To him who overcomes

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

To him who overcomes, I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.

He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.

To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.

And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations-'He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter's vessels'- as I also have received from My Father; and I will give him the morning star.

He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.

To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

Revelation 2-3

Barangsiapa menang

Siapa bertelinga, hendaklah ia mendengar apa yang dikatakan Roh kepada jemaat-jemaat:

Barangsiapa menang, dia akan Kuberi makan dari pohon kehidupan yang ada di Taman Firdaus Allah.

Barangsiapa menang, ia tidak akan menderita apa-apa oleh kematian yang kedua.

Barangsiapa menang, kepadanya akan Kuberikan dari manna yang tersembunyi; dan Aku akan mengaruniakan kepadanya batu putih, yang di atasnya tertulis nama baru, yang tidak diketahui oleh siapa pun, selain oleh yang menerimanya.

Dan barangsiapa menang dan melakukan pekerjaan-Ku sampai kesudahannya, kepadanya akan Kukaruniakan kuasa atas bangsa-bangsa; dan ia akan memerintah mereka dengan tongkat besi; mereka akan diremukkan seperti tembikar tukang periuk-sama seperti yang Kuterima dari Bapa-Ku-dan kepadanya akan Kukaruniakan bintang timur.

Barangsiapa menang, ia akan dikenakan pakaian putih yang demikian; Aku tidak akan menghapus namanya dari kitab kehidupan, melainkan Aku akan mengaku namanya di hadapan Bapa-Ku dan di hadapan malaikat-Nya.

Barangsiapa menang, ia akan Kujadikan sokoguru di dalam Bait Suci Allah-Ku, dan ia tidak akan keluar lagi dari situ; dan padanya akan Kutuliskan nama Allah-Ku, nama kota Allah-Ku, yaitu Yerusalem baru, yang turun dari sorga dari Allah-Ku, dan nama-Ku yang baru.

Barangsiapa menang, ia akan Kududukkan bersama-sama dengan Aku di atas takhta-Ku, sebagaimana Aku pun telah menang dan duduk bersama-sama dengan Bapa-Ku di atas takhta-Nya.

Wahyu 2-3

Bagaikan bintang bintang

Kumau hidup seturut dengan kehendakMu.
Mengerjakan keselamatan yang telah Kau beri.
Biarlah hidupku menjadi jawaban bagi setiap orang yang membutuhkan.

kumau bercahaya bagaikan bintang bintang.
Di tengah kegelapan terpancar terang kasih Tuhan.
kumau bercahaya, bermegah dalam Dia.
Menyaksikan kemurahan Tuhan.
Menceritakan perbuatan Tuhan.
Kurindu hidup selalu.
Bercahaya, dalam kemuliaanNya.

Setiap harga yang harus kubayar,
Telah menjadikan aku dewasa dalamMu.
Berikanlah hatiMu di dalamku.
Agar hidupku hanya untuk memuliakanMu.

Menjadi alatMu itu rinduMu padaku.
FirmanMu yang menjagaku.
Berikanku kuasa 'tuk genapi rencanaMu.
Sampai bumi ini penuh kemuliaanMu. 

TETAP SETIA

Selidiki aku,
lihat hatiku.
Apakah ku sungguh mengasihiMu Yesus.
Kau yang maha tau dan menilai hidupku.
Tak ada yang tersembunyi bagiMu .

Telah kulihat kebaikanMu,
Yang tak pernah habis dihidupku.
Kuberjuang sampai akhirnya,
Kau dapati aku tetap setia 

TUHAN, gembalaku yang baik

TUHAN adalah gembalaku, takkan kekurangan aku.
Ia membaringkan aku di padang yang berumput hijau, Ia membimbing aku ke air yang tenang; Ia menyegarkan jiwaku. Ia menuntun aku di jalan yang benar oleh karena nama-Nya.
Sekalipun aku berjalan dalam lembah kekelaman, aku tidak takut bahaya, sebab Engkau besertaku;
gadaMu dan tongkatMu, itulah yang menghibur aku.
Engkau menyediakan hidangan bagiku, di hadapan lawanku; Engkau mengurapi kepalaku dengan minyak; pialaku penuh melimpah. Kebajikan dan kemurahan belaka akan mengikuti aku seumur hidupku;
dan aku akan diam dalam rumah TUHAN sepanjang masa. Mazmur 23

The LORD the Shepherd of His People

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Psalm 23

The Whole Armor of God

Stand therefore,

having girded your waist with truth,

having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.

And take the helmet of salvation,

and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit,

being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints-

Many members but ONE BODY (1 Cor. 12:12-26)

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

For the body is not one member, but many.

If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

And if they were all one member, where were the body?

But now are they many members, yet but one body.

And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:

And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.

For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:

That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

Smith Wigglesworth Quotes

"If a thing is in the Bible, then it is so; it is not even to be prayed about; it is to be received and acted upon."

"The Acts of the Apostles were written because the lives of the Apostles bore the fruit of active faith. To them faith was an everyday fact."

"Faith is the audacity that rejoices in the fact that God cannot break His own Word. Faith is not agitation. It is quiet confidence that God means what He says and we act on His Word."

"The Word of God is eternal and cannot be broken. You cannot improve on the Word of God, for it is life and it produces (only) life."

When i felt..

when i felt alone in this world,
when i felt all the people besides me all have gone and left me all alone,
when i felt there is no way out to face all my problems,
when i felt that i have no purpose to live,
when i felt like i am nobody in this world,
You come,
You say there is nothing to be afraid,
Coz You are always be with me and i am not alone,
Coz there is nothing impossible for You,
Coz You love me more than everyone even they who are nearest to me,
Coz there is one reason for me to live in this world, that is You,
Coz You know what best in me and You will always teach me to be a person You want me to be..
and nothing else to say thanks for all,
thanks for all Jesus Christ, for every single day i have passed in this world..

Thank You Lord....

Nasihat-nasihat (1 Tesalonika 5:12-22)

Kami minta kepadamu, saudara-saudara, supaya kamu menghormati mereka yang bekerja keras di antara kamu, yang memimpin kamu dalam Tuhan dan yang menegor kamu;

dan supaya kamu sungguh-sungguh menjunjung mereka dalam kasih karena pekerjaan mereka.

HIDUPLAH SELALU DALAM DAMAI SEORANG DENGAN YANG LAIN.

TEGORLAH MEREKA YANG HIDUP DENGAN TIDAK TERTIB,

HIBURLAH MEREKA YANG TAWAR HATI,

BELALAH MEREKA YANG LEMAH,

SABARLAH TERHADAP SEMUA ORANG,

PERHATIKANLAH, SUPAYA JANGAN ADA ORANG YANG MEMBALAS JAHAT DENGAN JAHAT, TETAPI USAHAKANLAH SENANTIASA YANG BAIK, TERHADAP KAMU MASING-MASING DAN TERHADAP SEMUA ORANG.

BERSUKACITALAH SENANTIASA.

TETAPLAH BERDOA.

MENGUCAP SYUKURLAH DALAM SEGALA HAL, SEBAB ITULAH YANG DIKEHENDAKI ALLAH DI DALAM KRISTUS YESUS BAGI KAMU.

JANGAN PADAMKAN ROH.

DAN JANGAN ANGGAP RENDAH NUBUAT-NUBUAT.

UJILAH SEGALA SESUATU DAN PEGANGLAH YANG BAIK.

JAUHKAN DIRIMU DARI SEGALA JENIS KEJAHATAN.

Various Exhortations (1 Thessalonians 5: 12-22)

And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,

and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.

Be at peace among yourselves.

Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.

See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.

Rejoice always,

pray without ceasing,

in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Do not quench the Spirit.

Do not despise prophecies.

Test all things;

Hold fast what is good.

Abstain from every form of evil.

Smith Wigglesworth Bio

“The Apostle of Faith”*

I saw that God wants us so badly that He has made the condition as simple as He possibly could—“Only Believe.”
It is arguable that there is no more significant patriarch of the Pentecostal Movement than Smith Wigglesworth. While he was not the catalyst for breakthrough revivals such as the one in Wales led by Evan Roberts in 1904 or that of the Azusa Street Mission in 1906 that was led by William Seymour, it was Smith Wigglesworth's steady faith and staying power that made the Pentecostal revival the most significant Christian movement of the twentieth century.
Where other Pentecostal ministers would emerge overnight and then disappear from the public scene almost as quickly, Smith Wigglesworth traveled widely from after the death of his wife in 1913 until not long before his death in 1947. During these decades his ministry of faith and miracles changed the face of Christianity and set the stage for the Charismatic Renewal that would restore the ministry of the Holy Spirit to the modern church.

An Early Call To Evangelism
Smith was born in a small village near Menston, Yorkshire in England on June 8, 1859. Smith's younger years were marked by a hunger for God, even though his parents were not Christians at the time. His grandmother was an old-time Wesleyan, and she always made sure that Smith attended meetings with her when she could. When he was eight, he joined in with the singing at one of these meetings, and as he began, “a clear knowledge of the new birth” came to him. He realized in that moment just what the death and resurrection of Jesus meant for him, and he embraced it with his whole heart. From that day forth, he never doubted that he was saved.

Soon he began operating as the evangelist, which would be most of his life's focus. His first convert was his own mother. When his father realized what was happening, he started taking the family to an Episcopal church. Although his father was never born again, he enjoyed the parson, who just happened to frequent the same pub as he did, and remained a faithful church-goer through Smith's youth.

When he was thirteen, his family moved from Menston to Bradford, where Smith became deeply involved with the Wesleyan Methodist Church. Even though he couldn't read, it was at this time that Smith began the habit of always having a copy of the New Testament with him wherever he went. Then in 1875 when Smith was about sixteen, the Salvation Army opened a mission in Bradford, and Smith found a powerful ally in his desire to see people come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. In the meetings he attended with the Salvationists, he soon learned there was great power behind prayer and fasting.

At seventeen, Smith met a Godly man at a mill who took him in as an apprentice and taught him the plumbing trade. He also told Smith about what the Bible taught on water baptism, and soon afterwards Smith gladly obeyed and was baptized in water. During this time, he also learned more about the second coming of Christ and strongly believed that Jesus would come at the turn of the century. This made him ever more vigilant to “change the course” of everyone he met.

The Favor of God
In 1877 at the age of nearly eighteen, Smith decided it was time to set out on his own. He went to the home of a plumber and asked for a job. When the plumber told him he had no need for any help, Smith thanked him, apologized for using his time, and turned to walk away. He said, “There is something about you that is different. I just cannot let you go.”† At that, the man hired him on the spot.

By the time Smith was about twenty, the man he worked for could not keep him busy anymore—he just worked too efficiently! So Smith moved to Liverpool to find more work. There he began to minister to the children of the city. Ragged and hungry children came to the dock shed, where he preached the Gospel to them and did his best to feed and clothe them from what he made as a plumber in the area. He also visited the hospitals and ships, praying and fasting all day on Sunday, asking God for converts. As a result, he never saw fewer than fifty people saved each time he ministered. He was also frequently invited by the Salvation Army to speak at their meetings, but though he saw great results, he was never eloquent. He often broke down and cried before the people because of his burden for souls, and it was this brokenness that brought people to the altar by the hundreds.

Smith Meets Polly
It was also around this time that Smith watched with great interest as a young, socially affluent woman came forward in one of the Salvation Army meetings and fell to her knees. She refused to pray with any of the workers until the speaker known as “Gypsy” Tillie Smith came and prayed with her. When they were done, the young woman jumped to her feet, threw her gloves in the air, and shouted, “Hallelujah! " It is done!”

The next night as she gave her testimony, Smith felt as if she belonged to him. As Smith later said, “It seemed as if the inspiration of God was upon her from the very first.”‡ The young woman's name was Mary Jane Featherstone, but everyone called her “Polly.” She eventually received a commission as an officer in the Salvation Army from General William Booth. Smith did what he could to work near her, and in the coming years a romance bloomed between them.

As Smith and Polly grew closer, Polly eventually faced the difficult decision of choosing either to continue with the Salvation Army or her love for Smith. Even though Smith never officially joined the Salvation Army, he was considered a private in their ranks, and Polly was an officer. There were strict regulations against officers and lower ranks having romantic relationships, so even though they always remained true friends of the Salvationists, Polly retired from their ranks and took up mission work with the Blue Ribbon Army. Those in her Methodist church also recognized her calling and asked her to help evangelize their churches. Hundreds were converted as a result.

A Divine Partnership
Polly had from the beginning the eloquence Smith longed for but couldn't learn. When in 1882, Smith returned to Bradford, he and Polly wed. Polly was twenty-two years old and Smith was twenty-three. In their thirty years of marriage, the Wigglesworths had five children: Alice, Seth, Harold, Ernest, and George. Before each child was born, Smith and Polly prayed over them that they would faithfully serve God throughout their lives.

Smith and Polly had a burden for a part of Bradford that had no church, so they soon opened the Bradford Street Mission and began ministering together. Polly did most of the speaking, because she was the stronger and more accomplished of the two as an orator, and Smith oversaw the needs of the rest of the work. While she preached, he was at the altar praying for more to come to Christ. Of this relationship, Smith later said, “Her work was to put down the net; mine was to land the fish. This latter is just as important as the former.”§

A Cold Winter
The winter of 1884 was very severe in Bradford, and plumbers were in high demand. As a result, a time of intense work began for Smith that would last for the next two years, and he became literally consumed by his natural occupation. His church attendance declined and slowly but surely his fire for God began to grow cold. In the light of Polly's increasing faithfulness, Smith's backsliding seemed all the more pronounced to the point that her diligence began to wear on him.

Then one night, this came to a head when she came home from church a little later than usual. Smith confronted her: “I am master of this house, and I am not going to have you coming home at so late an hour as this!” Polly quietly replied, “I know that you are my husband, but Christ is my Master.”** At this, Smith forced her out the back door, then closed and locked it. However, in his annoyance, he had forgotten to lock the front door, so Polly simply walked around the house and came in through the main entrance, laughing.

When Smith finally saw what he had done, he caught her laughter and realized how silly he had been. Together they laughed about the matter, but to Smith it was also a revelation of how cold he had grown in the things of God. Shortly afterward, he spent ten days praying and fasting in repentance, and God gloriously restored him.

Smith Meets “The Lord that Healeth Thee”
On a trip to Leeds for plumbing supplies, Smith heard of a meeting where divine healing was to be ministered. He attended and was amazed at what he saw. What others saw as fanaticism, Smith recognized as sincere and of God. On his return to Bradford, he would search out the sick and pay for their way to attend the Leeds healing meetings. When his wife grew ill once, he told her about the meetings, somewhat afraid that she would think he had finally gone off the deep end. Instead, she accepted it and agreed to go to the meetings with him. When the prayer of faith was offered for her in Leeds, she received an instant manifestation of healing.

They both became passionate about the message of divine healing and their meetings began to grow, causing them to need a larger mission space. Soon they obtained a building on Bowland Street and opened the Bowland Street Mission. Across the wall behind the pulpit they hung a large scroll which read: “I Am the Lord That Healeth Thee.”†† Not many years after this, in the first years of the 1900s, Smith received prayer for healing a hemorrhoid condition he had battled since childhood. He was soon fully healed and never had a problem with this condition for the rest of his life.

Ilahi Embracing Divine Healing
Over the years that followed, the healing available through God increasingly became a part of Smith's sermons and ministry, though healings were not frequent nor truly spectacular at first. Then those in the Leeds Healing Home recognized Smith's faith and asked him to speak while they were away at a convention. Smith accepted only because he felt he could get someone else to do it once he was in charge of the meeting, but all others refused, insisting they felt God wanted him to speak. Smith ministered his sermon hesitantly, but at the close of the service fifteen people came forward for prayer, and all of them were healed! One of them had hobbled forward on crutches and began dancing around the room without them after Smith prayed for him. He had been instantly healed! No one was more surprised by the results of his prayers than Smith himself.

Desiring More of the Spirit
In 1907, Pentecost had reached Sunderland, and Smith heard that people there were being baptized in the Holy Spirit and speaking in other tongues. Smith felt he had to see this for himself. Smith was among those who believed that sanctification and the baptism in the Holy Spirit were the same, so he felt he already had this baptism. Others warned him that these people in Sunderland were not receiving the Holy Spirit, but demons instead. Other friends with whom he prayed urged him to follow his own leadings.

When he arrived at the meeting in Sunderland, which was being led by Vicar Alexander Boddy (who had attended some of Evan Roberts' meetings in Wales during the Welsh Revival), he was surprised at the dryness of it in contrast to the moves of the Spirit he had experienced elsewhere, especially among the Salvationists. In fact, he grew so frustrated at this, he interrupted the meeting, saying, “I have come from Bradford, and I want this experience of speaking in tongues like they had on the day of Pentecost. But I do not understand why our meetings seem to be on fire, but yours do not seem to be so.”‡‡ Smith was so disruptive that they disciplined him outside of the building.

Smith Receives the Baptism
He soon decided he needed to return to Bradford, but before doing so decided to go to Vicar's home and say, “Goodbye.” There he met Mrs. Boddy and told her he was returning home without speaking in tongues. She told him, “It is not tongues you need, but the baptism.”§§ Smith asked her to lay hands on him before he left. She agreed, praying a simple but powerful prayer, and walked out of the room. It was then that the fire fell, and Smith had a vision of the empty cross with Jesus exalted at the right hand of the Father. Smith opened his mouth to praise God and began instantly speaking in tongues. He knew immediately that what he had received of God now was much fuller than what he had received when praying and fasting and asking God to sanctify him.

Instead of going home, Smith went to the church where Vicar Boddy was conducting the service and asked to speak. Vicar Boddy agreed. Smith then spoke as he never had before, and at the end of his “sermon” fifty people were baptized in the Holy Spirit and spoke in other tongues. Even the local paper, the Sunderland Daily Echo, picked up the story and headlined the meeting and what Smith had experienced. Smith telegram rumah tentang apa yang telah terjadi. Smith telegraphed home about what had happened.

“That's Not My Smith!”
Upon arriving home in Bradford, Smith found a new challenge to what he had experienced. Polly met him at the door and firmly stated, “I want you to know that I am just as baptized in the Holy Spirit as you are and I don't speak in tongues. . . . . . . Sunday, you will preach for yourself, and I will see what there is in it.”*** When Sunday came, Polly did see what there was in it, as Smith preached with a power and assurance she had never heard in him before. She squirmed in her seat thinking, “That's not my Smith, Lord. That's not my Smith!” At the end of the sermon a worker stood to say he wanted the same experience Smith had received, and when he sat back down, he missed his chair and fell to the floor!

Smith's eldest son had the same experience. In a very short while there were eleven people on the floor, laughing in the Spirit. Then the entire congregation was absorbed in holy laughter, as God poured even more of His Spirit out upon them. In the coming weeks, hundreds in Bradford would receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit and speak with other tongues—one of whom was Polly. The couple soon began traveling throughout the country, answering calls to speak and minister.

This experience also caused Smith to pursue God more than ever through prayer and fasting. He answered every request he could of those asking for divine healing. Sometimes he took a train to the nearest city and then borrowed a bicycle to ride another ten miles to reach the person. Soon he had no more time for his plumbing work, so he vowed before the Lord that if he were ever in severe need again in his life, he would return to plumbing; otherwise, he would serve as a minister for the rest of his days. The Lord made sure Smith never returned to plumbing.

Polly Goes Home to Be with the Lord
Not long after this, while waiting at a train station to leave for Scotland, Smith received word that his beloved wife, Polly, had collapsed at the Bowland Street Mission from a heart attack. He rushed to her bedside only to discover her spirit had already departed. But Smith rebuked death, and she came back. Smith had just a short time to visit with his wife again, and then he was impressed that it was time for her to go home to be with her Lord and Savior, so he released her again. Polly passed away on January 1, 1913, and it was as if her dedication and spiritual power went with her husband after that and multiplied the effects of his ministry.

Immediately, Smith started to minister again throughout the country, traveling with his daughter, Alice, and her husband, James “Jimmy” Salter. Smith continued to preach a simple Gospel of “only believe.” In a time when other ministers seemed frail and failing despite the enormous revivals that had come through their ministries, Smith soon rose to prominence in Pentecostal circles because of the undeniable power in his ministry and the uncompromising stability with which he operated. His convictions would never change in the next four decades, and Smith remained a growing force for God and Pentecostalism right up until his death in 1947.

The Apostle of Faith and His Worldwide Ministry
In the months following Polly's passing, Smith's fame in England grew, and in 1914 he began traveling abroad to minister. By the 1920s and 1930s there was no more sought-after speaker in Pentecostalism. Although he never accepted the cloak, his acknowledgement as the “Apostle of Faith” made the Pentecostal world look to him as one of its greatest patriarchs, even though he had never been involved in any of the revivals that started the movement. Miracles, healings, the dead being raised, and other signs and wonders followed his ministry as he continued in the uncompromising and blunt style that no one could ever emulate.

Truth be told, Smith just never seemed to feel the need to be polite when chasing out sickness, disease, and other works of the devil. His sentiment was also that if the Spirit were not moving, then he would move the Spirit. This was not arrogance, but confidence in the work God wanted done on the earth. Smith would create an atmosphere of uncompromising faith in the Word of God, and the Holy Spirit would never fail to show up.

In 1922 Smith traveled to New Zealand and Australia, among other places, and in a few short months saw thousands saved and several Pentecostal churches birthed in the greatest spiritual renewals either nation had ever seen. In 1936 he traveled to South Africa and delivered to David du Plessis a profound prophecy of the upcoming revival of the Charismatic Renewal that would not even start until after Wigglesworth's death. By this time Smith was in his seventies and probably the most well-known Pentecostal in the world.

Going Home
Then on March 12, 1947, while attending the funeral of a fellow minister, Smith bowed his head in the midst of a conversation and went home to be with the Lord without any pain or struggle at the age of 87.

While Smith would never form his own denomination or write a book, let alone a systematic set of doctrines and theology, his simple faith still impacts believers today. His relationship with God produced power that had not been seen on the earth for many centuries. For this reason, God also showed him things that others only dreamed of seeing. He never wanted to be put on a pedestal and worshipped, but be instead, an example of what every Christian can experience if they would “only believe.”

Smith Wigglesworth Biografi

“The Apostle of Faith”*

Aku melihat bahwa Allah ingin kita begitu buruk bahwa Dia telah membuat kondisi yang sederhana seperti Dia mungkin bisa-"Hanya Percaya."
Hal ini dikatakan bahwa tidak ada yang signifikan bapa lebih dari Gerakan Pentakosta dari Smith Wigglesworth. Meskipun ia bukan katalis untuk kebangkitan terobosan seperti yang di Wales dipimpin oleh Evan Roberts pada tahun 1904 atau dari Azusa Street Mission pada tahun 1906 yang dipimpin oleh William Seymour, itu yang mantap iman Wigglesworth Smith dan daya tahan yang membuat Pentakosta kebangkitan gerakan paling signifikan Kristen abad kedua puluh. Di mana Pentakosta menteri lainnya akan muncul semalam dan kemudian menghilang dari tempat umum hampir sama cepat, Smith Wigglesworth luas dari perjalanan setelah kematian istrinya pada tahun 1913 sampai tidak lama sebelum kematiannya pada tahun 1947. Selama dekade pelayanan-Nya iman dan mukjizat mengubah wajah Kekristenan dan set panggung untuk Pembaharuan Karismatik yang akan memulihkan pelayanan Roh Kudus untuk gereja modern.
Panggilan Awal Untuk Penginjilan
Smith dilahirkan di sebuah desa kecil di dekat Menston, Yorkshire di Inggris pada tanggal 8 Juni 1859. Smith muda tahun ditandai oleh kelaparan bagi Allah, meskipun orang tuanya tidak Kristen pada saat itu.
Neneknya adalah waktu Wesleyan tua, dan ia selalu memastikan bahwa Smith menghadiri pertemuan dengan ketika dia bisa. Ketika ia berumur delapan tahun, ia bergabung dengan nyanyian di salah satu pertemuan, dan saat ia mulai, "pengetahuan yang jelas tentang kelahiran baru" datang kepadanya.Dia menyadari pada saat itu hanya apa kematian dan kebangkitan Yesus berarti baginya, dan ia memeluk dengan segenap hatinya. Dari hari itu, ia tidak pernah meragukan bahwa ia diselamatkan.

Segera ia mulai beroperasi sebagai penulis Injil, yang akan sebagian besar hidup fokusnya. Mengkonversi pertamanya adalah ibunya sendiri. Ketika ayahnya menyadari apa yang terjadi, ia mulai mengambil keluarga ke gereja Episkopal. Meskipun ayahnya tidak pernah dilahirkan kembali, ia menikmati pendeta, yang kebetulan pub sering sama dengan dia, dan tetap menjadi pengunjung setia-gereja melalui kaum muda Smith. Ketika ia berusia tiga belas tahun, keluarganya pindah dari Menston ke Bradford, dimana Smith menjadi sangat terlibat dengan Gereja Methodist Wesley. Meskipun ia tidak bisa membaca, itu adalah saat ini bahwa Smith memulai kebiasaan selalu memiliki salinan Perjanjian Baru dengan mana pun ia pergi. Kemudian pada tahun 1875 ketika Smith adalah sekitar enam belas, Bala Keselamatan membuka misi di Bradford, dan Smith menemukan sekutu kuat dalam keinginan untuk melihat orang-orang datang kepada suatu pengetahuan yang menyelamatkan Yesus Kristus. Dalam rapat ia menghadiri dengan Salvationists, ia segera tahu ada kekuatan besar di balik doa dan puasa. Pada tujuh belas tahun, Smith bertemu seorang pria Ilahi di pabrik yang membawanya sebagai magang dan mengajarkan kepadanya perdagangan pipa. Dia juga mengatakan Smith tentang apa yang diajarkan Alkitab tentang baptisan air, dan segera setelah itu Smith senang hati dipatuhi dan dibaptiskan di dalam air. Selama waktu ini, ia juga belajar lebih banyak tentang kedatangan Kristus yang kedua dan sangat percaya bahwa Yesus akan datang pada pergantian abad ini. Hal ini membuatnya semakin waspada untuk "mengubah arah" setiap orang yang ia temui.

Nikmat Allah
Pada 1877 pada usia hampir delapan belas tahun, Smith memutuskan sudah waktunya untuk berangkat sendiri. Ia pergi ke rumah tukang ledeng dan meminta pekerjaan. Ketika tukang ledeng mengatakan dia tidak memerlukan bantuan, Smith berterima kasih padanya, meminta maaf karena menggunakan waktu, dan berbalik pergi. Segera, orang itu memanggilnya kembali. Immediately, the man called him back. Dia berkata, "Ada sesuatu tentang Anda yang berbeda.Aku tak bisa membiarkan Anda pergi itu. "† Pada, pria mempekerjakannya di tempat.
Pada saat Smith tentang dua puluh, pria ia bekerja karena tidak bisa membuatnya sibuk lagi-dia hanya bekerja terlalu efisien! Jadi Smith pindah ke Liverpool untuk mencari pekerjaan lebih. Di sana ia mulai melayani anak-anak kota dan. Compang-camping anak-anak lapar datang ke dermaga gudang, di mana ia mewartakan Injil kepada mereka dan melakukan yang terbaik untuk memberi makan dan pakaian mereka dari apa yang dibuat sebagai tukang ledeng di daerah itu. Dia juga mengunjungi rumah sakit dan kapal, berdoa dan berpuasa sepanjang hari pada hari Minggu, meminta Tuhan untuk bertobat. Akibatnya, ia tidak pernah melihat kurang dari lima puluh orang diselamatkan setiap kali dia layani. Dia juga sering diundang oleh Bala Keselamatan untuk berbicara pada pertemuan mereka, tetapi meskipun ia melihat hasilnya besar, ia tidak pernah fasih. Ia sering menangis dan menangis sebelum orang karena bebannya bagi jiwa, dan inilah kehancuran yang membawa orang untuk altar oleh ratusan.

Smith Bertemu Polly
Itu juga sekitar ini waktu itu Smith mengamati dengan penuh minat sebagai muda, sosial wanita makmur maju dalam salah satu pertemuan Bala Keselamatan dan jatuh berlutut. Dia menolak untuk berdoa dengan pekerja sampai pembicara yang dikenal sebagai "Gipsi" Smith datang Tillie dan berdoa dengannya. Ketika mereka dilakukan, wanita muda yang melompat berdiri, melempar sarung tangannya di udara, dan berteriak, "Haleluya ! Hal ini dilakukan!
Malam berikutnya saat ia memberikan kesaksiannya, Smith merasa seolah-olah miliknya. Seperti Smith kemudian berkata, "Tampaknya inspirasi Allah ada pada-nya dari pertama." ‡ muda perempuan Nama itu Mary Jane Featherstone, tapi semua orang memanggilnya "nya Polly." Dia akhirnya yang diterima komisi yang sebagai perwira yang Salvation Army dari Jendral William Booth.Smith melakukan apa yang ia bisa bekerja di dekatnya, dan di tahun-tahun mendatang asmara mekar di antara mereka.
Seperti Smith dan Polly semakin dekat, Polly akhirnya menghadapi keputusan sulit memilih untuk melanjutkan dengan baik Bala Keselamatan atau cintanya pada Smith. Meski Smith tidak pernah secara resmi bergabung dengan Bala Keselamatan, ia dianggap sebagai pribadi di kalangan mereka, dan Polly perwira. Ada regulasi yang ketat terhadap petugas dan peringkat yang lebih rendah mempunyai hubungan romantis, sehingga meskipun mereka selalu tetap berteman sejati Salvationists, Polly pensiun dari jajaran mereka dan mengambil karya misi bersama Blue Ribbon Angkatan Darat.Mereka di gereja Methodis nya juga diakui memanggilnya dan memintanya untuk membantu evangelisasi gereja-gereja mereka. Ratusan dikonversi sebagai hasilnya.

Kemitraan Ilahi
Polly dari awal Smith kefasihan merindukan tetapi tidak bisa belajar. Ketika pada tahun 1882, Smith kembali ke Bradford, ia dan Polly menikah. Polly berusia dua puluh dua tahun dan Smith adalah dua puluh tiga. Dalam tiga puluh tahun pernikahan mereka, yang Wigglesworths memiliki lima anak: Alice, Seth, Harold, Ernest, dan George. Sebelum setiap anak lahir, Smith dan Polly berdoa atas mereka bahwa mereka akan setia melayani Tuhan sepanjang hidup mereka.

Smith dan Polly memiliki beban untuk bagian dari Bradford yang tidak ada gereja, sehingga mereka segera membuka Bradford Street Misi dan mulai melayani bersama-sama lakukan. Polly yang paling banyak berbicara, karena dia adalah lebih kuat dan lebih sempurna dari dua sebagai orator , dan Smith mengawasi kebutuhan dari sisa pekerjaan. Sementara ia berkhotbah, ia berdoa di altar lebih untuk datang kepada Kristus. Dari hubungan ini, Smith kemudian berkata, "Karyanya adalah meletakkan bersih; saya adalah tanah ikan.

Sebuah Musim Dingin Dingin
Musim dingin tahun 1884 sangat parah di Bradford, dan tukang pipa berada di permintaan tinggi. Akibatnya, waktu kerja intensif mulai untuk Smith yang akan berlangsung selama dua tahun berikutnya, dan ia menjadi benar-benar dikonsumsi menurut pekerjaan yang alami. Kehadiran di gereja-Nya ditolak dan perlahan tapi pasti api itu untuk Allah mulai menjadi dingin. Dalam terang yang meningkat kesetiaan Polly,'s kemunduran Smith tampaknya semua lebih jelas ke titik yang due-nya mulai mengenakan padanya.
Kemudian suatu malam, ini datang ke kepala ketika ia pulang dari gereja sedikit lebih lambat dari biasanya. Smith dihadapkan dia: "Saya tuan rumah ini, dan saya tidak akan kau pulang terlambat di jam seperti ini menjawab!" Polly tenang, "Aku tahu bahwa Anda adalah suami saya, tetapi Kristus adalah Tuhan saya. "** Saat ini, Smith memaksanya keluar dari pintu belakang, kemudian menutup dan menguncinya. Namun, dengan jengkel, ia lupa untuk mengunci pintu depan, sehingga Polly hanya berjalan di sekitar rumah dan masuk melalui pintu masuk utama, tertawa. Ketika Smith akhirnya melihat apa yang telah dilakukannya, ia menangkap tawa dan menyadari betapa bodohnya ia tadi. Bersama-sama mereka tertawa tentang masalah ini, namun untuk Smith itu juga merupakan wahyu tentang bagaimana dingin ia telah tumbuh dalam hal Allah. Tak lama kemudian, ia menghabiskan sepuluh hari berdoa dan berpuasa dalam pertobatan, dan Allah mulia dikembalikan kepadanya.

Pada perjalanan ke Leeds untuk persediaan pipa, Smith mendengar sebuah pertemuan di mana penyembuhan ilahi untuk dilayani. Ia belajar dan takjub melihat apa yang dilihatnya. Apa yang orang lain lihat sebagai fanatisme, Smith diakui sebagai tulus dan Allah. Setelah kembali ke Bradford, ia akan mencari yang sakit dan membayar untuk cara mereka untuk menghadiri pertemuan Leeds penyembuhan. Ketika istrinya sakit sekali tumbuh, dia menceritakan tentang pertemuan, agak takut bahwa ia akan berpikir ia akhirnya pergi berakhir dalam. Sebaliknya, dia menerima dan setuju untuk pergi ke pertemuan dengannya. Ketika doa iman adalah ditawarkan untuk di Leeds, ia menerima manifestasi instan penyembuhan.

Mereka berdua menjadi bergairah tentang pesan penyembuhan ilahi dan pertemuan mereka mulai tumbuh, membuat mereka memerlukan ruang misi yang lebih besar. Tak lama kemudian mereka memperoleh bangunan di Bowland Street dan membuka Bowland Street Misi. Di seberang dinding di belakang mimbar mereka tergantung sebuah gulungan besar yang berbunyi: "Akulah Tuhan Itu tahun Healeth Engkau." † † Tidak banyak setelah ini, pada tahun-tahun pertama 1900-an, Smith menerima doa untuk penyembuhan wasir kondisi dia berjuang sejak kecil. Dia segera sembuh dan tidak pernah punya masalah dengan kondisi ini selama sisa hidupnya.

Merangkul Penyembuhan
Selama tahun-tahun berikutnya, penyembuhan yang tersedia melalui Allah semakin menjadi bagian dari yang khotbah Smith dan pelayanan, meskipun tidak sering penyembuhan ataupun benar-benar spektakuler pada awalnya. Kemudian mereka yang berada di Leeds Penyembuhan Home diakui's iman Smith dan memintanya untuk berbicara saat mereka pergi di konvensi. Smith diterima hanya karena dia merasa dia bisa mendapatkan orang lain untuk melakukannya setelah ia memimpin pertemuan itu, tetapi semua yang lain menolak, bersikeras mereka merasa Tuhan ingin dia berbicara. Smith melayani khotbahnya ragu-ragu, tetapi pada penutupan layanan lima belas orang datang ke depan untuk berdoa, dan mereka semua disembuhkan! Salah satu dari mereka sudah tertatih-tatih maju dengan tongkat dan mulai menari di sekitar ruangan tanpa mereka setelah Smith berdoa untuknya. Dia telah langsung sembuh! Tidak ada yang lebih terkejut dengan hasil dari doa-doanya dari Smith sendiri.

Menginginkan Lebih dari Roh
Pada tahun 1907, Pentakosta telah mencapai Sunderland, dan Smith mendengar bahwa ada orang-orang dibaptis dalam Roh Kudus dan berbicara dalam bahasa roh lainnya. Smith merasa ia harus melihat hal ini untuk dirinya sendiri. Smith di antara mereka yang percaya bahwa pengudusan dan baptisan dalam Roh Kudus adalah sama, jadi dia merasa dia sudah punya baptisan ini. Lain memperingatkan dia bahwa orang-orang di Sunderland tidak menerima Roh Kudus, tetapi setan sebagai gantinya. Lain teman-teman dengan siapa ia berdoa mendesaknya untuk mengikuti leadings sendiri.

Ketika ia tiba di pertemuan di Sunderland, yang sedang dipimpin oleh Vikaris Alexander Boddy (yang telah mengikuti beberapa Roberts 'pertemuan Evan di Wales selama Welsh Revival), ia terkejut di kekeringan dalam kontras dengan bergerak dari Roh ia mengalami di tempat lain, terutama di kalangan Salvationists. Bahkan, ia tumbuh begitu frustrasi ini, ia sela pertemuan itu, mengatakan, "Aku datang dari Bradford, dan aku ingin ini pengalaman berbahasa roh seperti yang mereka pada hari Pentakosta.Tapi aku tidak mengerti mengapa pertemuan kita tampaknya akan terbakar, tapi Anda sepertinya tidak begitu bangunan. "‡ ‡ Smith begitu mengganggu bahwa mereka disiplin di luar dari.

Smith Menerima Baptisan itu
Dia segera memutuskan ia harus kembali ke Bradford, tapi sebelum melakukannya memutuskan untuk pergi ke Vikar's pulang dan berkata, "Selamat tinggal." Di sana ia bertemu Mrs Boddy dan mengatakan ia kembali ke rumah tanpa berbicara dalam. Dia berkata kepadanya, "Tidak lidah Anda butuhkan, tapi baptisan §. § Smith meminta" nya untuk meletakkan tangan ke atasnya sebelum ia pergi. Dia setuju, berdoa suatu doa sederhana namun kuat, dan berjalan keluar kamar. Saat itulah api jatuh, dan Smith memiliki visi salib yang kosong dengan Yesus ditinggikan di sebelah kanan Bapa. Smith membuka mulut untuk memuji Tuhan dan langsung mulai berbicara dalam bahasa roh. Dia langsung tahu bahwa apa yang ia telah menerima dari Tuhan sekarang jauh lebih lengkap dari apa yang ia terima saat berdoa dan berpuasa dan meminta Allah untuk menguduskan dia.

Alih-alih pulang, Smith pergi ke gereja di mana Vikar Boddy adalah melakukan pelayanan dan diminta untuk berbicara. Pendeta Boddy setuju. Smith kemudian berbicara karena ia tidak pernah sebelumnya, dan pada akhir khotbahnya "" lima puluh orang dibaptis dalam Roh Kudus dan berbicara dalam bahasa lain.Bahkan koran lokal, harian Sunderland Echo, mengambil cerita dan berjudul rapat dan apa yang telah dialami Smith.

"Itu Tidak Smith-Ku!"
Setelah tiba di rumah di Bradford, Smith menemukan tantangan baru dengan apa yang ia alami. Polly bertemu dengannya di pintu dan tegas menyatakan, "Aku ingin kau tahu bahwa saya hanya sebagai dibaptis dalam Roh Kudus sebagai Anda dan saya nggak t berbicara dalam bahasa roh. Minggu, Anda akan berkhotbah untuk diri sendiri, dan aku akan melihat apa yang ada di dalamnya ."*** Ketika Minggu tiba, Polly memang melihat apa yang ada di dalamnya, sebagaimana Smith berkhotbah dengan kekuatan dan jaminan ia tidak pernah mendengar dalam dirinya sebelum . Dia menggeliat-geliat di kursinya berpikir, "Itu bukan saya Smith, Tuhan. Itu bukan saya Smith khotbah! "Pada akhirnya seorang pekerja berdiri untuk mengatakan dia ingin sama Smith pengalaman telah menerima, dan ketika ia duduk kembali, ia merindukan kursinya dan jatuh ke lantai!

Smith anak tertua memiliki pengalaman yang sama. Dalam sangat singkat, sementara ada sebelas orang di lantai, tertawa dalam Roh. Kemudian seluruh jemaat diserap dalam tawa suci, seperti Tuhan menuangkan bahkan lebih dari Roh-Nya ke atas mereka. Pada minggu-minggu mendatang, ratusan di Bradford akan menerima baptisan dalam Roh Kudus dan berbicara dengan lidah lain-salah satunya Polly. Pasangan itu segera mulai berkeliling di seluruh negeri, menjawab panggilan untuk berbicara dan menteri.

Pengalaman ini juga menyebabkan Smith untuk mengejar Tuhan lebih daripada sebelumnya melalui doa dan puasa. Dia menjawab setiap permintaan dia bisa dari mereka meminta penyembuhan ilahi. Kadang-kadang ia naik kereta api ke kota terdekat dan kemudian meminjam sepeda untuk naik sepuluh mil lagi untuk mencapai orang tersebut. Segera ia tidak punya waktu lebih banyak untuk pekerjaan saluran air, jadi ia bersumpah di hadapan Tuhan bahwa jika ia pernah membutuhkan parah lagi dalam hidupnya, ia akan kembali ke pipa ledeng, jika tidak, dia akan berfungsi sebagai menteri untuk sisa hari-harinya . Tuhan memastikan Smith tidak pernah kembali ke pipa.

Tidak lama setelah ini, sementara menunggu di stasiun kereta api berangkat ke Skotlandia, Smith menerima kabar bahwa istri tercintanya, Polly, telah runtuh di Bowland Street Misi dari serangan jantung. Dia bergegas ke samping tempat tidur hanya untuk menemukan jiwanya sudah berangkat. Tapi ditegur kematian Smith, dan dia kembali. Smith hanya punya waktu singkat untuk mengunjungi dengan istrinya lagi, dan kemudian dia terkesan bahwa sudah waktunya baginya untuk pulang ke rumah untuk menemaninya Tuhan dan Juruselamat, maka ia dibebaskan lagi . Polly wafat pada tanggal 1 Januari 1913 dan seakan dedikasi dan kekuatan spiritual pergi bersama suaminya setelah itu dan dikalikan efek dari pelayanannya.

Segera, Smith mulai melayani lagi di seluruh negeri, bepergian dengan putrinya, Alice, dan suaminya, James "Jimmy" Salter. Smith terus memberitakan sebuah Injil yang sederhana "dan hanya percaya." Dalam waktu lain ketika menteri tampak lemah gagal meskipun kebangkitan besar yang datang melalui pelayanan mereka, Smith segera menjadi terkenal di kalangan Pantekosta karena kekuatan tak terbantahkan dalam pelayanan-Nya dan stabilitas tak kenal kompromi dengan yang dioperasikan.
keyakinan-Nya tidak akan pernah berubah dalam empat dekade mendatang, dan Smith tetap tumbuh kekuatan bagi Allah dan Pentakostalisme kanan sampai kematiannya pada tahun 1947.

Dalam bulan-bulan berikutnya lewat Polly, membonceng Smith di Inggris tumbuh, dan pada tahun 1914 ia mulai bepergian ke luar negeri untuk melayani. Pada tahun 1920-an dan 1930-an tidak ada lagi dicari-pembicara setelah dalam Pentakostalisme. Meskipun ia pernah menerima jubah itu, pengakuan-nya sebagai "Rasul Iman" membuat dunia Pantekosta melihat dia sebagai salah satu perusahaan terbesar patriark, meskipun ia belum pernah terlibat dalam salah satu kebangkitan yang dimulai gerakan. Mujizat, penyembuhan, orang mati dibangkitkan, dan tanda-tanda dan keajaiban lainnya mengikuti pelayanannya saat ia melanjutkan di tanpa kompromi dan gaya tumpul bahwa tidak ada yang bisa ditiru.

Sejujurnya, Smith hanya tampaknya tidak pernah merasa perlu untuk bersikap sopan ketika mengejar keluar sakit, penyakit dan karya lain dari setan. sentimen Nya juga bahwa jika Roh tidak bergerak, maka ia akan pindah Roh. Ini bukan kesombongan, tapi percaya diri dalam pekerjaan Tuhan ingin dilakukan di bumi. Smith akan menciptakan suasana tanpa kompromi iman dalam Firman Allah, dan Roh Kudus tidak akan pernah gagal muncul.

Pada tahun 1922 Smith pergi ke Selandia Baru dan Australia, antara tempat-tempat lain, dan dalam beberapa bulan melihat ribuan disimpan dan beberapa gereja Pentakostal melahirkan dalam pembaharuan spiritual terbesar kedua bangsa yang pernah dilihat. Pada tahun 1936 ia pergi ke Afrika Selatan dan dikirimkan ke David du Plessis ramalan mendalam kebangkitan mendatang Pembaharuan Karismatik yang bahkan tidak akan mulai sampai setelah kematian Wigglesworth. Pada saat ini Smith berada di tujuh puluhan, dan mungkin terkenal Pantekosta terbanyak di dunia.

Kemudian pada tanggal 12 Maret 1947, saat menghadiri pemakaman sesama menteri, Smith menunduk di tengah-tengah percakapan dan pulang ke rumah untuk bersama Tuhan tanpa rasa sakit atau perjuangan pada usia 87. Sementara Smith tidak akan membentuk denominasi sendiri atau menulis buku, apalagi sistematis seperangkat doktrin dan teologi, iman yang sederhana masih dampak beriman hari ini. Hubungan-Nya dengan Allah menghasilkan kekuatan yang tidak terlihat di bumi selama berabad-abad. Untuk alasan ini, Allah juga menunjukkan hal-hal yang lain hanya bermimpi melihat. Dia tidak pernah ingin untuk diletakkan di atas alas dan menyembah, tetapi sebagai gantinya, sebuah contoh dari apa yang setiap orang Kristen bisa mengalami jika mereka akan "hanya percaya."

Favorite Quotes

Forgiveness is the ability to go on in a life-giving relationship without the last bad experience holding you back.
Pastor Steve Driessen

God brings us to the place of total dependence upon Himself to demonstrate that He is totally dependable. ... The more completely I depend on God, the more He surprises me by the results that follow -- results that I could never have achieved as long as I depended on my own efforts.
Derek Prince--Rules of Engagement (Chosen)

It is a basic tenet throughout the Scriptures that God rewards diligence, faithfulness, endurance, and steadfastness.
Rick Joyner

Great faith is the product of great fights. Great testimonies are the outcome of great tests. Great triumphs can only come out of great trials.
Smith Wigglesworth

If God doesn't open the door of opportunity in which I'm to minister, I don't want to go through that door.
Joy Dawson

When you have given up your life entirely to the Holy Spirit, you have no right to take it back or to resent what He does with it. ... You accept everything from Him, whether it seems to be for you or against you. ... When He comes in, He shows you yourself as He sees you, and He deals with the old nature, its thoughts and motives. Human reasoning and understanding belong to the old nature, which God tells us not to trust (Proverbs 3:5). You must be quiet before God for Him to show you these things.
Rees Howells

Nothing is more important than God's glory.
Pastor Bill Myers

[The prayer of faith] is a prayer willing to believe and prevail for God's answer in a situation that is utterly impossible. Regardless of the difficulty of the situation, you require no external confirmation but believe God in spite of appearance. Your eyes are on God, not on the situation.
Wesley L. Duewel--Mighty Prevailing Prayer (Zondervan)

The greatest value in trouble comes to those who bow lowest before the throne.
E. M. Bounds

God is more concerned with our character than with our achievements. Achievements have importance only in the realm of time. Character is eternal. It determines what we will be through eternity.
Derek Prince--Rules of Engagement (Chosen)

We are often hindered from giving up our treasures to the Lord out of fear for their safety; this is especially true when those treasures are loved relatives and friends. But we need have no such fears. Our Lord came not to destroy but to save. Everything is safe which we commit to Him, and nothing is really safe which is not so committed.
A. W. Tozer--The Pursuit of God

A man who is intimate with God is not intimidated by man.
Leonard Ravenhill

Every promise of Scripture is a writing of God, which may be pleaded before Him with this reasonable request: "Do as Thou hast said." The Creator will not cheat His creature who depends upon His truth; and, far more, the Heavenly Father will not break His word to His own child. "Remember the word unto Thy servant, on which Thou hast caused me to hope," is most prevalent pleading. It is a double argument: "It is Thy Word, wilt Thou not keep it? Why hast Thou spoken of it if Thou wilt not make it good? Thou hast caused me to hope in it; wilt Thou disappoint the hope which Thou hast Thyself begotten in me?"
Charles Spurgeon

I am not moved by what I see. I am not moved by what I feel. I am moved only by what I believe.
Smith Wigglesworth

Most Christians long to see miracles, but they don't want to be put in a position where they will need one.
Rick Joyner

Eternity with Jesus doesn't start when we die; it started the moment we gave Him our lives.
Pastor Christopher Davis

When human reason has exhausted every possibility, the children can go to their Father and receive all they need. ... For only when you have become utterly dependent upon prayer and faith, only when all human possibilities have been exhausted, can you begin to reckon that God will intervene and work His miracles.
M. Basilea Schlink--Realities (Zondervan)

As we soak in God's presence, heaven sticks to us.
Dennis Walker

I would rather pay the price to hear God's voice personally, regardless of how difficult the circumstances may be, than to have to settle for always hearing from Him secondhand.
Joy Dawson--Forever Ruined for the Ordinary (Thomas Nelson Publishers)

You must every day make higher ground. You must deny yourself to make progress with God. You must refuse everything that is not pure and holy. God wants you pure in heart. He wants you to have an intense desire after holiness.
Smith Wigglesworth

Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.
Charles Spurgeon

Some of the folks say Jesus Christ did miracles to prove His divinity. I do not say He did not, but I say that Jesus Christ did miracles because He could not help Himself .... It was His very nature to do so. When He was in the presence of the sick ones He healed them all. He did not do it to establish His divinity, but because it was just like Him to do it. It would not have been like Him if He had not. Well, if He healed folks in those days it is logical that He does it now, because His nature has not changed .... He cannot help Himself.
Dr. Herman B. Betten (a medical doctor who was an associate of John G. Lake)

God loves with a great love the man whose heart is bursting with a passion for the impossible.
William Booth

God's Word does not say, "Call unto me, and you will thereby be trained into the happy art of knowing how to be denied. Ask, and you will learn sweet patience by getting nothing." Far from it. But it is definite, clear and positive: "Ask, and it shall be given unto you."
E. M. Bounds

Truth is not obtained cheaply. It demands much time given to prayer and study of the Scriptures, followed by practical application in our daily lives. It must take priority over the many forms of cheap entertainment offered by our secular culture. It is a lifetime commitment.
Derek Prince--Rules of Engagement (Chosen)

The Gospel without power is not good news at all.
Richard Crisco

I believe the place of prayer is not only a place where I lose my burdens, but also a place where I get a burden. He shares my burden and I share His burden. ... To know that burden, we must hear the voice of the Spirit. To hear that voice, we must be still and know that He is God.
Leonard Ravenhill

Jesus never makes promises that He can't keep.
Pastor Bill Myers

We ought to live every day as though we've come out of another world into this world -- but with the power of that world still upon us. We should live and speak and move in that power, and have our whole being in Jesus Christ!
John Wesley

To be loved by God is the highest relationship, the highest achievement, and the highest position in life.
Henry T. Blackaby--Experiencing God (Lifeway Press)

Knowing His will is more valuable than all the treasures we could ever have, and we must always esteem knowing His will as the true treasure, and therefore make it the primary thing that we seek.
Rick Joyner--Breaking the Power of Evil (Destiny Image)

We need to realize that the promises that overflow our Bibles will overflow into our own lives only as we appropriate them through prayer.
Jim Cymbala--Breakthrough Prayer (Zondervan)

The Spirit does not lead you to pray for useless goals.
Wesley L. Duewel--Mighty Prevailing Prayer (Zondervan)

God usually brings victory in the darkness.... If you're going through some times where it looks like devastation in your life...and things look very, very disgusting and discouraging, I want to remind you of something: Holy Spirit is right outside your door, in the dark, evaluating the situation.... Holy Spirit knows how to move in your darkness.... He's examining and inspecting and evaluating your situation. And believe me, it might seem like God is not up to nothing; it might seem like you don't see anything happening, but Holy Spirit is looking it over. He's coming up with a plan, and believe me, He won't just look it over; He'll return and He'll help you.
Pastor John Kilpatrick--a sermon, Nehemiah, Portrait of the Holy Spirit

Nobody can do as much damage to the Church of God as the man who is within its walls, but not within its life.
Charles Spurgeon

God is waiting to be put to the test by His people in prayer. He delights in being put to the test on His promises. It is His highest pleasure to answer prayer, to prove the reliability of His promises.
E. M. Bounds

Nothing is more pathetic than having a small character in a big assignment. Many of us don't want to give attention to our character, we just want the big assignment from God.
Henry T. Blackaby--Experiencing God (Lifeway Press)

God is not going to let you get slaughtered.
Pastor Bill Myers

O my Savior...teach me to pray; implant in me all the dispositions needful for the prayer of the Holy Spirit....Of what use is my prayer if the Holy Spirit does not pray with me? Come, Holy Spirit, come to dwell and work with me! Take possession of my understanding and of my will; govern my actions not only at the moment of prayer but at every moment.
Jean Nicolas Grou

The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities. I exact more from myself and less from others.
John Wesley

Because we are God's children...we can bring our needs to him with certainty in prayer.... Prayer is not some kind of heavenly lottery. Nor does the Bible counsel us to pray with an "I hope this will work"...attitude. Instead...prayer brings us before the throne of grace as children seeking the help of their heavenly Father. That's the heart of breakthrough, successful prayer--the bold confidence that we are talking to the Father who delights to supply our needs.
Jim Cymbala--Breakthrough Prayer (Zondervan)

Dear God, Your will: nothing more, nothing less, nothing else!
Bobby Richardson

Trust in God is ... the belief that God is good, that He's gracious, charitable, and on our side. All He wants is for us to put our hand in His hand and let Him guide us through life.

We are, in a sense, like distrusting, rebellious children. We're saying, "No, no. You might make me do something I don't want to do. You might make me go somewhere I don't want to go. You might make me different than I may want to be." ...But the truth is that He is generous, caring, and gracious towards us. Our Father in heaven is trustworthy.

So many of us are going to have a surprise when we stand before Him that day.... We'll discover that He had wanted to give us so much here and now but we couldn't receive it because we had fearful expectations.
John Wimber, excerpted from Daily Power Points, devotional available at Doin' the Stuff

A severe apprenticeship in the trade of praying must be served in order to become a journeyman in it.
E. M. Bounds

He [Jesus] has a right to interrupt your life. He is Lord. When you accepted Him as Lord, you gave Him the right to help Himself to your life anytime He wants.
Henry T. Blackaby--Experiencing God (Lifeway Press)

God is not about to put a promise out there, and then let the devil steal it.
Pastor Bill Myers

Never doubt in the dark what God has shown you in the light.
Edith Edman

Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of God's willingness.
Martin Luther

Prayers prayed in the Spirit never die until they accomplish God's intended purpose. His answer may not be what we expected, or when we expected it, but God often provides much more abundantly than we could think or ask. He interprets our intent and either answers or stores up our prayers. Sincere prayers are never lost. Energy, time, love, and longing can be endowments that will never be wasted or go unrewarded.
Wesley L. Duewel--Touch the World through Prayer (Zondervan)

I don't often spend more than half an hour in prayer at one time, but I never go more than half an hour without praying.
Smith Wigglesworth

Victory is won in the spiritual realm before it is ever seen in the earthly realm.
Pastor Bill Myers

Every time anyone looks up into the skies and sees God's incredible handiwork, instinctively he or she knows there is a Creator, a supernatural Being at work behind it all. There is no such thing as an honest atheist.
Joy Dawson--Forever Ruined for the Ordinary (Thomas Nelson Publishers)

The providence of God will not place you where His grace cannot keep you.
Mark Buntain

Some say, "Ah, those Christians, they're just brainwashed." Well, if the thing needs washing, let's wash it!
Pastor Steve Driessen

When God comes down, He removes the immovable difficulties. When God comes down, the impossible becomes reality. God moves on behalf of the one who waits.
Author unknown

I cannot understand how God can give to any of His children glory and virtue, but it nevertheless is true that He does.... There is something about believing in God, that makes God willing to pass over a million people just to anoint you. I believe God will always turn out to meet you on a special line if you dare to believe Him.
Smith Wigglesworth

Crucified preaching only can give life. Crucified preaching can come only from a crucified man.
E. M. Bounds

Spiritual vision requires that what we see with the eyes of our hearts will be more real to us than what we see with our natural eyes. We must see what is invisible to others.
Rick Joyner--Shadows of Things to Come (Thomas Nelson Publishers)

We would be still and know that You are God.... We stand in awe of You..., Your awesome holiness, majestic splendor, blazing glory, limitless power, and unquestionable sovereignty. We worship You for Your flawless character, Your infinite knowledge and wisdom, Your absolute justice, unswerving faithfulness, unending mercy.... We bow our hearts and bend our knees before... Your dazzling beauty, Your fascinating personality, Your incomprehensible humility, Your unsearchable understanding, and Your unfathomable love. ...Our greatest need is to have a far greater revelation of what You are really like. We ask You to meet that need.
Joy Dawson--Intimate Friendship with God (Chosen Books)

He must increase, but I must decrease.
John the Baptist--The Bible



Not from Christians, but still great quotes:

Anything worth having is worth fighting for.
Author unknown

True love never grows heavy. Who would be loved must love. Love warms more than a thousand fires. Love rules without law. Love is master of all arts.
Italian proverb -- Author unknown

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort, of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts, nor measure words, but to pour them all out just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.
George Eliot

Mother Teresa Quotes 4

We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.

Mother Teresa Quotes 3

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.

Peace begins with a smile.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.

The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done.

There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.

We are all pencils in the hand of God.

We can do no great things, only small things with great love.

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.

Mother Teresa Quotes 2

In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.

It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.

It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.

It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.

Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world.

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

Loneliness is the most terrible poverty.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

Mother Teresa Quotes 1

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.

Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.

Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.

Good works are links that form a chain of love.

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.

I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

something only love can do

Something Only Love Can Do
you can't find your way back home
Remember that the darkest hour is
just before the dawn
Sometimes a leap of fauth is all it takes

Cause only love can see the path to set you free
Just close your eyes, look inside
and let your heart believe
There's been a force so strong
beside you all alone
You'll know it when your dream comes true
There's something only love can do

In your quest for a new horizon
Set your course find a star to light your way
Although the task may seen
sometimes to be more than you can bear
One thing you need to know you are not alone

If you believe in miracles
then you can be the one
To shine you light and show the world
There's nothing love can't overcome

There's something only love can do