The Blessing Of The Cross
The Blessing of the Cross
By Peter Hammond
Could peace and prosperity be detrimental to our spiritual health? This may seem to be a shocking suggestion but recent history and personal experience should make us seriously consider the poss ... read more
The Boldness Of God's Friends (With Christ In The School Of Prayer)
The Boldness of Gods Friends
(With Christ In The School Of Prayer)
By Andrew Murray
He said unto them, which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of m ... read more
The Chained Ambassador
The Chained Ambassador
By Samuel L. Brengle
My soul was stirred within me the other morning by Pauls appeal for the prayers of the Church, in which he declares himself to be an ambassador in bonds or as the margin reads, in a chain.
Praying ... read more
The Chief End Of Prayer
The Chief End Of Prayer
By Andrew Murray
I go unto the Father And whatsoever ye shall ask in My Name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son (John 14:13).
That the Father may be glorified in the Son: it is to this end that ... read more
The Church Invades in the Power of God
The Church Invades in the Power of God
By Jessie Penn-Lewis
The Church of God is called to be a militant Church, not a Church passive, nor a Church awake with the energy of the flesh; but a Church militant in the power and energy of the Holy Spirit. ... read more
The Church Is Preparing For The Day When
The church is preparing for the day when
By Elmer G. Klassen
There is a day coming when Satan will no longer rule this world. He is today the prince and ruler of the air at work in those who are disobedient. He will continue to be able to do ... read more
The Coming Of The Lord Draws Nigh
"The Coming Of The Lord Draws Nigh"
James 5:8
By W. C. Moore
For some years the Spirit of God has been alerting humble, hungry Christians over the world to be ready for the soon coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to catch away those who are ready fo ... read more
The Devil's Opposition To Prayer
The Devil's Opposition To Prayer
By F. J. Perryman
A number of people tell me how sometimes it is difficult to pray, and that confirms my own experience. The universal admission is that whenever people give themselves to prayer, they never find ... read more
The Dynamic Of Faith
The Dynamic Of Faith
Your need appeals to Gods heart of love. Your prayer moves Him deeply. But without faith your prayer is incomplete. Faith lays hold of the power of God. God delights to respond to faith.
By Wesley L. Duewel
Prayer is not lim ... read more
The Exaltation Of Christ
The Exaltation Of Christ
By Rev. John Greenfield
One mark of a genuine baptism with the Holy Ghost is the exaltation of Christ. "He shall glorify Me," said Jesus with reference to the promised Paraclete (John 16:14). One result of Pentecost in ... read more
The Fight Of Faith
The Fight of Faith
By C. Nuzum
In I Timothy 6:12 we are commanded to fight the good fight of faith, and this shows us that just as soon as we believe what God says, an enemy will rise up against us, because we do not fight anybody except enemies. Of ... read more
The Fullness Makes The Difference
The Fullness Makes the Difference
By Samuel Chadwick
The gift of the Holy Spirit is the distinguishing feature of the Christian religion. It is the very soul of our faith. In His indwelling Presence is the secret of all Christian experience, and ... read more
The Gift Of The Holy Spirit
The Gift Of The Holy Spirit
By Samuel Chadwick
The sphere of the Holy Spirit is in the Living Temple of sanctified humanity. He dwells not in temples made with hands. The Temple at Jerusalem was a permitted mistake, as surely as the kingship of I ... read more
The Gospel Is: Jesus Is LORD
The Gospel is: Jesus is LORD
By Elmer G. Klassen
The chief cause of the rapid spread and ultimate triumph of Christianity in the first three centuries of its history was the transformation the gospel made in the lives of the believers in the Lord ... read more
The Holy Spirit Gives A Spirit Of Prayer
The Holy Spirit Gives A Spirit Of Prayer
Charles G. Finney writes about a man who had a remarkable God-given spirit of prayer. Of the man, Mr. Abel Clary, Finney writes: He had been licensed to preach, but his spirit of prayer was such, he was so burd ... read more
The Holy Spirit Will Set You Ablaze
The Holy Spirit Will Set You Ablaze
By Wesley L. Duewel
The Holy Spirit is the wonderful third Person of the Trinity about whom we know so little. He loves so tenderly, cares so personally, and ministers to us so faithfully. How amazing that perh ... read more
The Holy Spirit Worked Mightily In Our Midst!
The Holy Spirit Worked Mightily In Our Midst
Testimonies from the Shantung Revival in China in the 1930s
For several years there had been an increasing hunger in the hearts of most of us (missionaries of the North China Mission) to see more of ... read more
The Holy Spirit's Help In Prayer
The Holy Spirits Help In Prayer
By Gordon Cove
The secret of prayer is found in the three words: in the Spirit. When we come into the presence of God in prayer, we should look up to Him to send His Holy Spirit to teach us how to pray ... read more
The Humility Of Jesus
The Humility Of Jesus
By Andrew Murray
"I am in the midst of you as he that serveth" (Luke 22:27).
In the Gospel of John we have the inner life of our Lord laid open to us. Jesus speaks frequently of His relation to the Father, of the mo ... read more
The Intercessor - Gift Of God's Grace
The Intercessor - Gift of God's Grace
By Charles Spurgeon
Jeremiah interceded for the people, but we have not to seek far before we discover the reason why he did it. God gave the weeping prophet to His sinful people in order that they ... read more
The Lost - A Pressing Priority
The Lost--A Pressing Priority
By Lois J. Stucky
With time passing so rapidly into Eternity, it is important for us Christians to have our priorities right if we want to give good account to God. Very surely, "We shall all stand before the judgme ... read more
The Magnificence Of Jesus
The Magnificence of Jesus
Jesus Whom we love and serve is peerless, matchless, incomparable, magnificent. He has no equal! He is above all!
By Harold S. Martin
Unfolding the wonders of Jesus is an almost impossible job. Eternity itself cannot suf ... read more
The Ministry Of Intercession
The Ministry Of Intercession
By Andrew Murray
"An holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ" (I Peter 2:5)
"Ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord" (Isaiah 61:6).
"The Spirit of the ... read more
The New Christian Needs Help
The New Christian Needs Help
By Richard W. Bailey
Within two years of their professed conversion over 50 percent of new converts cannot be found in church on a given Sunday.
Is the church guilty of failing to spend time in following up the ... read more
The Pattern For Revival
The Pattern For Revival
By Stephen Olford
Edited from a message delivered at the "Heart-Cry for Revival" Conference in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, May 26-29, 1998.
Reading: 2 Chronicles 7:12-14; Deuteronomy 11:13-14, NKJV.
Many years ... read more
The Peace That Accompanies The Fear Of The Lord
The Peace That Accompanies the Fear of the Lord
By Rich Carmicheal
Throughout the Bible we are admonished to fear the Lord. For example, Moses declares, "And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord
" (Deuteron ... read more
The Price Of Reigning With Christ
The Price Of Reigning With Christ
By Jessie Penn-Lewis
In Matthew 20:21-22 we read that the mother of James and John came to Jesus and made a request of Him: Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on Thy right hand and the other on Thy left, ... read more
The Promise And Prayer Hand In Hand
The Promise And Prayer Go Hand In Hand
By E.M. Bounds
The promise of the Holy Spirit to the disciples was in a very marked way the Promise of the Father, but it was only realized after many days of continued and importunate praying. The promise wa ... read more
The Promise Is For You
The Promise Is For You
By R. A. Torrey
"For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call" (Acts 2:39).
What is the "promise" to which Peter refers in this verse ... read more
The Ready And Waiting Disciple
The Ready And Waiting Disciple
By W. C. Moore
The waiting disciple, the ready disciple will be a busy disciple. "Occupy till I come" (Luke 19:13) is the Lords command. And he is not only to be occupied, busy, but to be busy about the very thin ... read more
The Return Of Our Lord And Worldwide Evangelism
The Return Of Our Lord And Worldwide Evangelism
By Samuel Zwemer
Those who look eagerly for Christ's second coming are most eager also to complete the task of evangelism. "The gospel must first be preached unto all nations" "for a witness" ( ... read more
The Revival We Need
The Revival We Need
By Louis L. King
"Oh Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy" (Habakkuk 3:2).
The term revival points to a kind of recurrent activity.
In Ol ... read more
The Righteous Lord Loves Righteousness
The Righteous Lord Loves Righteousness
By James N. Jidov
"O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto Thee!" (Daniel 9:7). What a blessed, glorious truth!" God alone is the possessor of righteousness! This is one of the great, profound truths of the ... read more
The Secret Of Fellowship
The Secret Of Fellowship
By Andrew Murray
The more I think of and pray about the state of religion in this country, and all over the world, the deeper my conviction becomes that the low state of the spiritual life of Christians is due to the fact ... read more
The Secret Of Revival
The Secret Of Revival
By C. D. Carter
When people pray--God works. His methods have not changed. Our prayers are usually hurried and half hearted. There is little result from such praying. It is no wonder we see so little conviction of sin today.
... read more
The Secret Of The Cross
The Secret Of The Cross
By Andrew Murray
The question often arises how it is, with so much church attendance, Bible reading and prayer, that the Christian fails to live the life of complete victory over sin and lacks the love and joy of the Lord. ... read more
The Shield Of Faith
The Shield Of Faith
By Karlis Iesalnieks
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked (Eph. 6:16). Faith is the first and the most important part of the armor provided of God. But we ... read more
The Spirit Empowers the Church
The Spirit Empowers the Church? By R. S. McGrew
The Church cannot be understood apart from Pentecost. This is the most important event in the Book of Acts. It was the one great act of which John the Baptist prophesied and Jesus Christ promised --the ... read more
The Spirit-Filled Life
The Spirit-filled Life
By S. D. Gordon
Love is ambitious. God is love. Therefore God is ambitious for us. In the best sense of the word He is ambitious for our lives. The old impression has been that salvation is for the soul, and for heaven. Wel ... read more
The Stewardship Of Fasting
The Stewardship of Fasting
By J. G. Morrison
God has bestowed upon us the ability, the opportunity, the privilege and the duty of fasting. This is an obligation for which we are responsible, and for which some day we must give an account ... read more
The Stewardship Of Fasting
The Stewardship Of Fasting
By J. G. Morrison
Stewardship means that we owe somebody something. The very word "steward" from ancient times till now, has possessed the significance, first that something has been granted for which that person desi ... read more
The Surrendered Will
The Surrendered Will
By R. A. Torrey
"The Holy Ghost...given to them that obey" (Acts 5:32).
The surrendered will and life is the great secret of receiving the Holy Ghost. All turns upon this. We may deal with individual sins, and we may ... read more
The Temptations Of A Sancitified Man
The Temptations Of A Sanctified Man
By Samuel L. Brengle
How can a man that is dead to sin be tempted? asked an earnest but unsanctified Christian of me some time ago. If the very tendencies and inclinations to sin be destroyed, w ... read more
The True Minister Of God
The True Minister Of God
-- Author unknown
The trumpeter has his place in the Church of Christ. The trumpeter is the true minister of God, sent to warn the people and save the nation. We today must therefore have a warning ministry. But ... read more
The Unpopularity of Holiness
The Unpopularity of Holiness
From Helps to Holiness
Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? (2 Cor. 13:5).
Christ in you, the hope of glory (Col. 1:27).
Dear brother, do not think you can ma ... read more
The Virtue Of Humility
The Virtue of Humility
By William Law
Humility is the life and soul of piety, the foundation and support of every virtue and good work, the best guard and security of all holy affections. I recommend that you make humility a constant su ... read more
The Watchful Christian
The Watchful Christian
Scriptural watchfulness has three directions to it--upward to God, inward to our spiritual condition, and outward to our environment. It is to watch for God as David did when he said he watched for God in prayer more than the ... read more
The What And Why Of Fasting
The What And Why of Fasting
By Zacharias Tanee Fomum
Fasting is the abstention from food for a period of time. Various forms of fasts are possible. First of all, there is what I call the absolute fast. The absolute fast is one in whic ... read more
They Paid The Price!
They Paid The Price!
By Charlie Searle
A remarkable account of Gods working in the Belgian Congo in 1935, as reported in Worldwide Magazine, former publication of WEC International.
What a shock it was when news of the ... read more
Things Were Getting Worse And Worse
Things Were Getting Worse And Worse
By Elmer G. Klassen
Our religious life is in a decline. The political, social as well as religious life is showing disrespect to Evangelicals. There is among Evangelicals an increased interest and concern in th ... read more
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