Sermons & Devotionals by Classic Christian Writings

Regular, consistent time with the Word allows the Holy Spirit to illuminate and apply it in practical life situations. Growth is the natural result. The process can, however, falter at any point. Whenever other activities crowd out devotional Scripture reading, the lack of nourishment may stunt grow... Read More

"Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold" (Matt. 24:12). This waning of love refers to the dying out of the fire of a holy passion for the Lord Himself and for those for whom He gave His life, the loss of holy enthusiasm in His service and devotion. It refers not to that flesh... Read More

An acquaintance of ours was thoroughly devoted to the church and to God. His sons, though they had grown up in the church, were just as thoroughly devoted to themselves and to the world. I imagine that they, like most children who grow up in evangelical churches, prayed to receive Christ. After a wh... Read More

I distinctly remember the day when I left home to face life, amid its crowded ways, for myself. My father, whose philosophy was certainly that of Hebrew wisdom, gave me these verses: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not on thine understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He... Read More

He who seeks to abide in Christ must walk even as He walked. A branch bears fruit of the same sort as the vine to which it belongs. The life of the vine and the branch is so completely identical that the manifestation of that life must be identical too. When the Lord Jesus redeemed us with His blood... Read More

Isaiah 66:5 Awake, Christians of America--and of the whole world! The judgments of God hang over us and only desperate measures will save us from worse horrors than are now crushing the very life out of some throughout the world. The fact that we live in a so-called Christian land is not going to sa... Read More

"God requires to be represented by a fiery Church. He can and does tolerate many things in the way of infirmity and error in His children. He can and will pardon sin when the penitent prays, but two things are intolerable to Him--insincerity and lukewarmness. Lack of heart, and lack of heat are two ... Read More

Did you know that the Kingdom of God will not come apart from prayer? The unreached will never hear the sweet name of Jesus without the labor of someone’s Spirit-led prayers. Regardless of how things may appear on the surface, nothing of eternal value is ever released without somebody, somewhere pra... Read More

The summer before my father died in 1940, my sister and I lived with the Macks, a farm couple who were members of our father’s Assemblies of God church in Dufer, Oregon. We had stayed on several farms during our father’s long struggle with tuberculosis. Our mother Velma mailed two pairs of sandals t... Read More

Bible memorizing is a vital subject. I am hopeful that pastors and other Christian leaders in key positions in the churches, in the Christian schools and in other institutions will study this subject carefully so that they might be able to lead their people into memorization and make a big thing of ... Read More

Many Christians have found themselves utterly helpless in dealing with inquirers. They have not been able to meet the difficulties in the way of some, and as a result, their work has been most discouraging. The following have been found to be most helpful: * Believe that Jesus is able and willing to... Read More

Holiness has not legs and does not go walking about visiting idle people, as a lazy Christian seemed to think who told me that he thought the experience would “come” to him “some day.” The fact is, there are hindrances in the way of holiness with most people, but you who are seeking the experience m... Read More

Let me hold lightly things of this earth; Transient treasures, what are they worth? Moths can corrupt them, rust can decay; All their bright beauty fades in a day. Let me hold lightly temporal things -- I, who am deathless, I, who wear wings! Let me hold fast, Lord, things of the skies; Quicken my v... Read More

With the serious falling away among Christian people apparent in our day, many despair of ever again seeing a real Holy Spirit revival. But Peter, moved by the Holy Spirit, shows us that the prophecy of Joel is for the Church age (Read Acts 2:14-20). The Church age began on the day of Pentecost, and... Read More

The divorce between the teaching of consecration and the heralding of Christ’s return is a painful and dangerous development of the moment. “The Judge standing before the doors” is no longer the dynamic truth that shook the apostolic church to its foundations. And the reason is obvious. Too many are... Read More

Jesus says of the faithful and wise steward whom He sets over the household, "Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing: of a truth I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath. But if that servant [that is, the same man--a born-again man, for our Lord d... Read More

When Jesus rose from the dead, the whole of His devoted followers could assemble in one upper chamber. At the time of His ascension, they numbered one hundred and twenty. Of all the ages of history, that day was the age of universal corruption. Outside of Judea, idolatry reigned supreme. Gods and go... Read More

“This is the will of God, even your sanctification…For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness” (1 Thess. 4:3,7). Without holiness, “no man shall see the Lord” (Heb. 12:14). Therefore, “Be ye holy!” (1 Peter 1:16). Anyone who reads his Bible in sincerity, “not handling the word of... Read More

Always among God’s people there has been a holy and believing remnant who prayed down the outpouring of the Spirit. When things were blackest and most discouraging, such as these sought the face of God, and God heard and answered their prayers. Such is the case in the Church today. There are those w... Read More

“The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. “Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops” (James 5:16-18). “Prayer,” s... Read More