Inspirational Quotes by Maria Woodworth-Etter
“If you from sin are longing to be free, Look to the Lamb of God He, to redeem you, died on Calvary, Look to the Lamb of God.”
― Maria Woodworth-Etter ,
from Signs and Wonders
“He said the angels and his little child who had passed over, were in the room. He shouted and praised God until the last breath was gone. His triumphant death convinced some of the hardest sinners of the reality of religion. “Oh, let me die the death of the righteous, that my last end be like his.” Our loving Father is calling his children home one by one. Some of us have more loved ones over on the golden shore than we have here. They are watching and waiting for us. Shall they watch in vain?”
“I find that the earnest followers of Christ have very little rest here. Like our Master, we must be about our Father’s business.”
“Paul says preaching has to be with demonstration of the Spirit and of power. The Holy Ghost bears witness with signs and miracles; unless these attend our ministry we cannot succeed.”
“Some amusing incidents occurred, but we were made to feel over and over that the Gospel of healing touches hearts as nothing else does; no amount of reasoning or preaching theories, or denouncing people’s sins, convinces the world that God lives and moves on earth today as does the fact that the blind see, the deaf hear and the paralyzed walk.”
“One old colored woman when the shock from heaven’s battery struck her, jumped up and exclaimed, “Oh, praise the Lord! I didn’t expect it! I didn’t expect it!” and ran down the aisle praising the Lord.”
“Results have proved that minute setting forth of doctrine and theological distinctions are not only non-essential but their absence is strongly conducive to the spirituality of the Church of God, and the success of its work.”
“Preach Jesus and hold unto God until the signs follow. There is something wrong unless they do follow. Don’t wait until you have any special gift. Believe you can do it and it will be done.”
“We can talk until we are hoarse and they won’t be convinced, but the power of God convinces them. Don’t wait for manifestations before you go forth and do something. When you are weakest, then you are strong. Let us go out and work miracles. Then the people will glorify God.”
“MY HUSBAND PASSES AWAY In the midst of this meeting, on a Sunday afternoon, while I was preaching, my husband, S. P. Etter, fell asleep in Jesus. I took a fast train to Indianapolis, laid him in the beautiful Crown Hill Cemetery, and got back to Philadelphia to continue the meeting the following Saturday night.”
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Maria Woodworth-Etter (1844 - 1924)
Born in 1844 in rural, central Ohio, to non Christian parents, Maria was converted to Christ at age thirteen and soon after called to evangelism. Nevertheless, she pushed the call of God aside and laboured with all her heart at caring for her family and being a homemaker. One by one, the Lord saw fit to call five of her six precious children home to Him. In regard to The Lord calling her to ministry, she would make excuses that she would be glad to if only she were a man. Then the Lord in a vision caused her to see "the bottomless pit open in all its horror and woe...It was surrounded by a great multitude of people who seemed unconscious of their danger.." After the death of her fifth child, she entered a period of illness nigh unto death. Her recovery was swift after agreeing that she would finally answer His call to reach the perishing.She asked The Lord qualify her for the work and He answered by gloriously baptizing her in the Holy Spirit and anointing her for service. The phenomenon of trances and of people falling under the power of the Holy Ghost were known to occur during her meetings -- with the result of incredible numbers of even the most notorious sinners gloriously and lastingly converted to Christ. The Lord also gave her the gift of healing. Eventually, because of his adultery, she filed for divorce from her first husband Philo Woodworth who died in 1892. Several years later she married Samuel Etter, who ably assisted her evangelistic work. By 1912, she was involved with the Pentecostal movement and was a featured evangelist across the country. But truly The Lord gave Maria Woodworth-Etter a "Pentecostal" ministry decades before the Pentecostal movement ever began.