see new natures given to its individual members. The moment we covet a large following and rejoice in the crowd that is attracted by our presentation of what we consider truth, and have not a greater desire to see the natures of individuals changed according to the divine plan, we start to travel the same road of apostasy. -- Frank Bartleman

A Perfect Church 8/30 Wednesday Wisdom

He who sets out to find a perfect church, in which there are no unworthy elements and no disfigurations, proposes to himself a hopeless task. -- Frank Bartleman

We Must Have the Revival 8/29 Tuesday Truth

John Wesley himself once prayed, after the revival had about died out for the time, "Oh, Lord, send us the old revival, wihtout the defects; but if this cannot be, send it with all its defects. We must have the revival!" -- Frank Bartleman

Only Through Prayer 8/28 Monday Meditation

Human organizations and human programs leave very little room for the free Spirit of God. ... The prayer life is needed much more than buildings or organizations. These are often a substitute for the other. Souls are born into the kingdom only through prayer. -- Frank Bartleman

Faith for Better Things 8/25 Friday Faith

When we began to pray in the spring of 1905, no one seemed to have much faith for anything out of the ordinary. Pessimism in regard to the then-present conditions seemed to be felt generally among the saints. But this attitude had changed. God Himself had given us faith for better things. There had been nothing in sight to stimulate us to this. It came from nothing. And can He not do the same today? -- Frank Bartleman

The Depth of Revival 8/24 Thursday Thoughts

The depth of revival will be determined exactly by the depth of the spirit of repentance. -- Frank Bartleman