Sermons & Devotionals by Classic Christian Writings

It is only by waiting before the throne of grace that we become endued with the Holy Fire. He who waits there long and believingly will imbibe that Fire and come forth from his communion with God bearing tokens of where he has been. The only way to gain spiritual power is by secret waiting at the th... Read More

The Jerusalem congregation -- the first church -- is not only the mother Christian church, it is God’s model. God not only gives instructions for the building of the church. He makes sure that we have a pattern to go by. Giving a pattern has always been part of God’s unique plan. To Moses He said, "... Read More

Improve the present moment! Why delay? Why wait tomorrow when you have today? Why plan for something that is hours hence? You own no future hour--come, friend, commence! w is the time for working--now, right now-- Work in the present moment, never bow To some dim future with its beckoning hand. Your... Read More

The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom (Prov. 9:10). This is the first lesson in the school of wisdom. “To fear the Lord is to hate evil” (Prov. 8:13), because God Himself hates evil. When we have heard the call of God to be holy because He is holy, and are gripped by that call, we shall hate si... Read More

One of the most consistent features of those outpourings of the Holy Spirit that have come to be called times of “Revival” has been that of a true spirit of unity among Christian people. This has been a feature apparent both in the time of revival itself and in the run up to it. If we have any heart... Read More

What a moving experience it has been, as we prepare this issue of Herald of His Coming, to explore publications which detail the persecution of devoted Christian brothers and sisters in many places around the world. Having glimpsed their gallantry in enduring the trials, tragedies and triumphs of pe... Read More

When the Master was eating the Last Supper with His disciples He said to them, “I have given you something.” That something was not money, it was not power or prestige, it was not a high rank in the realm of society, He did not give them fame or renown, for He knew that these things are fleeting. He... Read More

Some of us find it difficult not only to forget our sorrows, but a1so to forget our mistakes. If we are not careful, the mistakes of the past can hang like chains about us, effectively hindering our progress. We are tempted to feel that we can never succeed because we have failed in the past. It may... Read More

You ask how you may know in how far you are led by the Spirit of God. As every man knows of himself when he is hungry or pleased, so too with regard to the Spirit of God, for the Spirit of God is more distinguishable from all other spirits and tempers than any of your natural affections are from one... Read More

James was one of Jesus’ most important apostles. He was one of the inner circle who saw Jesus raise Jairus’ daughter from the dead, who went with Jesus to the Mount of Transfiguration and who was called by Jesus to go further into the Garden of Gethsemane. We know from Scripture that James had the p... Read More

The day of Pentecost was the first New Testament Revival. It was only the beginning of "that which was spoken by the prophet Joel: And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh..." (Acts 2:16-17). It is the purpose of the Lord that this whole Era ... Read More

"Child of Mine," speaks the still small Voice, "I would have filled you with My own fullness, taken possession of you, used you to My praise, but you would not. It was not your littleness, your limited capacity that hindered Me, but that you did not turn your littleness over to Me as a channel thru ... Read More

In Joel 2:23 we read that the Lord "will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month." Therefore we can look for a doubling up in revival power in these last days – for rain is symbolic of an outpouring of God’s Spirit, as we read in Isaiah 44:3: "I w... Read More

There is one great truth that we must acknowledge and not neglect in order to experience in all reality a life of obedience to the Word of God, a life controlled by the Holy Spirit, a life of prayer and faith, a life of soul-winning, and the revival that is so desperately needed. This truth we must ... Read More

The Spirit of God makes intercession through us “with groanings which cannot be uttered” (Rom. 8:26). George D. Watson says: “All the great epochs of divine providence and manifestation in the world have been preceded by great prayer… “All down the ages, whenever God has come forth from His hiding p... Read More

The key to revival is in your hand and mine, fellow Christian. God has put it there. Many years ago God gave the keys to revival into the hands of His own people, and He has never taken them back. Rain is typical of revival (Isa. 44:3; John 7:37-39). “If I shut up heaven that there be no rain,” God ... Read More

“Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard lest at any time we should let them slip” (Heb. 2:1). The truth that saves the soul is not picked up as we would pick up the pebbles along the beach, but it is obtained rather as gold and silver, after diligent searc... Read More

Everywhere today the Spirit is calling God’s people to prayer. But the Lord’s people are not stirring themselves up to pray. People are busy in their own affairs. Churches are engaged in programs of their own that have little to do with God’s program in this Age-ending hour. When the Lord asked Matt... Read More

The Bible speaks of "an evil heart of unbelief." This sin may not be considered as evil as are outward, more visible sins of the flesh. It might be thought of as a "respectable sin." Since it may not be clearly visible outwardly, the heart harboring it might not feel guilt. But Christians can be gui... Read More

The churches in South Korea pray like their life depends on it. The bell rings at 4:00 a.m. every morning in Ji Jong and many other villages calling the Christians to wake up and come to the church for prayer. Many of their churches have a larger crowd for early morning prayer meetings than North Am... Read More