Sermons & Devotionals by Classic Christian Writings

We have thought that an entirely surrendered will is necessary to bring us into a life of victory, but that is not enough. There must be also a broken spirit which will enable us to accept God’s will joyfully without chafing. A surrendered will and a broken spirit are not the same thing. The will is... Read More

Isn’t it interesting what Christians choose to fight about? We fuss and argue with each other over church structure, the role of women, the Holy Spirit, the Second Coming, etc. I guess it should surprise no one that Christians today are also fighting over worship. Hymns, choruses, praise songs, guit... Read More

“This is what our age needs, not an easy-moving message, the sort of thing that makes the hearer feel all nice inside, but a message profoundly disturbing. We have been far too afraid of disturbing people, but the Holy Spirit will have nothing to do with a message or with a minister who is afraid of... Read More

The Personal Testimony of Grace Anderson, Showers of Blessing Ministry Inc. My heart can say with the Psalmist, "O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His name together" (34:3). Psalms 2:8 says, "Ask me and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the uttermost parts of the eart... Read More

Edited from a message delivered at the "Heart-Cry for Revival" Conference near Asheville, North Carolina, April, 2002 God has two throne rooms: one in the highest heaven and one in the lowliest of hearts. In these lowly, humble hearts God in great mercy has taken out the old, sinful heart and has pu... Read More

The Spirit of God requires unity to work. Disunity makes impossible His glorious Presence among us. Today the seamless robe of Christ’s Church has been rent by schism. How different was the spirit that animated the early Church when the heathen beholding them exclaimed, "How these Christians love on... Read More

"Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks" (1 Thess. 5:16-18). Our Lord spoke the parable of the widow and the unjust judge to teach us that men ought to pray always and not faint. As the widow persevered in seeking one definite thing, the parable appears to refer to perseve... Read More

Arranged from a message given at "Heart-Cry for Revival" Conference in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, May 26-29, 1998 Let us consider three things in the Book of Jonah: the man, the message, and the movement. "Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that ... Read More

I write this letter (dated April 19, 1945, French Equatorial Africa) as a call to the battle. We need reinforcements or the devil will throw us back. As long as Moses’ arms were up in prayer, Joshua and the warriors prevailed against Amalek; but the minute Moses weakened and his arms went down, the ... Read More

In the early 1700’s, Jonathan Edwards wrote a book intended to encourage Christians to gather and pray for revival. The book, An Humble Attempt to Promote Explicit Agreement and Visible Union of God’s People in Extraordinary Prayer for the Revival of Religion and the Advancement of Christ’s Kingdom ... Read More

Many claim that they want revival, but generally we want to have a revival to save our face, when the first thing we must lose is our face. Fallow ground must be broken up, even at the cost of humiliation and embarrassment. God will not rain showers of blessing on fallow ground, for that would mean ... Read More

The following account is taken from the autobiography of John G. Paton, "Pioneering in the New Hebrides." Dr. Arthur T. Pierson says in the introduction to the book, "This biography is not surpassed, for stimulating, inspiring, and helpful narrative, by any existing story of missionary heroism." Joh... Read More

America stands at the crossroads! It is either revival or the dissolving of the church, the home and the government. History records that in time of crisis in America in the past, God has moved to avert catastrophe overtaking His people. In such crises hours, He has found some who would work with Hi... Read More

We are indebted to Charles G. Finney for the phrase, "A praying heart." He said: "I am convinced that nothing in the whole Christian religion is so rarely attained as a praying heart." This heart is "the heart in the spirit" (Romans 2:29). It is in our human spirit, and is that part of us which can ... Read More

"It was in 1904. All Wales was aflame. The nation had drifted far from God. The spiritual conditions were low indeed. Church attendance was poor. And sin abounded on every side," writes Oswald J. Smith. "Suddenly, like an unexpected tornado, the Spirit of God swept over the land. The churches were c... Read More

"It was in 1904. All Wales was aflame. The nation had drifted far from God. The spiritual conditions were low indeed. Church attendance was poor, and sin abounded on every side," writes Oswald J. Smith. "Suddenly, like an unexpected tornado, the Spirit of God swept over the land. The churches were c... Read More

By revival we mean a “time of refreshing from the presence of the Lord” (Acts 3:19)—resulting in the thorough renewing and great deepening of spiritual life in the hearts of God’s children, the reclaiming of backsliders and in conviction, repentance (including confession and restitution), conversion... Read More

In this issue we pay tribute to the founders, under God, of Herald of His Coming ministry, W.C. and Sarah Foulkes Moore. It is now 20 years since God took Sister Moore to her abode above, and over 12 years since He took Brother Moore. In their memory, we are reprinting several articles they used in ... Read More

"Every Scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: that the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work" (2 Tim. 3:16-17, R.V.). In the Bible is all the truth we need in dealing with men.... Read More

"I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour My Spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thine offspring: and they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses" (Isa. 44:3,4). The above words describe a time of refreshing. There ar... Read More