35 Smith Wigglesworth Quotes From The Influential Evangelist
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Smith Wigglesworth was considered to be one of the most influential British evangelists.
Born in 1859, in a rather impoverished family, Smith Wigglesworth was drawn to the Light of Jesus Christ right from his childhood. His view of the world was very positive and mature.
Smith Wigglesworth used to visit the churches with his parents regularly, for he felt a certain closeness with the Holy Spirit. He was a devoted believer of Jesus and used to pray and fast frequently.
He used to ask his prayer team to say only the name of Jesus and confessed to actually seeing Jesus on several occasions. Through the many years that he survived on this Earth, he performed many such great miracles that are hard to believe, yet some people believe to be true.
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Best Smith Wigglesworth Quotes
Smith Wigglesworth learned to read after he married Polly, who taught him to read the Bible and mentored him. See below for famous quotes by Smith Wigglesworth.
1. "There is nothing impossible with God. All the impossibility is with us when we measure God by the limitations of our unbelief."
- Smith Wigglesworth.
2. “I am not moved by what I see. I am moved only by what I believe. I know this, no man looks at appearances if he believes. No man considers how he feels if he believes. The man who believes God has it."
- Smith Wigglesworth.
3. "There are four principles we need to maintain : First, read the Word of God. Second, consume the Word of God until it consumes you. Third believe the Word of God. Fourth, act on the Word of God."
- Smith Wigglesworth.
4. " The devil knows if he can capture your thought life he has won a mighty victory over you.”
- Smith Wigglesworth.
5. “Our blessed Lord Jesus is still alive, and continues His ministry through those who are filled with His Spirit.”
- Smith Wigglesworth.
6. "You must come to see how wonderful you are in God and how helpless you are in yourself."
- Smith Wigglesworth.
7. “The blood of Jesus Christ and His mighty name are an antidote to all the subtle seeds of unbelief that Satan would sow in your minds.”
- Smith Wigglesworth.
8. “God has privileged us in Christ Jesus to live above the ordinary human plane of life. Those who want to be ordinary and live on a lower plane can do so, but as for me, I will not.”
- Smith Wigglesworth
9. “Some people read their Bibles in Hebrew, some in Greek; I like to read mine in the Holy Ghost. Youmust everyday makehigher ground. You must deny yourself to make progress with God."
- Smith Wigglesworth.
10. “The blood of Jesus Christ and His mighty name are an antidote to all the subtle seeds of unbelief that Satan would sow in your minds.”
- Smith Wigglesworth.
11. “Real faith built the ark, but real faith did not shut the door. God did that. He does what you cannot do."
- Smith Wigglesworth.
12. “Real faith has perfect peace and joy and a shout at any time. It always sees the victory.”
- Smith Wigglesworth.
13. "If you seek nothing but the will of God, He will always put you in the right place at the right time."
- Smith Wigglesworth.
14. “All things are possible to him that believeth. Oh, the name of Jesus! There is power in that name to meet every condition of human need.”
- Smith Wigglesworth.
15. “The Spirit reveals, unfolds, takes of the things of Christ and shows them to us, and prepares us to be more than a match for Satanic forces.”
- Smith Wigglesworth.
Smith Wigglesworth Prayer Quotes
Being a man of faith, Smith Wigglesworth was a great believer in the power of prayers which inspired his life work. Following is a short list of Smith Wigglesworth quotes on prayer and Smith Wigglesworth quotes on faith.
16. “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.
17. “A prayer without faith is without accomplishment."
- Smith Wigglesworth.
18. “God wants to purify our minds until we can bear all things, believe all things, hope all things, and endure all things."
- Smith Wigglesworth
19. "When things are not going right, there are satanic forces in operation...I can pray in the Holy Ghost, and that prayer is effectual to bring down every stronghold of the enemy."
- Smith Wigglesworth.
20. "Life comes after you have been filled with the Holy Ghost, get down and pray for power."
- Smith Wigglesworth.
21. "I'll only pray for you once, to pray twice is unbelief".
- Smith Wigglesworth
22. "God dwells in you, but you cannot have this divine power until you live and walk in the Holy Ghost, until the power of the new life is greater than the old life.”
- Smith Wigglesworth
Smith Wigglesworth Quotes On The Holy Spirit
Smith Wigglesworth was a follower of the Bible and believed in the divine power of healing through faith and it was this great belief that inspired many. Here are the best Smith Wigglesworth quotes on the Divine Holy Spirit.
23. “God can so fill a man with His Spirit that he can laugh and believe in the face of a thousand difficulties.”
- Smith Wigglesworth.
24. “God has privileged us in Christ Jesus to live above the ordinary human plane of life. Those who want to be ordinary and live on a lower plane can do so, but as for me, I will not.”
- Smith Wigglesworth.
25. “I believe that there is only one way to all the treasures of God, and that is the way of faith. By faith and faith alone do we enter into a knowledge of the attributes and become partakers of the beatitudes, and participate in... promises are Yea and Amen to them that believe.”
- Smith Wigglesworth.
26. "The Lord would so cleanse the motive and desires of our hearts that we will seek but one thing only, and that is, His glory.”
- Smith Wigglesworth.
27. “There is nothing that our God cannot do. He will do everything if you will dare to believe.”
- Smith Wigglesworth.
28. “In me is working a power stronger than every other power. The life that is in me is a thousand times bigger than I am outside.”
- Smith Wigglesworth.
29. "It is an awful condition to be satisfied with one’s spiritual attainments…God was and is looking for hungry, thirsty people."
- Smith Wigglesworth.
30. "There is something about believing God that will cause Him to pass over a million people to get to you."
- Smith Wigglesworth.
31. “Before God could bring me to this place He has broken me a thousand times.”
- Smith Wigglesworth.
32. “The plan of God for your life is that you should be held captive by His power,... but that which you are forced to do by the power of the Holy Ghost moving through you."
- Smith Wigglesworth.
33. "I never get out of bed in the morning without having communion with God in the Spirit."
- Smith Wigglesworth.
34. "God longs intensively for unhindered communication and total response between him and the believer indwelt by the Holy Spirit."
- Smith Wigglesworth.
35. “The secret of spiritual success is a hunger that persists … It is an awful condition to be satisfied with one’s spiritual attainments … God was and is looking for hungry, thirsty people.”
- Smith Wigglesworth.
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