Smith Wigglesworth on the Power of the Word of God

Written by Michael Bradley


You have all heard me talk about Smith Wigglesworth. He had a major healing ministry inrepparttar early to mid 1900's. In my opinion, he was one ofrepparttar 126457 greatest eagles to have ever walked this earth. If God has a hall of fame, this man will definitely be in it. The only book he had ever read wasrepparttar 126458 Bible.

One ofrepparttar 126459 main secrets to his incredible healing ministry was his high level of faith. On a scale of 1-10, he had a perfect 10 - and that is why there were so many mighty miracles in his ministry. He was calledrepparttar 126460 "APOSTLE OF FAITH" because of his high level of faith. He believed everything he read inrepparttar 126461 Bible and was not afraid to pushrepparttar 126462 envelope with God. One of his favorite sayings was: "Ifrepparttar 126463 Spirit doesn’t move me, I’ll move Him."

I recently was reading one of my books on his life when I came upon a message he gave to some younger people. As soon as I read it, I felt it was a word fromrepparttar 126464 Lord. I do not know if he himself was aware of it, but I believe he received a prophetic flow fromrepparttar 126465 Holy Spirit on this message.

He is giving a message onrepparttar 126466 POWER ofrepparttar 126467 word of God. I’m going to type this out for you because I would consider this a "classic statement" on how powerfulrepparttar 126468 Bible andrepparttar 126469 individual Scripture verses really are. Here wasrepparttar 126470 message.

The Message

"Fill your head and your heart withrepparttar 126471 Scriptures. Memorize passages fromrepparttar 126472 Word, withrepparttar 126473 name ofrepparttar 126474 book,repparttar 126475 chapter, andrepparttar 126476 verse, so that you can quoterepparttar 126477 Scripture correctly in addresses or in open-air meetings.

As you do this, you are sowing in your heart seeds, whichrepparttar 126478 Spirit of God can germinate. He can bring to your remembrance from time to time that which you have once memorized. You must be so soaked withrepparttar 126479 Word of God, you must be filled with it, that you yourself are a living epistle, known and read of all men.

Believers are strong only asrepparttar 126480 Word of God abides in them. The Word of God is spirit and life to those who receive it in simple faith, and it is a verifier of all who own its sway. Know your Book, live it, believe it, and obey it. Hide God’s word in your heart. It will save your soul, quicken your body, illumine your mind. The Word of God is full and final, infallible, reliable, and up-to-date, and our attitude towards it must be one of unquestioned obedience.

If a thing is inrepparttar 126481 Bible, it is so; it is not even to be prayed about; it is to be received and acted upon. Inactivity of faith is a robber, which steals blessing. Increase comes by action, by using what we have and what we know. Your life must be one of going from faith to faith."

Conclusion

He had 3 other "pet sayings" which I feel are really catchy. These are true words of knowledge and wisdom.
"Great faith isrepparttar 126482 product of great fights." "Great testimonies arerepparttar 126483 outcome of great tests." "Great triumphs can only come out of great trials."
The Bible is referred to asrepparttar 126484 seed of God. Like he says, when you readrepparttar 126485 Bible,repparttar 126486 individual Scripture verses are going into you like seeds. The Holy Spirit will then takerepparttar 126487 knowledge that is in those verses (seeds) and start what he callsrepparttar 126488 germination process.

Is The Person You Think About The Most Missing God's Point?

Written by David Hopkins


Matthew 22:37-39 Jesus said unto him, "Thou shalt loverepparttar Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." "This isrepparttar 126456 first and great commandment." "Andrepparttar 126457 second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Question, how can you keeprepparttar 126458 greatest two commandments of God listed inrepparttar 126459 scriptures above if you're always thinking about yourself?

The answer is you can't!

According to these verses you should be thinking about how to please and serve God all ofrepparttar 126460 time and this includes splittingrepparttar 126461 time you think about pleasing yourself with thinking about and pleasing other people, which is alsorepparttar 126462 second greatest commandment.

Some "Christians" have fallen forrepparttar 126463 idea that whenrepparttar 126464 Bible says thatrepparttar 126465 second greatest commandment is, "Love your neighbor as yourself.", it means that before you can keep this commandment, you must learn to love yourself.

This is not so,repparttar 126466 real intent ofrepparttar 126467 Scripture, then, is that, since you already love yourself, your love for your neighbor should be at least equal to this.

Imagine if you spent less time thinking about what you will eat, how you will pay bills, what you will put on, and things of this nature.

You would then have more time to think about serving God and helping others in conjunction withrepparttar 126468 tasks you already do for yourself everyday.

Matthew 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is notrepparttar 126469 life more than meat, andrepparttar 126470 body than raiment?

The Bible also teaches that one should keep a humble opinion of himself. In Romans 12:3, Paul wrote, "Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought." and in Philippians 2:3, "...in lowliness of mind, let each esteem others better than himself."

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