There is no greater joy than when you know God has given you an assignment and you carry it out. Today, I am basking in the peaceful satisfaction of completing such a task. My heart overflows with thanks to our heavenly Father—for life, His love, the blessing of family, friends, and fellowship, and for His faithfulness through every season. I’m thankful for the desire God put on my heart as a teenager to be a writer. As the years unfolded, it gradually came to fruition as I began writing for a local newspaper, then magazines, and websites—leading to the day…
Imagine yourself gathering with Jesus and His closest followers for dinner—not just any dinner, but the meal that will be their last before the Messiah is led away and crucified. That evening, Jesus’ final instructions to His disciples are recorded in John 14–16. He spells out what is coming: He will be leaving, but the Father will send the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, who will teach all things to those who believe in Him. John 15 gives a beautiful illustration of how we are to bear fruit in our lives by abiding in Jesus Christ. It begins: “I am the…
As a young man, Smith Wigglesworth knew God’s plan for Christians involved power—spiritual power that could not be of ourselves. When he learned from the Scriptures that speaking in tongues was the natural outflow of being baptized in the Spirit, it propelled his ministry to new and even greater dimensions. Please enjoy this 8-minute video showing how Wigglesworth used the power of speaking in tongues to supercharge his ministry: perhaps his greatest “secret” of all! Copyright © 2018 Cheryl Elton
For Smith Wigglesworth, experiencing the miraculous was not a rare occurrence, but part of everyday life. Throughout his amazing ministry, countless people were healed of serious illnesses and disease, 14 people were raised from the dead, and thousands came to faith in Christ in his meetings. So . . . what were Wigglesworth’s “secrets” to such a powerful walk with God? His ability to flow in the Spirit was simple: he had a consuming love for the Word of God, and he lived in the presence of the Lord he loved with all his heart—thereby hearing and obeying the voice…
It’s been said that a person was never the same after an encounter with Smith Wigglesworth. Known as the “apostle of faith,” Wigglesworth (1859-1947) was a British evangelist who spearheaded a powerful healing and deliverance ministry that ultimately led to the foundation of the modern Pentecostal movement. Wigglesworth would pray, and broken limbs were healed, people came out of wheelchairs; cancers were destroyed, blind eyes saw. His life exuded the power of God in manifestation in ways few have ever seen. During his lifetime, fourteen confirmed incidents of raising people from the dead occurred. In one case, Wigglesworth went to…
