Sermons & Devotionals by Classic Christian Writings

In Matthew 25 Jesus tells us about talents. A man gave his three servants their assignments and then took a journey. He gave them each what he knew they could handle. When he returned, he had a business meeting with them. Two of them he was pleased with and promoted because they had doubled what he ... Read More

The prophet Isaiah lived in a time when Israel was in a backslidden condition. Her cup of iniquity had become almost full and she was soon to be carried away captive to a heathen land. There were mountains of difficulties in the way of God's work. The people were divided, and nothing, it seemed, cou... Read More

There is one decisive ground of battle in the world today and it is the battleground of prayer! To gamble with the idea of praying or not praying is to court disaster. Why wait? Do not look to what others are doing or not doing. Yourself make a covenant with God to seek Him till He comes and rains r... Read More

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if someone could announce to his church: "This year Revival will come to this church"? That’s what a humble praying caretaker announced in the Betlehem Church in downtown Oslo, Norway. What an amazing story! It took place in the early 1930’s. One day Rev. Thorleif Holm-Glad,... Read More

Before God can launch us out into the breadth and sweetness of His service, and entrust to us great things for Himself, we must be perfectly subdued in every part of our nature to His will and disposition of His mind. We must be subdued in our hearts, in our wills, in our words, in our tempers, in o... Read More

"Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me;...and ye shall find rest unto your souls" (Matthew 11:29). The Thought Of Surrender There are, I think, three thoughts that meet and mingle in this beautiful figure of the yoke. The first is the great thought of surrender. When the Romans conquered some rebel... Read More

The Far Eastern Bible Institute revival was like the days of Finney. I had preached a sermon, and sat down. Another brother led in prayer and sat down. Then suddenly the Spirit of the Lord "fell" on those present (Acts 10:44; 11:15). It was instantaneous and complete. The meeting lasted 13 hours. Th... Read More

For the warfare gird it on, Nor until the fight be won, And the day’s sharp work is done, Lay it by! Sharp its edge; oh, use it well; Strong against the strongest spell Ever framed in earth or hell, It will prove! Bright its blade, oh keep it bright, For the battle, day and night; Stainless as the f... Read More

The intense fact is this: Satan has the power to hold the answer back for a while. He has not the power to hold it back finally, if some one understands and prays with quiet, steady perseverance. The real pitch of prayer therefore is Satanward. “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:... Read More

The following story was written by Rob Young, and published in the February 8 issue of The Connection, a newsletter of Clovernook Christian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. Reprinted from Harvest Prayer Messenger. Like most five-year-olds, my daughter is a prolific artist. In fact, there is hardly a squa... Read More

Children can be taught the basics of prayer from the Lord Himself, who has given us some very specific instructions. The simplest and most powerful way that children (and adults too) can grasp and understand prayer is to read and follow God’s How-To Manual of Prayer--The Bible. Study one of these pr... Read More

It is much easier to teach a child to trust in a loving God when all is well. However, our children need to learn that God is present and loving even when things are difficult. If we can introduce the importance of perseverance in the midst of suffering or at times when things aren’t going well, our... Read More

Jesus said, "Ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled" (Mt. 24:6). "When ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified" (Luke 21:9). Our Lord warns us concerning fearful things such as now threaten us. We are not to permit these things to upset us. "See" that yo... Read More

In these times of unrest all our hearts seek refuge in His Word. "Our God reigneth" (Isa. 52:7) has a steadying and comforting power, as well as God's statement in Isaiah 9:6,7: "...the government shall be upon His shoulder"; that is, the government of our own individual lives as well as that of the... Read More

There are three great motives that urge us to humility. It becomes me as a creature, as a sinner, as a saint. Humility as a creature we see in the heavenly hosts, in unfallen man, in Jesus as Son of Man. Humility as a sinner appeals to us in our fallen state, and points out the only way through whic... Read More

We live in a time of spiritual intensity. There is a very clear battle going on for the souls of men and women. It is not a time for drawing back or shirking our responsibilities. For Christians especially, every word and action counts for something. It is a time of choices, where those choices may ... Read More

“If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you” (John 15:7). In all God’s communion with us, the promise and its conditions are inseparable. If we fulfill the conditions, He fulfills the promise. What He is to be to us depends upon what we are wi... Read More

In this season when many Christians commemorate the death and resurrection of Christ, let us give due honor to the precious Blood of Christ, the Son of God, shed for us on the cross. Sermons have been preached, articles have been published and books have been written to explain and extol the place o... Read More

This is a day of extreme lawlessness--and the judgments of God are coming upon this ungodly generation except there be a deep repentance. Within the Church, too, there is a great amount of lawlessness--due in part to a misunderstanding as to God's plan for His people during the Church age. God the F... Read More

We cannot get away from the conviction that the exercise of the authority of faith, as revealed and authorized in the Bible, is almost a lost secret in the church of Christ today. We all know that Christ always displayed this authority. It was constantly remarked upon as the characteristic of His te... Read More