Sermons & Devotionals by Classic Christian Writings

Paul Billheimer was a contemporary and a valued friend of Brother and Sister Moore, although they never met in person. This article written from the devotion of Brother Billheimer’s heart struck a corresponding chord in the hearts of Brother and Sister Moore. Their lives were ablaze with love and ze... Read More

To every sinner Jesus says, "Come unto Me." To every Spirit-filled Christian He says, "Abide in Me." So few today have ever been taught what it means to fully abide in Christ, the "True Vine." Before telling His disciples to abide in Him, Jesus had spoken of their being filled with the Holy Spirit, ... Read More

One of the most consecrated Christians as well as one of the greatest of gospel singers and hymn writers was Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876). He was taken away early in life, but before his departure wrote some of our best hymns, among them being, "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning," "Hold the Fort," "T... Read More

Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, is it nothing to us that people backslide in our very midst? If we were filled with the Holy Spirit as God’s Word tells us to be (Ephesians 5:18), rivers of Living Water would flow from us (John 7:37-39). We are at fault if we are not continually filled with God’s H... Read More

The more we study and try to practice this grace of intercession, the more we become overwhelmed by its greatness and our feebleness. Let every such impression lead us to listen: "My grace is sufficient for thee," and to answer truthfully: "Our sufficiency is of God." Take courage: it is in the inte... Read More

The relation between a Christian leader and his people is represented in the Scriptures as very solemn and tender. He is God’s messenger, to speak to them the words of truth, to feed their souls with the bread of life, to watch for their souls as one who is soon to give an account to Him who sent hi... Read More

We need not only the surrender of the will, but the whole being going along with glad obedience. This is the spirit of the slain Lamb. We, His bride, are to be united to this Lamb. How can we unless we too have been slain? We have thought that an entirely surrendered will is necessary to bring us in... Read More

I have been startled at the confessions from God’s people, how those who for years have been zealous Christians have confessed to pride, self-sufficiency, self-seeking, a censorious and critical spirit, a lack of love--all these things covered up in their hearts. Sometimes I have been struck with re... Read More

Abundance is characteristic of God. Go forth on a spring morning, and look on the flowers with which He has carpeted the woodlands. Daisies and buttercups, primroses and cowslips in myriads bear witness to the prodigality of His thought and power--His thought to fashion, His power to produce. But th... Read More

"What was God doing last night during the storm?" a little girl asked her father. Then without waiting for him to reply, she answered her own question: "I know. God was making the morning!" God is forever making mornings. So it is with the storms of our lives. We must not judge the character of God ... Read More

It is to a new life that God is calling us, not to some new steps in life, some new habits or ways or motives or prospects, but to A NEW LIFE. To produce this new life the eternal Son of God became flesh, died, was buried, and rose again. It is not life producing life, a lower life rising into a hig... Read More

Think of how God is hindered and disappointed when His children do not pray, or pray but little. The low, feeble life of the Church and the lack of the power of the Holy Spirit for conversion and holiness, is all owing to the lack of prayer. How different would be the state of the Church and of heat... Read More

In October 1887, my husband, Jonathan Goforth, was appointed by the Canadian Presbyterian Church to open a new field in the northern section of the province of Honan, China. We left Canada the following January, reaching China in March 1888. Not until then did we realize the tremendous difficulties ... Read More

"He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich He hath sent empty away" (Luke 1:53). Our unchanging God is not forcing His blessings on those who are already satisfied. If we want God we can have God! But if we are rich, and increased with goods and have need of nothing (Rev. 3:14-22), we... Read More

Only a sweeping religious awakening will bring God back to our nation and save our land. We need a religious awakening that will expose the bitter, devilish, evil of sin. But how may we have such a religious awakening? As in the time of Samuel, as in the time of Ezra, as in the time of Elijah, as in... Read More

Tremendous answers to prayer have resulted from gatherings for united prayer. In addition to the specific answers received, there are always great spiritual benefits, as all those praying learn to prevail more effectively. 1. The spirit of prayer is deepened. When one believer prays in the Spirit, G... Read More

This article, written in 1948 by J. Arthur Mouw (now deceased), is reprinted from an earlier edition of Herald of His Coming. It will instruct and encourage readers who have written to inquire about tithing. The story I am about to relate is concerning the work of the Lord in the Belitang area of We... Read More

God never changes (Mal. 3:6; Heb. 13:8). His ways are not our ways (Isa. 55:8-9). Earthly parents shield their children from severe testings. Not so the Lord. It is sadly true that many Christian parents spoil their children – yield to their pleadings, their insistences – for things which the parent... Read More

God wants humble men for His channels. "God...hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know His will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of His mouth. For thou shalt be His witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard" (Acts 22:14,-15). God wants men to know His will, to see H... Read More

Men have forgotten God. Sin flourishes on every side. The pulpit fails to grip. Nothing less than an outpouring of the Holy Spirit can meet the situation. How may we secure such an outpouring of the Spirit? By prayer! True--and the first thing we must do is we must deal with sin. Unless sin is put a... Read More