Sermons & Devotionals by Classic Christian Writings

The real victory in all services is won in secret beforehand by prayer. Service is gathering up the results of prayer. God does in answer to prayer what He otherwise does not do--not could not, but does not. The basis of prayer is right relationship with God. The only basis of such relationship to G... Read More

Do we realize that God desires all men to be saved? His heart’s desire is that none should perish but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). This great fact cannot be questioned, but it does raise this question: “Why are there not more people being saved now?” Much of the fault, I believe... Read More

If an angel from heaven, who had been before God’s throne for thousands of years, came down to earth to dwell among us, and was willing to communicate to us out of the treasure of his knowledge of divine things, how eagerly we would seek him out, and how attentively we would treasure up his words. B... Read More

Jesus, the Head of the Church, says in Revelation 3:11, “Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.” In Matthew 24:44-46 we read, “Therefore be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, ... Read More

The Bible changes a lot of our thinking about prayer. Indeed, it reverses my ideas, and revolutionizes my prayer habits. Again and again the Lord reminds me in His Word that is it while we pray He does the work. I always used to think that it is after we pray that He answers. It is hard to get into ... Read More

How merciful is the Lord in giving us the hope of His second coming to brighten the gloom of a darkening world! It is a sad feature of our day that the teaching of our Lord’s return and indeed of Bible prophecy in general appears to be somewhat unfashionable in certain quarters. Yet, the "blessed ho... Read More

The Word of God calls the hope of the Lord’s return a "blessed hope" (Titus 2:13). That is a "happy" hope, as the word literally means. It brings joy to the heart of the believer. It gladdens the soul of him who cherishes it. There is no truer optimist than the man who is looking for His Lord to com... Read More

Could peace and prosperity be detrimental to our spiritual health? This may seem to be a shocking suggestion but recent history and personal experience should make us seriously consider the possibility. Wars, natural disasters and suffering seem to be regularly used of the Lord to revive spiritual f... Read More

"[God] having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, whether things in earth or things in heaven" (Colossians 1:20). The Apostle Paul uses here an expression of deep significance -- "the blood of His cross." We know how greatly he valued the e... Read More

“He said unto them, which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him; and he from within shall answer and say, trouble me not: the door is now shut,... Read More

"Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the Bridegroom... "And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him" (Matt. 25:1,6). Attention is called to His coming NOT as Saviour, but as Brideg... Read More

Very soon the Lord is coming. He is coming as a Bridegroom. He is coming for a Bride. He leaves Ivory Palaces to come for her because He greatly desires her beauty. The beauty of the Bride of Christ is portrayed in the Bridal Psalm (45) as “all glorious within.” The glory of the Lord is mentioned ma... Read More

My soul was stirred within me the other morning by Paul’s appeal for the prayers of the Church, in which he declares himself to be “an ambassador in bonds” or as the margin reads, “in a chain.” “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching there­unto with all perseveran... Read More

The gift of the Holy Spirit is the distinguishing feature of the Christian religion. It is the very soul of our faith. In His indwelling Presence is the secret of all Christian experience, and in the abiding energy of His power is the dynamic of all Christian service. The promises concerning the Hol... Read More

“I go unto the Father And whatsoever ye shall ask in My Name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son” (John 14:13). That the Father may be glorified in the Son: it is to this end that Jesus on His throne in glory will do all we ask in His name. Every answer to prayer He gives wi... Read More

Edited from a message delivered at the "Heart-Cry for Revival" Conference near Asheville, North Carolina, April 2002 What is revival? The question we ask is the question the psalmist asked in Psalm 24: 3: "Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who shall stand in his holy place?" The Psalmis... Read More

The general fact of a world gone mad with sin becomes very pointed and particular as the Christian realizes that he has many acquaintances, friends, and loved ones who are "daring to remain unforgiven" even in these awful days. This fact, if the Christian walks in the Spirit and does not allow the d... Read More

As believers consider their warfare against Satan, two extremes must be carefully avoided. The first extreme is the tendency to ignore this enemy and to treat the whole subject of demonology lightly. One of Satan’s clever strategies against us is to keep us in ignorance of his power and working. A p... Read More

The Church of God is called to be a militant Church, not a Church passive, nor a Church awake with the energy of the flesh; but a Church militant in the power and energy of the Holy Spirit. Yet numbers of believers have never grasped the aggressive note of Ephesians 6 and other Scriptures which show... Read More

Spirit-filled people are the church’s greatest need today. The church has forsaken its first love (Rev. 2:4) and has lost its first power. As a result, it has largely lost its miraculous growth rate. Of few places can it be said today that the Lord is adding to the church daily those being saved (Ac... Read More