Sermons & Devotionals by Classic Christian Writings

The Holy Spirit, while He works every step in grace for the Father and the Son, yet in His own personality, when manifest to us, affects mainly our will power. As the Father has the office of the heart in the Godhead, loving and giving, and as the Son occupies the office of Headship, speaking, revea... Read More

In this article, Charles G. Finney, greatly experienced in the movings of the Holy Spirit in revival, tells what he sees our part to be in softening our hearts to receive God’s Word and to bear fruit one-hundred fold. If we mean business for God, it will take time and thought and effort as this arti... Read More

Breathe on me, Breath of God, Fill me with life anew, That I may love what Thou dost love, And do what Thou wouldst do. Breathe on me, Breath of God, Until my heart is pure, Until with Thee I will one will, To do and to endure. Breathe on me, Breath of God, Till I am wholly Thine, Until this earthly... Read More

God uses most for His glory those people and things which are most perfectly broken. The sacrifices He accepts are broken and contrite hearts. It was the thorough breaking down of Jacob's natural strength at Peniel that got him where God could clothe him with spiritual power. It was by breaking the ... Read More

The most effective way to accomplish the task of world evangelization is to let God first work in our own hearts in revival power, and then, through prayer and our united efforts, send the Gospel message to the uttermost parts of the world. The world can be evangelized in this generation if revival ... Read More

"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise" (Psa. 51:17). Brokenness comes before blessing; suffering precedes service. This has always been God’s order. Joseph was in prison before he could bless from the palace. Moses was on the backside... Read More

Jesus is coming again, not for a lukewarm Church, but for a bride that has made herself ready (Rev. 19:7). He "gave Himself up for her to make her holy…and to present her to Himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless" (Eph. 5:25-27). He desires... Read More

Among the perils of the last days none is more subtle than the one Jesus predicted in Matthew 24:12: "And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." Christ’s first concern is not regarding our doctrine but our love. Doctrine is the channel but not the living water that flows th... Read More

A message for this crisis time in which we live is found in Romans 13:11-14. It reads: "And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works o... Read More

Many doubt whether little children of six or eight or ten years can believe on Christ and be regenerated by the Holy Spirit. Jesus settled that question forever, for He said, "Whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in Me..." When John 1:12 gave the promise that "As many as receive... Read More

A prayer burden is a spiritual concern on the heart of God that is imparted by the Holy Spirit to someone whose intercession the Holy Spirit desires to use. Jesus has been interceding for this need, and now the Spirit needs you to join with the intercession of Jesus. It is a specially sacred level o... Read More

"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord" (2 Corinthians 3:18). Moses had been forty days on the mount in communion with God. When he came down, his face shone with divine glory.... Read More

An acquaintance had recently returned from a business trip through Central America. As we met for dinner, I asked him, “What impressed you the most?” He arched a smile, pursed his lips in thought, and answered, “Well, I can tell you in just two words: cheap crosses.” I stared in surprise, “Cheap cro... Read More

To each boy and girl who is saved, I tell them, “Get yourself a Bible and begin to make it your own. Study the book. Read it for yourself if you can. “If you do not understand it, ask someone to explain it. Best of all, ask God to whisper to you just what the words mean. He will help you. As you com... Read More

Many of God’s people throughout the world are praying for a quickening of the spiritual life of the Church in revival power, but wherever there is a mighty working of God, you may settle it, there will be a mighty working of the powers of darkness in opposition to it. Unless believers are awake to t... Read More

Not long ago I talked with someone on the telephone and was left with the blessed impression that his spirit was wonderfully Christlike. There was a meekness and gentleness, a purity, a sweetness, a warm openness. For days my heart was gladdened by passing thoughts of how dear Jesus is because someo... Read More

"But when it pleased God...to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood" (Gal. 1:15-16). This was Paul’s magnificent obsession! Not only was the Lord revealed to him on the Damascus Road, but by revelation through faith. This re... Read More

Christians are people with an eternal hope. Christ is the substance of their hope. Christ living in every one of them is the hope of glory. Because Christ lives in a believer his hope is kept alive to the very end. The Risen Christ Was the Message of the Early Church. The Returning Christ Was Their ... Read More

"Christ is coming!" is the trumpet call that is sounding all over the world today. From some quarters we hear its blast and peals loud and clear. There are those who are thrilled with the very thought of His Coming. There are others who do not want to hear about it. Believers who today are truly loo... Read More

"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himse... Read More