Sermons & Devotionals by Classic Christian Writings

How can we encourage and inspire one another to witness? Here are some of the biblical themes which should always challenge us. A Matter Of Conviction Personal witness must be a matter of conviction with us. All the personal witness texts, with all their commissioning force, must speak to our hearts... Read More

The people around us are watching us, they are looking and examining us to see exactly what we are, regardless of our testimonies. They are hearkening for our voices, not only in the meetings and when we are in the Spirit, but when we are not conscious of their scrutiny. They are measuring our lives... Read More

A young boy was walking in the desert with his father. Suddenly the father yelled for his son to stop and walk slowly to one side. Without hesitation, the boy did exactly as his father had commanded, soon seeing what his obedience had saved him from. A snake lay coiled in his former path, waiting to... Read More

The wreckage of civilization is around us! Disobedience in the homes, godlessness in the schools, crime on the streets, immorality in society, corruption in the government, even apathy and hypocrisy in the churches. The world is in crisis! What Are Born-again Christians To Do? “Because iniquity shal... Read More

It is the treasures that cost us mast that enrich us. The world’s greatest blessings have come out of its greatest sorrows. The poet Goethe is reported to have said, “I never had an affliction which did not turn into a poem.” Many of the finest things in Christian character are the fruits of sufferi... Read More

"Till He come and rain righteousness upon you" (Hos. 10:12). "Wilt Thou not revive us again…?" (Psa. 85:6). Let us seek God for revival – let us center on revival – and desperately, definitely ask God for rain in the time of the latter rain (Zech. 10:1). Let us avoid side issues, for we need God; we... Read More

"It is time to seek the Lord till He come and rain righteousness upon you" (Hosea 10:12). Let us desperately seek God for revival--let us center on revival --and desperately, definitely ask God for rain in the time of the latter rain! (Zechariah 10:1). Let us avoid side issues for we need God! We ne... Read More

Revival is in God’s heart. “Wilt Thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?” (Psa. 85:6) – and it is up to each and every one of us who are born again children of God to pray through for the accomplishment of the thing God wants done. “I will yet for this be enquired of...to do i... Read More

At so great, so great a price, our precious Lord Jesus overcame the evil one and provided for His own a full and complete redemption. He has redeemed us from a cruel, cruel taskmaster. Christ has delivered us out of that Kingdom of darkness with its fear, evil, corruption, bondage, death and the lik... Read More

"Be you therefore ready...."! "The Son of man cometh at an hour that you think not" (Luke 12:40). Jesus is coming in an unexpected hour when some will not be ready. "Take heed to yourselves...."! "Lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting...and the cares of this life" (Luke 21:34).... Read More

The example of our Lord in the matter of prayer is one which His followers might well copy. Christ prayed much and He taught much about prayer. His life and His works, as well as His teaching, are illustrations of the nature and the necessity of prayer. He lived and labored to answer prayer. But the... Read More

Edited from a message delivered at the "Heart-Cry for Revival" Conference near Asheville, North Carolina, May 23-27, 2000. The Lord gave me an assignment to pray for revival when I was very young, and for over fifty years now God has held that assignment upon me. It hasn’t always been encouraging, b... Read More

We have run across a few lines on the subject of prayer, written by John Bunyan, the author of Pilgrim’s Progress, the world’s second "best seller," the Bible being the first, of course. Here is what Bunyan wrote: "When thou prayest, rather let thy heart be without words, than thy words without thy ... Read More

Any prophet of God who boldly stands up today and exposes sin for the odorous stench that it is, as Jesus exposed it, will likely be charged with being judgmental, negative and out of touch with the contemporary beat. The weak, compromising prophets would piously admonish, “Judge not,” brother, “tha... Read More

Sit down with pencil and paper, and – verse by verse – let the Word of God search your heart. It will mean recognizing, admitting, even recording your sins as they’re revealed – yours, not your neighbor’s. It will mean Spirit-guided confession and restoration. It will mean obedience at any cost – in... Read More

"The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out" (Lev. 6:13). Keep the altar of private prayer burning. This is the very life of all piety. The sanctuary and family altars borrow their fires here; therefore, let this burn well. Secret devotion is the very essence, evidence and ... Read More

“Thou hast commanded us to keep Thy precepts diligently” (Psalm 119:4). For three reasons should we keep the commandments of the Lord with diligence. First, because our adversary that seeks to snare us by the transgression of them is diligent in tempting, for he goes about, night and day, seeking to... Read More

If you have turned to this page from reading the story of the Canadian Revival, you will be feeling something of the joy of this gracious work of God's grace in our day. The half cannot be told even in a first-hand report of it from the platform as we heard it at "Heart-Cry for Revival" conference, ... Read More

"We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not" (1 John 5:18). Nothing in this scripture is intended in any way to contradict the truth of our utter dependence upon God and our utter helplessness apart from Him... Read More

Edited from a message delivered at the "Heart-Cry for Revival" Conference near Asheville, North Carolina, April 9-12, 2002 The focus of the ministry I represent is on the power of praying together, experiencing Christ actively in charge. I am deeply concerned that corporate prayer has such a weak pl... Read More