March 9 Devotional:
How to Bring Conviction of Sin:
When He [the Holy Spirit] has come, He will convict the worldof sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.John 16:8 Scripture reading: Ephesians 5:8–21 To you believe that you can be so filled with the Spirit that a person who is not living right can be judged and convicted by your presence? As we go on in the life of the Spirit, it will be said of us that a vile person is convicted in our presence. Jesus lived in this realm and moved in it, and His life was a constant reproof to the wickedness around Him. But He was the Son of God, you say. God, through Him, has brought us into the place of sonship, and I believe that if the Holy Spirit has a chance at us, He can make something of us and bring us to the same place. I don‘t want to boast. If I glory in anything, it is only in the Lord (1 Cor. 1:31), who has been so gracious to me. (Smith Wigglesworth) But I remember a wonderful time of conviction. I stepped out of a railway coach to wash my hands. I had a season of prayer, and the Lord just filled me to overflowing with His love. I was going to a convention in Ireland, and I could not get there fast enough. As I returned to my seat, I believe that the Spirit of the Lord was so heavy upon me that my face must have shone. (When the Spirit transforms a man‘s very countenance, he cannot tell this on his own.) There were two ministers sitting together, and as I got into the coach again, one of them cried out, You convict me of sin. Within three minutes everyone in the coach was crying to God for salvation. This has happened many times in my life. It is the ministry of the Spirit that Paul spoke of. This filling of the Spirit will make your life effective, so that even the people in the stores where you shop will want to leave your presence because they are brought under conviction.We must move away from everything that pertains to the letter. All that we do must be done under the anointing of the Spirit. Our problem has been that we have been living in the letter. Believe what the Holy Spirit said through Paul that this entire “ministry of condemnation” (2 Cor. 3:9) that has hindered your liberty in Christ is done away with. The law has been done away with. As far as you are concerned, that old order of things is forever done away with, and the Spirit of God has brought in a new life of purity and love. In the life in the Spirit, the old allurements have lost their power. The Devil will meet you at every turn, but the Spirit of God will always “lift up a standard against him”(Isa. 59:19).If God had His way, we would be like torches, purifying the very atmosphere wherever we go, moving back the forces of wickedness.What do I mean when I say that the law has been done away with? Do I mean that you will be disloyal? No, you will be more than loyal. Will you grumble when you are treated badly? No, you will turn the other cheek (Matt. 5:39). You will always respond this way when God lives in you. Leave yourself in God‘s hands. Enter into His rest. “For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His” (Heb. 4:10). Oh, this is a lovely rest! The whole life is a Sabbath. This is the only life that can glorify God. It is a life of joy, and every day is a day of heaven on earth.
Thought for today: The Holy Spirit takes it for granted that you are finished with all the things of the old life when you become a new creation in Christ.
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How to Bring Conviction of Sin:
When He [the Holy Spirit] has come, He will convict the worldof sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.John 16:8 Scripture reading: Ephesians 5:8–21 To you believe that you can be so filled with the Spirit that a person who is not living right can be judged and convicted by your presence? As we go on in the life of the Spirit, it will be said of us that a vile person is convicted in our presence. Jesus lived in this realm and moved in it, and His life was a constant reproof to the wickedness around Him. But He was the Son of God, you say. God, through Him, has brought us into the place of sonship, and I believe that if the Holy Spirit has a chance at us, He can make something of us and bring us to the same place. I don‘t want to boast. If I glory in anything, it is only in the Lord (1 Cor. 1:31), who has been so gracious to me. (Smith Wigglesworth) But I remember a wonderful time of conviction. I stepped out of a railway coach to wash my hands. I had a season of prayer, and the Lord just filled me to overflowing with His love. I was going to a convention in Ireland, and I could not get there fast enough. As I returned to my seat, I believe that the Spirit of the Lord was so heavy upon me that my face must have shone. (When the Spirit transforms a man‘s very countenance, he cannot tell this on his own.) There were two ministers sitting together, and as I got into the coach again, one of them cried out, You convict me of sin. Within three minutes everyone in the coach was crying to God for salvation. This has happened many times in my life. It is the ministry of the Spirit that Paul spoke of. This filling of the Spirit will make your life effective, so that even the people in the stores where you shop will want to leave your presence because they are brought under conviction.We must move away from everything that pertains to the letter. All that we do must be done under the anointing of the Spirit. Our problem has been that we have been living in the letter. Believe what the Holy Spirit said through Paul that this entire “ministry of condemnation” (2 Cor. 3:9) that has hindered your liberty in Christ is done away with. The law has been done away with. As far as you are concerned, that old order of things is forever done away with, and the Spirit of God has brought in a new life of purity and love. In the life in the Spirit, the old allurements have lost their power. The Devil will meet you at every turn, but the Spirit of God will always “lift up a standard against him”(Isa. 59:19).If God had His way, we would be like torches, purifying the very atmosphere wherever we go, moving back the forces of wickedness.What do I mean when I say that the law has been done away with? Do I mean that you will be disloyal? No, you will be more than loyal. Will you grumble when you are treated badly? No, you will turn the other cheek (Matt. 5:39). You will always respond this way when God lives in you. Leave yourself in God‘s hands. Enter into His rest. “For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His” (Heb. 4:10). Oh, this is a lovely rest! The whole life is a Sabbath. This is the only life that can glorify God. It is a life of joy, and every day is a day of heaven on earth.
Thought for today: The Holy Spirit takes it for granted that you are finished with all the things of the old life when you become a new creation in Christ.
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March 10 Devotional:
The Power of the New Creation:
If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Scripture reading: Romans 8:1–39 People have been in meetings where the glory of God has fallen, where the fingerprints of God have touched everything, and where fortifications have been made in the body. The next morning the power of Satan has attacked them. Why does this happen? The spiritual life, the Son manifested, the glory of the new creation, is already in our mortal bodies, but the flesh, being a battleground for the enemy, is tested. But what God is forming is greater than the mortal body, for the spirit that is awakening to the glorious liberty of a child of God is greater. How can we compare this with what is to come?“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing” (John 6:63). Though “my skin is destroyed” (Job 19:26), I have a life greater than this life that will look upon God, that will see Him in His perfection, that will behold Him in His glory, that will be changed to be like Him. By the presence of God, a new creation will so clothe us that we will be like Him. Knowing this, should I give place to the Devil? Should I let my feelings change the experience of the Word of God? Should I trust in my fears? No! A million times, no! There has never been any good thing in the flesh (Rom. 7:18), but God has given life to the spirit until we live a divine new life and are eternally shaped for God.“What then shall we say?” (Rom. 8:31). Are you going to let the past, in which God Himself has worked for you, bring you to a place of distress? Or are you standing during your testing, quoting God‘s Word “Now we are children of God” (1 John 3:2) and remembering how God has answered your prayers, brought light into your home, delivered you from carnality, and touched you when no power in the world could help? “Who shall bring a charge against God's mightily forming a new creation by the Spirit in order to make you ready for the glory that will be revealed in Him. (Smith Wigglesworth) Someone said to me the other day, I am in terrible trouble; a man is cursing me all the time. “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Rom. 8:31). God has given us Jesus, the heart of His love, “the express image of His person” (Heb. 1:3), perfect in brilliance, purity, righteousness, and glory. I have seen Him many times, and seeing Him always changes me. Victory over your struggle is one of the “all things” (Rom. 8:32) that God has promised to give to you. Many needs have broken my heart, but I could say to the troubled one, God is greater than your heart, greater than your circumstances, greater than the thing that holds you. God will deliver you if you dare to believe Him. But I have to emphasize it again and again and again before I can get people to believe God. A dear woman was marvelously delivered and saved, but she said, I am addicted to smoking. What shall I do? Oh, I said, smoke night and day. She said, Sometimes, I take a glass of wine, and it has a hold on me. Oh, I said, drink all you can. It brought some solace to her, but she was still in misery. She said, We play cards. I said, Play on! But after being saved, she called her maid and said, Wire to London and stop the shipment of those cigarettes. The new life does not want these things. It has no desire for them. The old is dethroned. A clergyman came to me. He said, I have a terrible craving for tobacco. I said, Is it the old man or the new? He broke down. I know it‘s the old, he said. “Put off the old man with his deeds” (Col. 3:9). Someone told me, I have an unlawful affection for another. I said, You need revelation. Since God has given you Jesus, He will give you all things. He will give you power over the thing, and it will be broken. And God broke it. Allow God to touch your flesh. He has given life to your spirit. Allow Him to reign, for He will reign until all is subdued.
The Power of the New Creation:
If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Scripture reading: Romans 8:1–39 People have been in meetings where the glory of God has fallen, where the fingerprints of God have touched everything, and where fortifications have been made in the body. The next morning the power of Satan has attacked them. Why does this happen? The spiritual life, the Son manifested, the glory of the new creation, is already in our mortal bodies, but the flesh, being a battleground for the enemy, is tested. But what God is forming is greater than the mortal body, for the spirit that is awakening to the glorious liberty of a child of God is greater. How can we compare this with what is to come?“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing” (John 6:63). Though “my skin is destroyed” (Job 19:26), I have a life greater than this life that will look upon God, that will see Him in His perfection, that will behold Him in His glory, that will be changed to be like Him. By the presence of God, a new creation will so clothe us that we will be like Him. Knowing this, should I give place to the Devil? Should I let my feelings change the experience of the Word of God? Should I trust in my fears? No! A million times, no! There has never been any good thing in the flesh (Rom. 7:18), but God has given life to the spirit until we live a divine new life and are eternally shaped for God.“What then shall we say?” (Rom. 8:31). Are you going to let the past, in which God Himself has worked for you, bring you to a place of distress? Or are you standing during your testing, quoting God‘s Word “Now we are children of God” (1 John 3:2) and remembering how God has answered your prayers, brought light into your home, delivered you from carnality, and touched you when no power in the world could help? “Who shall bring a charge against God's mightily forming a new creation by the Spirit in order to make you ready for the glory that will be revealed in Him. (Smith Wigglesworth) Someone said to me the other day, I am in terrible trouble; a man is cursing me all the time. “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Rom. 8:31). God has given us Jesus, the heart of His love, “the express image of His person” (Heb. 1:3), perfect in brilliance, purity, righteousness, and glory. I have seen Him many times, and seeing Him always changes me. Victory over your struggle is one of the “all things” (Rom. 8:32) that God has promised to give to you. Many needs have broken my heart, but I could say to the troubled one, God is greater than your heart, greater than your circumstances, greater than the thing that holds you. God will deliver you if you dare to believe Him. But I have to emphasize it again and again and again before I can get people to believe God. A dear woman was marvelously delivered and saved, but she said, I am addicted to smoking. What shall I do? Oh, I said, smoke night and day. She said, Sometimes, I take a glass of wine, and it has a hold on me. Oh, I said, drink all you can. It brought some solace to her, but she was still in misery. She said, We play cards. I said, Play on! But after being saved, she called her maid and said, Wire to London and stop the shipment of those cigarettes. The new life does not want these things. It has no desire for them. The old is dethroned. A clergyman came to me. He said, I have a terrible craving for tobacco. I said, Is it the old man or the new? He broke down. I know it‘s the old, he said. “Put off the old man with his deeds” (Col. 3:9). Someone told me, I have an unlawful affection for another. I said, You need revelation. Since God has given you Jesus, He will give you all things. He will give you power over the thing, and it will be broken. And God broke it. Allow God to touch your flesh. He has given life to your spirit. Allow Him to reign, for He will reign until all is subdued.
He is King in your life and is preeminent over your affections, your will, your desires, your plans. He rules as Lord of Hosts over you, in you, and through you, to chasten you and bring you to perfection.
Thought for today: God is never tightfisted with any of His blessed elect?”
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Thought for today: God is never tightfisted with any of His blessed elect?”
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March 11 Devotional:
The Benefit of the Flaming Sword:
So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.Genesis 3:24 Scripture reading: Romans 5:1–6:2 When I was baptized in the Holy Spirit, God showed me a wonderful truth. After Adam and Eve transgressed and were driven out of the Garden, the Tree of Life was guarded by a flaming sword a sword of death if they entered the Garden. But the baptism in the Holy Spirit put the Tree of Life right inside of me and a flaming sword right outside of me to keep the Devil from me, so that I can eat the eternal bread all the time. Iam eating this wonderful bread of life. Nothing can separate us from this life. It is increasing tremendously, perpetually. What shall separate us?” (Rom. 8:35). Tribulations come, but they only press us closer to persecution the finest thing that can come. All these things work together for our good (v. 28). Nothing comes except what is helpful. Trials lift you. Distresses give you a sigh, but God causes you to triumph. “Greater is he that is inyou” (1 John 4:4 KJV) than all the powers of darkness. Whatever befalls you as you abide in Him is the good hand of God upon you so that you won‘t lose your inheritance. Every trial is a boost, every burden a place of exchanging strength. God will work. “Who shall bring a charge against God's elect?” (Rom. 8:33). People do it, but it makes no difference; “God is for us” (v. 31). “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.‟But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit” (1 Cor. 2:9–10). “No weapon formed against you shall prosper” (Isa. 54:17). Know the wisdom and purpose of God‘s great hand upon you. Glorify God in distresses and persecution, for the Spirit of God is made manifest in these situations. Be chastened. Be perfected. Press on to higher heights, deeper depths, broader breadths. Faith is the victory (1 John 5:4). The hope is within you (1 Pet. 3:15). The joy is set before you. (See Hebrews 12:2.) God gives the peace that passes all understanding (Phil. 4:7). We know that the flesh has withered in the presence of the purifying of the Word. He who
has brought you to this point will take you to the end (Phil. 1:6). I have mourned and wept bitterly when I needed revelation from God, but I did not need to do so.The Lord lifts up and changes and operates. He remakes body and soul until He can say, “There is no spot in you” (Song 4:7). Yes, it was persecution, tribulation, and distress that drew us near to Him. These places of trial were places of uplifting, places of change, where God operated by the Spirit. Do not bypass this way, but let God have His way. God stretched out His hand, covered us with the mantle of His love, and brought us nearer and nearer to the channel of His grace. Then our hearts moved and yielded and so turned to the Lord that every moment has seen a divine place where God has met us and stretched out His arms and said, “Seek My face” (Ps. 27:8); “Look to Me” (Isa. 45:22). Behold what great love the Master has for you, to lead you to the fountain of living water. Yield! Be led! Let God be glorified! Amen.
Thought for today: Among the persecuted you find those who are the ripest, the holiest, the purest, the most intent, those who are the most filled with divine order.
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The Benefit of the Flaming Sword:
So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.Genesis 3:24 Scripture reading: Romans 5:1–6:2 When I was baptized in the Holy Spirit, God showed me a wonderful truth. After Adam and Eve transgressed and were driven out of the Garden, the Tree of Life was guarded by a flaming sword a sword of death if they entered the Garden. But the baptism in the Holy Spirit put the Tree of Life right inside of me and a flaming sword right outside of me to keep the Devil from me, so that I can eat the eternal bread all the time. Iam eating this wonderful bread of life. Nothing can separate us from this life. It is increasing tremendously, perpetually. What shall separate us?” (Rom. 8:35). Tribulations come, but they only press us closer to persecution the finest thing that can come. All these things work together for our good (v. 28). Nothing comes except what is helpful. Trials lift you. Distresses give you a sigh, but God causes you to triumph. “Greater is he that is inyou” (1 John 4:4 KJV) than all the powers of darkness. Whatever befalls you as you abide in Him is the good hand of God upon you so that you won‘t lose your inheritance. Every trial is a boost, every burden a place of exchanging strength. God will work. “Who shall bring a charge against God's elect?” (Rom. 8:33). People do it, but it makes no difference; “God is for us” (v. 31). “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.‟But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit” (1 Cor. 2:9–10). “No weapon formed against you shall prosper” (Isa. 54:17). Know the wisdom and purpose of God‘s great hand upon you. Glorify God in distresses and persecution, for the Spirit of God is made manifest in these situations. Be chastened. Be perfected. Press on to higher heights, deeper depths, broader breadths. Faith is the victory (1 John 5:4). The hope is within you (1 Pet. 3:15). The joy is set before you. (See Hebrews 12:2.) God gives the peace that passes all understanding (Phil. 4:7). We know that the flesh has withered in the presence of the purifying of the Word. He who
has brought you to this point will take you to the end (Phil. 1:6). I have mourned and wept bitterly when I needed revelation from God, but I did not need to do so.The Lord lifts up and changes and operates. He remakes body and soul until He can say, “There is no spot in you” (Song 4:7). Yes, it was persecution, tribulation, and distress that drew us near to Him. These places of trial were places of uplifting, places of change, where God operated by the Spirit. Do not bypass this way, but let God have His way. God stretched out His hand, covered us with the mantle of His love, and brought us nearer and nearer to the channel of His grace. Then our hearts moved and yielded and so turned to the Lord that every moment has seen a divine place where God has met us and stretched out His arms and said, “Seek My face” (Ps. 27:8); “Look to Me” (Isa. 45:22). Behold what great love the Master has for you, to lead you to the fountain of living water. Yield! Be led! Let God be glorified! Amen.
Thought for today: Among the persecuted you find those who are the ripest, the holiest, the purest, the most intent, those who are the most filled with divine order.
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March 12 Devotional:
A Remarkable Catch:
Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. Hebrews 12:1–2 Scripture reading: Luke 5:1–11 People crowded around Jesus, so He sat in a boat and taught them in order that all might hear His words. Then Jesus said to Peter, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch” (Luke 5:4). Peter answered, “We have toiled all night and caught nothing” (v. 5). Perhaps he was thinking, Lord, You know nothing about fishing. Daytime is the wrong time to fish. But he said, “Nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net” (v. 5). I believe every fish in the lake tried to get into that net. They wanted to see Jesus. I must see Jesus. Peter filled one ship, then another. Oh, what would happen if you lowered all the nets? Believe God! He says, “Look to Me, and be saved” (Isa. 45:22). He says, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matt. 11:28). He says, “He who believes in Me has everlasting life” (John 6:47). Believe! Oh, believe! It is the Word of God. Peter saw the ship sinking. He looked around and saw Jesus. He fell down at Jesus‘ feet, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!” (Luke 5:8). He and all who were with him were astonished at the number of fish that they had caught. That spotless Lamb stood there, and Jesus said to Peter, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men” (v. 10).To see Jesus is to see a new way, to see all things differently. It means a new life and new plans. As we gaze at Him, we are satisfied; there is none like Him. Sin moves away. Jesus was the express image of the Father (Heb. 1:3). The Father could not be in the midst, so He clothed Jesus with a body as well as with eternal resources. Let us gather together unto Him. Let us move toward Him. He has all we need. He will fulfill the desires of our hearts, granting all our petitions.
Thought for today: God has no use for anyone who is not hungering and thirsting for even more of Himself and His righteousness.
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A Remarkable Catch:
Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. Hebrews 12:1–2 Scripture reading: Luke 5:1–11 People crowded around Jesus, so He sat in a boat and taught them in order that all might hear His words. Then Jesus said to Peter, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch” (Luke 5:4). Peter answered, “We have toiled all night and caught nothing” (v. 5). Perhaps he was thinking, Lord, You know nothing about fishing. Daytime is the wrong time to fish. But he said, “Nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net” (v. 5). I believe every fish in the lake tried to get into that net. They wanted to see Jesus. I must see Jesus. Peter filled one ship, then another. Oh, what would happen if you lowered all the nets? Believe God! He says, “Look to Me, and be saved” (Isa. 45:22). He says, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matt. 11:28). He says, “He who believes in Me has everlasting life” (John 6:47). Believe! Oh, believe! It is the Word of God. Peter saw the ship sinking. He looked around and saw Jesus. He fell down at Jesus‘ feet, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!” (Luke 5:8). He and all who were with him were astonished at the number of fish that they had caught. That spotless Lamb stood there, and Jesus said to Peter, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men” (v. 10).To see Jesus is to see a new way, to see all things differently. It means a new life and new plans. As we gaze at Him, we are satisfied; there is none like Him. Sin moves away. Jesus was the express image of the Father (Heb. 1:3). The Father could not be in the midst, so He clothed Jesus with a body as well as with eternal resources. Let us gather together unto Him. Let us move toward Him. He has all we need. He will fulfill the desires of our hearts, granting all our petitions.
Thought for today: God has no use for anyone who is not hungering and thirsting for even more of Himself and His righteousness.
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#ChristInIt
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March 13 Devotional:
Energized by the Spirit:
When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness. Acts 4:31 Scripture reading: Ephesians 3:14–21 It is a necessity for every one of us to be filled with God. It is not sufficient to have just a touch or to be filled with just a desire. Only one thing will meet the needs of the people, and that is for you to be immersed in the life of God. This means that God takes you and fills you with His Spirit until you live right in God. He does this so that “whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, it may be all to the glory of God” (1 Cor. 10:31). In that place you will find that all your strength and all your mind and all your soul are filled with a zeal, not only for worship, but also for proclamation. This proclamation is accompanied by all the power of God, which must move satanic power and disturb the world. The reason the world is not seeing Jesus is that Christian people are not filled with Jesus. They are satisfied with attending meetings weekly, reading the Bible occasionally, and praying sometimes. Beloved, if God lays hold of you by the Spirit, you will find that there is an end of everything and a beginning in God. Your
whole body will become seasoned with a divine likeness of God. He will not only begin to use you, but also take you in hand, so that you might be “a vessel for honor” (2 Tim. 2:21). Our lives are not to be lived for ourselves, for if we live for ourselves we will die (Rom. 8:13); but if “by the Spirit we put to death the deeds of the body, we will live” (v. 13). He who lives in the Spirit is subject to the powers of God, but he who lives for himself will die. The man who lives in the Spirit lives a life of freedom, joy, blessing, and service a life that brings blessing to others. God wants us see that we must live in the Spirit.
Thought for today: Jesus came to bring back to us what was forfeited in the Garden.
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Energized by the Spirit:
When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness. Acts 4:31 Scripture reading: Ephesians 3:14–21 It is a necessity for every one of us to be filled with God. It is not sufficient to have just a touch or to be filled with just a desire. Only one thing will meet the needs of the people, and that is for you to be immersed in the life of God. This means that God takes you and fills you with His Spirit until you live right in God. He does this so that “whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, it may be all to the glory of God” (1 Cor. 10:31). In that place you will find that all your strength and all your mind and all your soul are filled with a zeal, not only for worship, but also for proclamation. This proclamation is accompanied by all the power of God, which must move satanic power and disturb the world. The reason the world is not seeing Jesus is that Christian people are not filled with Jesus. They are satisfied with attending meetings weekly, reading the Bible occasionally, and praying sometimes. Beloved, if God lays hold of you by the Spirit, you will find that there is an end of everything and a beginning in God. Your
whole body will become seasoned with a divine likeness of God. He will not only begin to use you, but also take you in hand, so that you might be “a vessel for honor” (2 Tim. 2:21). Our lives are not to be lived for ourselves, for if we live for ourselves we will die (Rom. 8:13); but if “by the Spirit we put to death the deeds of the body, we will live” (v. 13). He who lives in the Spirit is subject to the powers of God, but he who lives for himself will die. The man who lives in the Spirit lives a life of freedom, joy, blessing, and service a life that brings blessing to others. God wants us see that we must live in the Spirit.
Thought for today: Jesus came to bring back to us what was forfeited in the Garden.
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March 14 Devotional:
Ministering in the Gifts of Healings:
For to one is given…gifts of healings.1 Corinthians 12:8–9 Scripture reading: 1 Corinthians 12:4–11 The gifts of healings are wonderful gifts. There is a difference between having a gift of healing and “gifts of healings.” God wants us not to come short in anything (1 Cor.1:7). (Smith Wigglesworth) I like this term “gifts of healings.” To have these gifts, I must bring myself into conformity with the mind and will of God. It would be impossible for you to have gifts of healings unless you possessed that blessed fruit of longsuffering. You will find that these gifts run parallel to that which will bring them into operation.How is it possible to minister the gifts of healings considering the peculiarities there are in the churches and the many evil powers of Satan that confront us and possess bodies? The person who wants to go through with God and exercise the gifts of healings has to be a person of longsuffering, always having a word of comfort. If the one who is in distress and helpless doesn‘t see eye to eye with us about every matter and doesn‘t get all he wants, longsuffering Christians will bear and forbear. Longsuffering is a grace Jesus lived in and moved in. He was filled with compassion, and God will never be able to move us to help the needy until we reach that place. You might think by the way I went about praying for the sick that I was sometimes unloving and rough, but oh, friends, you have no idea what I see behind the sickness and the one who is afflicted. I am not dealing with the person; I am dealing with the satanic forces that are binding the afflicted. As far as people go, my heart is full of love and compassion for all, but I fail to see how you will ever reach a place where God will be able to use you until you get angry at the Devil. One day a pet dog followed a lady out of her house and ran all around her feet. She said to the dog, I cannot have you with me today. The dog wagged its tail and made a great fuss. Go home, pet, she said, but it didn‘t go. At last she shouted roughly, Go home! and off it went. Some people play with the Devil like that. Poor thing, they
say. The Devil can stand all the comfort anybody in the world could give him. Cast him out! You are not dealing with the person; you are dealing with the Devil. If you say with authority, Come out, you demons, in the name of the Lord! they must come out. You will always be right when you dare to treat sickness as the Devil‘s work. Gifts of healings are so varied that you will often find the gift of discernment operating in connection with them. Moreover, the manifestations of the Spirit are given to us “for the profit of all” (1 Cor. 12:7). You must never treat a cancer case as anything else but a living, evil spirit that is destroying the body. It is one of the worst kind of evil spirits I know. Not that the Devil has anything good every disease of the Devil is bad, either to a greater or lesser degree but this form of disease is one that you must cast out. In casting out demons, we have to be careful about who gives the command. Man may say, Come out,! but unless his command is by the Spirit of God, man‘s words are useless. You must be sure of your ground; you must be sure that there is a power mightier than you that is destroying the Devil. Take your position from the first epistle of John and say, “Greater is he that is in me, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4 KJV). If you think the power comes from you, you make a great mistake. It comes from your being filled with Him, from His acting in the place of you your thoughts, your words, your all being used by the Spirit of God.
Thought for today: It is no mistake to declare yourself against the Devil.
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Ministering in the Gifts of Healings:
For to one is given…gifts of healings.1 Corinthians 12:8–9 Scripture reading: 1 Corinthians 12:4–11 The gifts of healings are wonderful gifts. There is a difference between having a gift of healing and “gifts of healings.” God wants us not to come short in anything (1 Cor.1:7). (Smith Wigglesworth) I like this term “gifts of healings.” To have these gifts, I must bring myself into conformity with the mind and will of God. It would be impossible for you to have gifts of healings unless you possessed that blessed fruit of longsuffering. You will find that these gifts run parallel to that which will bring them into operation.How is it possible to minister the gifts of healings considering the peculiarities there are in the churches and the many evil powers of Satan that confront us and possess bodies? The person who wants to go through with God and exercise the gifts of healings has to be a person of longsuffering, always having a word of comfort. If the one who is in distress and helpless doesn‘t see eye to eye with us about every matter and doesn‘t get all he wants, longsuffering Christians will bear and forbear. Longsuffering is a grace Jesus lived in and moved in. He was filled with compassion, and God will never be able to move us to help the needy until we reach that place. You might think by the way I went about praying for the sick that I was sometimes unloving and rough, but oh, friends, you have no idea what I see behind the sickness and the one who is afflicted. I am not dealing with the person; I am dealing with the satanic forces that are binding the afflicted. As far as people go, my heart is full of love and compassion for all, but I fail to see how you will ever reach a place where God will be able to use you until you get angry at the Devil. One day a pet dog followed a lady out of her house and ran all around her feet. She said to the dog, I cannot have you with me today. The dog wagged its tail and made a great fuss. Go home, pet, she said, but it didn‘t go. At last she shouted roughly, Go home! and off it went. Some people play with the Devil like that. Poor thing, they
say. The Devil can stand all the comfort anybody in the world could give him. Cast him out! You are not dealing with the person; you are dealing with the Devil. If you say with authority, Come out, you demons, in the name of the Lord! they must come out. You will always be right when you dare to treat sickness as the Devil‘s work. Gifts of healings are so varied that you will often find the gift of discernment operating in connection with them. Moreover, the manifestations of the Spirit are given to us “for the profit of all” (1 Cor. 12:7). You must never treat a cancer case as anything else but a living, evil spirit that is destroying the body. It is one of the worst kind of evil spirits I know. Not that the Devil has anything good every disease of the Devil is bad, either to a greater or lesser degree but this form of disease is one that you must cast out. In casting out demons, we have to be careful about who gives the command. Man may say, Come out,! but unless his command is by the Spirit of God, man‘s words are useless. You must be sure of your ground; you must be sure that there is a power mightier than you that is destroying the Devil. Take your position from the first epistle of John and say, “Greater is he that is in me, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4 KJV). If you think the power comes from you, you make a great mistake. It comes from your being filled with Him, from His acting in the place of you your thoughts, your words, your all being used by the Spirit of God.
Thought for today: It is no mistake to declare yourself against the Devil.
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March 15 Devotional:
Ministering to a Lame Man:
I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.1 Timothy 2:8 Scripture reading: 1 Timothy 3 (Smith Wigglesworth) I remember when I was at Antwerp and Brussels. The power of God was very mighty upon me there. Going on to London, I called on some friends. To show you the leading of the Lord, these friends said, Oh, God sent you here. How much we need you! There was a young man twenty-six years old who had been in bed eighteen years. His body was much bigger than an ordinary body because of inactivity, but his legs were like a child‘s. He had never been able to dress himself. When his family received the wire saying we were coming, the father dressed the young man. He was sitting in a chair when we arrived. I felt it was one of the opportunities of my life. I said to this young man, What is the greatest desire of your heart? Oh,he said, to be filled with the Holy Spirit! I put my hands on him and said, Receive; receive the Holy Spirit. Instantly he became drunk with the Spirit and fell off the chair like a big bag of potatoes. I saw what God could do with a helpless cripple. First, his head began shaking terrifically; then his back began moving very fast, and then his legs. Then he spoke clearly in tongues, and we wept and praised the Lord. Looking at his legs, I saw that they were still as they had been, by all appearances, and this is where I missed it. These missing are sometimes God‘s opportunities of teaching us important lessons. He will teach us through our weaknesses what is not faith. It was not faith for me to look at that body, but human nature. The man who wants to work the works of God must never look at conditions but at Jesus, in whom everything is complete. I looked at the boy, and there was absolutely no help. I turned to the Lord and said, Lord, tell me what to do, and He did. He said, Command him to walk in My name. This is where I missed it. I looked at his condition. I got the father to help lift him up to see if his legs had strength. We did our best, but he and I together could not move him. Then the Lord showed me my mistake, and I said, God, forgive me. I got right down and repented and said to the Lord, Please tell me again. God is so good. He never leaves us to ourselves. Again He said to me, Command him in My name to walk. So I shouted, Arise and walk in the name of Jesus. Did he do it? No, I declare he never walked. He was lifted up by the power of God in a moment, and he ran. The door was wide open; he ran out across the road into a field where he ran up and down and came back. Oh, it was a miracle!
Thought for today: Faith is actively refusing the power of the Devil.
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Ministering to a Lame Man:
I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.1 Timothy 2:8 Scripture reading: 1 Timothy 3 (Smith Wigglesworth) I remember when I was at Antwerp and Brussels. The power of God was very mighty upon me there. Going on to London, I called on some friends. To show you the leading of the Lord, these friends said, Oh, God sent you here. How much we need you! There was a young man twenty-six years old who had been in bed eighteen years. His body was much bigger than an ordinary body because of inactivity, but his legs were like a child‘s. He had never been able to dress himself. When his family received the wire saying we were coming, the father dressed the young man. He was sitting in a chair when we arrived. I felt it was one of the opportunities of my life. I said to this young man, What is the greatest desire of your heart? Oh,he said, to be filled with the Holy Spirit! I put my hands on him and said, Receive; receive the Holy Spirit. Instantly he became drunk with the Spirit and fell off the chair like a big bag of potatoes. I saw what God could do with a helpless cripple. First, his head began shaking terrifically; then his back began moving very fast, and then his legs. Then he spoke clearly in tongues, and we wept and praised the Lord. Looking at his legs, I saw that they were still as they had been, by all appearances, and this is where I missed it. These missing are sometimes God‘s opportunities of teaching us important lessons. He will teach us through our weaknesses what is not faith. It was not faith for me to look at that body, but human nature. The man who wants to work the works of God must never look at conditions but at Jesus, in whom everything is complete. I looked at the boy, and there was absolutely no help. I turned to the Lord and said, Lord, tell me what to do, and He did. He said, Command him to walk in My name. This is where I missed it. I looked at his condition. I got the father to help lift him up to see if his legs had strength. We did our best, but he and I together could not move him. Then the Lord showed me my mistake, and I said, God, forgive me. I got right down and repented and said to the Lord, Please tell me again. God is so good. He never leaves us to ourselves. Again He said to me, Command him in My name to walk. So I shouted, Arise and walk in the name of Jesus. Did he do it? No, I declare he never walked. He was lifted up by the power of God in a moment, and he ran. The door was wide open; he ran out across the road into a field where he ran up and down and came back. Oh, it was a miracle!
Thought for today: Faith is actively refusing the power of the Devil.
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March 16 Devotional:
I Am the Lord Who Heals You:
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. James 5:14–15 Scripture reading: James 5:7–20 We have in this precious Word a real basis for the truth of healing. In these verses God gives very definite instructions to the sick. If you are sick, your part is to call for the elders of the church; it is their part to anoint and pray for you in faith. Then the whole situation rests with the Lord. When you have been anointed and prayed for, you can rest assured that the Lord will raise you up. It is the Word of God. I believe that we all can see that the church cannot play with this business. If believers turn away from these clear instructions, they are in a place of tremendous danger. Those who refuse to obey do so to their unspeakable loss. Many turn away from the Lord like King Asa, who “in his disease…did not seek the LORD” (2 Chron. 16:12). Consequently, “he died” (v. 13). Does the Lord meet those who look to Him for healing and who obey the instructions set forth in the book of James? Most assuredly. He will undertake for the most extreme case.(Smith Wigglesworth) A woman came into one of my meetings suffering terribly. Her whole arm was filled with poison, and her blood was so diseased that it was certain to bring her to her death. We rebuked the thing, and the next day she testified that she was without pain and had slept all night, a thing she had not done for two months. To God be all the praise! You will find that He will do this kind of thing all along.God provides the double cure, for even if sin has been the cause of the sickness, His Word declares in James 5:15, “If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.”
Thought for today: If you turn away from any part of God‘s truth, the enemy will certainly get an advantage over you.
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I Am the Lord Who Heals You:
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. James 5:14–15 Scripture reading: James 5:7–20 We have in this precious Word a real basis for the truth of healing. In these verses God gives very definite instructions to the sick. If you are sick, your part is to call for the elders of the church; it is their part to anoint and pray for you in faith. Then the whole situation rests with the Lord. When you have been anointed and prayed for, you can rest assured that the Lord will raise you up. It is the Word of God. I believe that we all can see that the church cannot play with this business. If believers turn away from these clear instructions, they are in a place of tremendous danger. Those who refuse to obey do so to their unspeakable loss. Many turn away from the Lord like King Asa, who “in his disease…did not seek the LORD” (2 Chron. 16:12). Consequently, “he died” (v. 13). Does the Lord meet those who look to Him for healing and who obey the instructions set forth in the book of James? Most assuredly. He will undertake for the most extreme case.(Smith Wigglesworth) A woman came into one of my meetings suffering terribly. Her whole arm was filled with poison, and her blood was so diseased that it was certain to bring her to her death. We rebuked the thing, and the next day she testified that she was without pain and had slept all night, a thing she had not done for two months. To God be all the praise! You will find that He will do this kind of thing all along.God provides the double cure, for even if sin has been the cause of the sickness, His Word declares in James 5:15, “If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.”
Thought for today: If you turn away from any part of God‘s truth, the enemy will certainly get an advantage over you.
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March 17 Devotional:
Kept by God’s Power:
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept. John 17:12 Scripture reading: John 17 There are evil powers, but Jesus is greater than all evil powers. There are tremendous diseases, but Jesus is the Healer. No case is too hard for Him. The Lion of Judah will break every chain. He came to relieve the oppressed and to set the captive free (Luke 4:18). He came to bring redemption, to make us as perfect as man was before the Fall. People want to know how to be kept by the power of God. He will contend for your body. When you are saved, Satan will come around and say, See, you are not saved. The Devil is a liar. I remember the story of the man whose life was swept and put in order. The evil power had been swept out of him. But the man was not filled with the Holy Spirit. If the Lord heals you, you dare not remain unresponsive to His Spirit. The evil spirit came back to that man, found his house swept, and took seven others worse than himself and dwelt there. The last stage of that man was worse than the first. (See Matthew 12:43–45.) Be sure to get filled with God. Get an Occupier. Be filled with the Spirit.God‘s power cannot come out of you unless it is within you. We must have all inward confidence and knowledge that we are God‘s property, bought and paid for by the precious blood of Jesus. God wants you to know how to claim the victory and shout in the face of the Devil and say, Lord, it is done. (See Revelation 21:6.) God has a million ways of undertaking for those who go to Him for help. He has deliverance for every captive. He loves you so much that He even says, “Before they call, I will answer” (Isa 65:24). Don‘t turn Him away.
Thought for today: Every position of grace into which you are led to forgiveness, healing, any kind of deliverance will be contested by Satan.
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Kept by God’s Power:
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept. John 17:12 Scripture reading: John 17 There are evil powers, but Jesus is greater than all evil powers. There are tremendous diseases, but Jesus is the Healer. No case is too hard for Him. The Lion of Judah will break every chain. He came to relieve the oppressed and to set the captive free (Luke 4:18). He came to bring redemption, to make us as perfect as man was before the Fall. People want to know how to be kept by the power of God. He will contend for your body. When you are saved, Satan will come around and say, See, you are not saved. The Devil is a liar. I remember the story of the man whose life was swept and put in order. The evil power had been swept out of him. But the man was not filled with the Holy Spirit. If the Lord heals you, you dare not remain unresponsive to His Spirit. The evil spirit came back to that man, found his house swept, and took seven others worse than himself and dwelt there. The last stage of that man was worse than the first. (See Matthew 12:43–45.) Be sure to get filled with God. Get an Occupier. Be filled with the Spirit.God‘s power cannot come out of you unless it is within you. We must have all inward confidence and knowledge that we are God‘s property, bought and paid for by the precious blood of Jesus. God wants you to know how to claim the victory and shout in the face of the Devil and say, Lord, it is done. (See Revelation 21:6.) God has a million ways of undertaking for those who go to Him for help. He has deliverance for every captive. He loves you so much that He even says, “Before they call, I will answer” (Isa 65:24). Don‘t turn Him away.
Thought for today: Every position of grace into which you are led to forgiveness, healing, any kind of deliverance will be contested by Satan.
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