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Psalm 37- A Great Read

Psalms 37 (NKJV)

The Heritage of the Righteous and the Calamity of the Wicked


A Psalm of David.
Do not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
And wither as the green herb.
Trust in the LORD, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
Delight yourself also in the LORD,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the LORD,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.
He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light,
And your justice as the noonday.
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
Do not fret—it only causes harm.
For evildoers shall be cut off;
But those who wait on the LORD,
They shall inherit the earth.
For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more;
Indeed, you will look carefully for his place,
But it shall be no more.
But the meek shall inherit the earth,
And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
The wicked plots against the just,
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
The Lord laughs at him,
For He sees that his day is coming.
The wicked have drawn the sword
And have bent their bow,
To cast down the poor and needy,
To slay those who are of upright conduct.
Their sword shall enter their own heart,
And their bows shall be broken.
A little that a righteous man has
Is better than the riches of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
But the LORD upholds the righteous.
The LORD knows the days of the upright,
And their inheritance shall be forever.
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time,
And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
But the wicked shall perish;
And the enemies of the LORD,
Like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish.
Into smoke they shall vanish away.
The wicked borrows and does not repay,
But the righteous shows mercy and gives.
For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth,
But those cursed by Him shall be cut off.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD,
And He delights in his way.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down;
For the LORD upholds him with His hand.
I have been young, and now am old;
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
Nor his descendants begging bread.
He is ever merciful, and lends;
And his descendants are blessed.
Depart from evil, and do good;
And dwell forevermore.
For the LORD loves justice,
And does not forsake His saints;
They are preserved forever,
But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
The righteous shall inherit the land,
And dwell in it forever.
The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom,
And his tongue talks of justice.
The law of his God is in his heart;
None of his steps shall slide.
The wicked watches the righteous,
And seeks to slay him.
The LORD will not leave him in his hand,
Nor condemn him when he is judged.
Wait on the LORD,
And keep His way,
And He shall exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
I have seen the wicked in great power,
And spreading himself like a native green tree.
Yet he passed away, and behold, he was no more;
Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.
Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright;
For the future of that man is peace.
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together;
The future of the wicked shall be cut off.
But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;
He is their strength in the time of trouble.
And the LORD shall help them and deliver them;
He shall deliver them from the wicked,
And save them,
Because they trust in Him.

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Charlie Kirk- A Great Thinker That Challenged Others To Think

It is with great sadness we have discovered that Mr. Charlie Kirk, a great thinker and follower of Jesus Christ was shot and killed at an event at a university campus in Utah today. It’s a tragedy as Mr. Kirk’s positive influence on university students has been phenomenal. We believe this is part of bringing America back from the precipice of disaster. It has been wonderful to see American youth questioning the leftist teaching of most universities of this generation and returning to thought. Just doing a search on Mr. Kirk, who was only 31 years old, we can see this man has made an impact in his short time on earth. Here’s the report on his life achievements.

Charlie’s life was stolen from him by evil people. We know he is with the Lord Jesus now. This is reminder from John 10:10 that the enemy wants to kill, steal, and destroy. They use people to do it. Let’s be reminded that living on this earth with unbelievers is a fight that is spiritual first and foremost, but also physical.

We will all dearly miss you Mr Kirk (1993-2015)!

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Charlie Kirk has been recognized for his positive influence especially in mobilizing young voters, promoting conservative values, and leading successful grassroots campaigns.
Key Positive Impacts
Youth Voter Mobilization

  • Kirk’s organization, Turning Point USA, mobilized over 125,000 previously irregular voters in Arizona for the 2024 election, directly contributing to winning the critical swing state for the Republicans .
  • He helped reduce Republican’s youth voter deficit significantly in 2024, narrowing the gap among 18–29-year-olds from 24 points to 11, an achievement widely attributed to Kirk’s youth engagement strategies.
    Building National Networks
  • Founded Turning Point USA at age 18, which grew to chapters on over 3,500 campuses and a membership exceeding 250,000 students, providing ongoing education and debate on conservative ideas.
  • His efforts established one of the most influential youth organizations ever seen in American political history, praised by leaders across the conservative spectrum for energizing and empowering the next generation.
    Grassroots Advocacy and Civic Engagement
  • Facilitated robust get-out-the-vote initiatives and public debates, encouraging democracy and civic engagement among college and high school students.
  • Champion of traditional values and positive family identity, Kirk advocated for faith and community involvement as key pillars for a well-functioning society.
    Recognition and Character
  • Praised by the President and other leaders for his courage, integrity, and “Heart of the Youth” in America, Kirk was seen as a genuinely good and positive role model to younger generations.
  • Noted for being a dedicated family man and leader, with tributes highlighting his role as a young father and mentor for future conservative activists.

Kirk’s legacy centers on inspiring civic action, empowering youth, and building lasting networks for dialogue and participation, earning respect even from political opponents and nonpartisan commentators for his organizing ability and motivational presence.

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The REFORMATION- Thoughts From A Former Catholic Who Is Now A Committed Christian

Was talking with a former Catholic friend about his thoughts on the Roman Church with the appointment of their new political leader for life. What he said is so insightful I thought. Here we go-

The more I’ve read into Reformed theology compared to Roman Church theology the more I see the difference is that Reformed Theology properly puts the emphasis on faith alone and as scripture as the ultimate authority. We are transformed by faith in Christ and we access that via the scriptures which are the inspired word of God–perfect, complete, and never changing. But it’s not like we can understand scripture by ourselves, so that is why a church and a pastor is needed to guide faithful Christians to a correct understanding of scripture. But the emphasis is always on the believer to be transformed by scripture (guided by the Holy Spirit) through faith in Christ alone as King of Kings, Lord of Lords, and the only path to salvation. It’s all pretty simple really.

Then we have the Roman Church, which looks Christian, and kind of sounds Christian, but their teachings and the things they say are suspiciously complicated. The just can’t put things simply and succinctly like I wrote of Reformed theology above. They can never actually articulate what it is they believe. But they do seem awfully keen on tithes going back to Rome. That much is clear. The Pope is some kind of first among equals on Earth and has a special line to God “ex cathedra”. Even to the extent he can just declare arbitrary doctrine like the veneration of saints or worship of Mary without any scriptural basis. In fact, scripture is sort of suspiciously kept quite guarded in the Roman Church and the laity really aren’t supposed to get into it.

Then there is the whole magical woo woo of the sacraments and sacramentals. This is another subtle but telling difference. My understanding of Reformed theology is that an individual needs to have faith in order for the gifts of the spirit to manifest. But in the Roman Church the priest has magical powers to sprinkle holy water here and there and make evil spirits disappear, or else forgive sins, or whatever, and it seems faith is never really a requirement for either party.

Frankly I think that the Roman Church is actually a Pagan institution. The laity are essentially hoping for secrets and spells to make their lives go well. Hence the focus on idols such as statues of saints, holy water, priestly vestments etc. it’s all about superstition and magic and spells and hocus pocus to make the night terrors go away. There is no emphasis on the change of the heart and rebirth through accepting Christ as Lord and savior.

Ultimately, the Roman Church is a worldly institution with political and economic clout which makes all its doctrines obedient to getting and keeping more of those two. The splendor of the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel and the Pope’s private jet and the Cardinals’ opulent living must be funded whether by the sale of indulgences, or by any other such means. The doctrine is then anything that supports that. So climate change has a lot of grift money in it and so we see the pope focusses on that. The LGBT lobby has money and power and so we see the pope saying same sex marriage must be blessed. And people want to feel reassured in a scary world, so the Roman Church sells them trinkets and statues and “holy” water and magic wafers and never so much as demands anybody even read the bible never mind believe anything that’s written in it. So Luther, I’m my opinion, was 100% correct with his criticisms and those criticisms are pretty much all still valid today.

I don’t know why my family remained in that church for so long. I found a research paper on the subject of recusancy (people refusing to convert to Protestantism) in the county in which I was born and raised. It was very high, and there were many factors behind it. People in my family tend to be quite disagreeable and don’t like being told what to do (especially not by London) so that may have had something to do with it. Maybe the priests were better pre Vatican II. But the more I read of the 17th century, the more strongly I relate to the “non conformists” (puritans), and I don’t understand why my ancestors did not go down that path. If they had been in the capital or at least in a city perhaps they would have. And maybe I’ve benefited from an age where I could read about all this history and theology from the comfort of my phone screen or computer so I could see things more clearly than they did.

It’s quite amazing to me that 400 years later the Reformation is essentially still playing out.

What do you think?

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Smith Wigglesworth- Great Quotes

Mr. Smith Wigglesworth- Born 8 June 1859 – On To Glory 12 March 1947

I am not moved by what I see. I am moved only by what I believe.

Smith Wigglesworth

If you seek nothing but the will of God, He will always put you in the right place at the right time.

Smith Wigglesworth

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.

Smith Wigglesworth

The reason the world is not seeing Jesus is that Christian people are not filled with Jesus. They are satisfied with attending meetings weekly, reading the Bible occasionally, and praying sometimes. It is an awful thing for me to see people who profess to be Christians lifeless, powerless, and in a place where their lives are so parallel to unbelievers’ lives that it is difficult to tell which place they are in, whether in the flesh or in the Spirit.

Smith Wigglesworth

There is nothing impossible with God. All the impossibility is with us when we measure God by the limitations of our unbelief.
Smith Wigglesworth

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

A man is in a great place when he has no one to turn to but God.
Smith Wigglesworth

There is something about believing God that will cause Him to pass over a million people to get to you
Smith Wigglesworth

Some people read their Bibles in Hebrew, some in Greek; I like to read mine in the Holy Ghost.
Smith Wigglesworth

God wants us so badly that he has made the condition as simple as he possibly could: Only believe.
Smith Wigglesworth

You must every day make higher ground. You must deny yourself to make progress with God. You must refuse every- thing that is not pure and holy. God wants you pure in heart. He wants you to have an intense desire after holiness… Two things will get you to leap out of yourselves into the promises of God today. One is purity, and the other is FAITH, which is kindled more and more BY PURITY.
Smith Wigglesworth

The devil knows if he can capture your thought life he has won a mighty victory over you.
Smith Wigglesworth

God does not call those who are equipped, He equips those whom He has called.
Smith Wigglesworth

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

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

To hunger and thirst after righteousness is when nothing in the world can fascinate us so much as being near God.
Smith Wigglesworth

God never intended His people to be ordinary or commonplace. His intentions were that they should be on fire for Him, conscious of His divine power, realizing the glory of the cross that foreshadows the crown.
Smith Wigglesworth

We must be careful not to choose, but to let God’s Holy Spirit manage our lives; not to smooth down and explain away, but to stir up the gift and allow God’s Spirit to disturb us and disturb us and disturb us until we yield and yield and yield and the possibility in God’s mind for us becomes an established fact in our lives, with the rivers in evidence meeting the need of a dying world.
Smith Wigglesworth

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

Desire God, and you will have desires from God.
Smith Wigglesworth

Enter into the promises of God. It is your inheritance. You will do more in one year if you are really filled with the Holy Ghost than you could do in fifty years apart from Him.
Smith Wigglesworth

We must see the face of the Lord …. There are things that God says to me that I know must take place. It doesn’t matter what people say. I have been face to face with some of the most trying moments of men’s lives when it meant so much to me if I kept the vision, and if I held fast to that which God had said. A man must be in an immovable condition. The voice of God must mean to him more than what he sees, feels, or what people say.
Smith Wigglesworth

God wants to purify our minds until we can bear all things, believe all things, hope all things, and endure all things. 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


God’s Word never fails. He will always heal you if you dare to believe Him. Men are searching everywhere today for things with which they can heal themselves, and they ignore the fact that the Balm of Gilead (Jeremiah 8:22) is within easy reach.
Smith Wigglesworth


There is a great destructive force that comes upon us when we start comparing ourselves in the flesh with what we could be spiritually. We should never compare what we are with what we could be, because we will always be down on ourselves when we do this. Just look to Jesus and what He is. As long as we look to Jesus we will go toward Him. When we look at our inferiority we will go toward it.
Smith Wigglesworth

The power of God will take you out of your own plans and put you into the plan of God.
Smith Wigglesworth

When we come to the place of impossibilities, it is the grandest place for us to see the possibilities of God.
Smith Wigglesworth

Believe that when you come into the presence of God you can have all you came for. You can take it away, and you can use it, for all the power of God is at your disposal in response to your faith.
Smith Wigglesworth

If you are in the same place today as you were yesterday, you are a backslider.
Smith Wigglesworth

God can so fill a man with His Spirit that he can laugh and believe in the face of a thousand difficulties.
Smith Wigglesworth

If I read the newspaper I come out dirtier than I went in. If I read my Bible, I come out cleaner than I went in, and I like being clean!
Smith Wigglesworth

I can’t understand God by feelings. I can’t understand the Lord Jesus Christ by feelings. I can only understand God the Father and Jesus Christ by what the Word says about them. God is everything the Word says He is. We need to get acquainted with Him through the Word.
Smith Wigglesworth

You must come to see how wonderful you are in God and how helpless you are in yourself.
Smith Wigglesworth

I find nothing in the Bible but holiness, and nothing in the world but worldliness. Therefore, if I live in the world, I will become worldly; on the other hand, if I live in the Bible, I will become holy.
Smith Wigglesworth

When things are not going right, there are satanic forces in
operation. What is my solution? To rebuke the condition of sin, death, disease, or
whatever it is. I can pray in the Holy Ghost, and that prayer is effectual to bring
down every stronghold of the enemy.
Smith Wigglesworth

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

It is one to say you have faith and another to be in a tight corner and prove it.
Smith Wigglesworth

Before a man can bind the enemy, he must know there is nothing
binding him.
Smith Wigglesworth

God is more eager to answer than we are to ask.
Smith Wigglesworth

When the saint ceases to seek after holiness, purity, righteousness, truth; when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word and gives way to carnal appetites, then it is that Satan comes.
Smith Wigglesworth

Before God could bring me to this place He has broken me a thousand times.
Smith Wigglesworth

Praise is God’s sunlight in the heart. It destroys sin germs. It ripens the fruits of the Spirit. It is the oil of gladness that lubricates life’s activities.
Smith Wigglesworth

There is nothing small about our God, and when we understand God we will find out that there ought not to be anything small about us. We must have an enlargement of our conception of God, then we will know that we have come to a place where all things are possible, for our God is an omnipotent God for impossible positions.
Smith Wigglesworth

I can get more out of God by believing Him for one minute than by shouting at Him all night.
Smith Wigglesworth

You have to bring your mind to the Word of God and not try to bring the Word of God to your mind.
Smith Wigglesworth

When faith lays hold, impossibilities must yield.
Smith Wigglesworth

Read the Word. Consume the Word until it consumes you. Believe the Word. Act on the Word.
Smith Wigglesworth

I’d rather die believing than live doubting
Smith Wigglesworth

It is better to live ready than to get ready!
Smith Wigglesworth

The trouble is that we do not have the power of God in a full manifestation because of our finite thoughts, but as we go on and let God have His way, there is no limit to what our limitless God will do in response to a limitless faith. But you will never get anywhere except you are in constant pursuit of all the power of God.
Smith Wigglesworth

There was never one who came into the world with such loving compassion and who entered into all the needs of the people as did the Lord Jesus. And he declares to us, ‘Verily, verily, I say unto you he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go unto my father.’ [Jn 14.12] God wants us all to have an audacity of faith that dares to believe for all that is set forth in the word.
Smith Wigglesworth

Nothing in the world glorifies God so much as simple rest of faith in what God’s Word says.
Smith Wigglesworth

If it is in the Bible, it is so. It’s not even to be prayed about. It’s to be received and acted upon. Inactivity is a robber which steals blessings. Increase comes by action, by using what we have and know. Your life must be one of going on from faith to faith.
Smith Wigglesworth

Real faith has perfect peace and joy and a shout at any time. It always sees the victory.
Smith Wigglesworth

There is nothing that our God cannot do. He will do everything if you will dare to believe.
Smith Wigglesworth

There are two sides to this Baptism: The first is, you possess the Spirit; The second is that the Spirit possesses you.
Smith Wigglesworth

Voice your position in God and you will be surrounded by all the
resources of God in the time of trial.
Smith Wigglesworth

I want you to promise the Lord that, from tonight, you will not think
back, look back, or act back!
Smith Wigglesworth

Fear looks; faith jumps. Faith never fails to obtain its object. If I leave you as I found you, I am not God’s channel. I am not here to entertain you, but to get you to the place where you can laugh at the impossible.
Smith Wigglesworth

One man in a meeting, filled with unbelief, can make a place for the devil to have a seat.
Smith Wigglesworth

Life comes after you have been filled with the Holy Spirit. Get down and pray for power.
Smith Wigglesworth

Perfect love will never want the preeminence in everything, it will never want to take the place of another, it will always be willing to take the back seat.
Smith Wigglesworth

How can one come to possess great faith? Now listen, here is the answer to that: First, the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear. Faith must grow by soil, moisture, and exercise.
Smith Wigglesworth

Dare to believe, and then dare to speak, and you shall have whatsoever you say if you doubt not.
Smith Wigglesworth

Live in the Acts of the Apostles, and every day you will see some miracle worked by the power of the living God.
Smith Wigglesworth

Without faith, you have nothing. You cannot be saved without it. You
cannot be healed without it.
Smith Wigglesworth

The plan of God for your life is that you should be held captive by His power, doing that which you in the natural world would never do, but that which you are forced to do by the power of the Holy Ghost moving through you.
Smith Wigglesworth

To the man of faith, there is not a thing that is not opportunity.
Smith Wigglesworth

I believe that God wants to put His hand upon us so that we may reach ideal definitions of humility, of human helplessness, of human insufficiency, until we will rest no more upon human plans, but have God’s thoughts, God’s voice, and the Holy Spirit to speak to us.
Smith Wigglesworth

Great faith is the product of great fights.
Smith Wigglesworth

You must be yielded to the Word of God. The Word will work out love in our hearts, and when practical love is in our hearts, there is no room to boast about ourselves. We see ourselves as nothing when we get lost in this divine love.
Smith Wigglesworth

Whatever God has done for other men, He can do for me.
Smith Wigglesworth

I never get out of bed in the morning without having communion with God in the Spirit.
Smith Wigglesworth

Pentecost came with the sound of a mighty rushing wind, a violent blast from heaven! Heaven has not exhausted its blasts, but our danger is we are getting frightened of them.
Smith Wigglesworth

I want to help you decide that, by the power of God, you will not be
ordinary.
Smith Wigglesworth

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

The moment a man falls into sin, divine life ceases to flow, and his life becomes one of helplessness.
Smith Wigglesworth

Wherever the Holy Ghost has right of way, the gifts of the Spirit will be in manifestation; and where these gifts are never in manifestation, I question whether He is present.
Smith Wigglesworth

It is impossible to overestimate the importance of being filled with the Spirit.
Smith Wigglesworth

A prayer without faith is without accomplishment
Smith Wigglesworth

The living Word is able to destroy Satanic forces.
Smith Wigglesworth

God wants His people to be ablaze with Holy Ghost activity.
Smith Wigglesworth

There are two kinds of faith. There is the natural faith. But the supernatural faith is the gift of God.
Smith Wigglesworth

Two things will get you to leap out of yourselves into the promises of God today. One is purity, and the other is FAITH, which is kindled more and more BY PURITY.
Smith Wigglesworth

God’s canopy is over you and will cover you at all times, preserving you from evil.
Smith Wigglesworth

The man who is going through with God to be used in healing must be a man of longsuffering.
Smith Wigglesworth

Those who carry the vessels of the Lord must be clean, must be holy (Isa. 52:11).
Smith Wigglesworth

God longs intensively for unhindered communication and total response between him and the believer indwelt by the Holy Spirit
Smith Wigglesworth

There are boundless possibilities for us if we dare to act in God and dare to believe!
Smith Wigglesworth

To live two days in succession on the same spiritual plane is a tragedy
Smith Wigglesworth

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

If the spirit does not move me, I move the Spirit.
Smith Wigglesworth

I’m a thousand times bigger on the inside than I am on the outside.
Smith Wigglesworth

There is a place where God, through the power of the Holy Ghost, reigns supreme in our lives.
Smith Wigglesworth

All things are possible, only believe.
Smith Wigglesworth

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

It pays to trust God with all and to make no reservation.
Smith Wigglesworth

Desire toward God and you will have desires from God and He will meet you on the line of those desires when you reach out in simple faith.
Smith Wigglesworth

By the grace of God I want to impart the Word, and bring you into a place where you will dare to act upon the plan of the Word, to so breathe life by the power of the Word that it is impossible for you to go on under any circumstances without his provision. The most difficult things that come to us are to our advantage from God’s side. When we come to the place of impossibilities, it is the grandest place for us to see the possibilities of God.
Smith Wigglesworth

The Word of God will bring you into a wonderful place of rest in faith.
Smith Wigglesworth

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

Great triumphs can only come out of great trials
Smith Wigglesworth

God has chosen us to help one another.
Smith Wigglesworth

There is a fruit of the Spirit that must accompany the gift of healing and that is longsuffering.
Smith Wigglesworth

The heart is the mainspring.
Smith Wigglesworth

Power from on high . . . It is God inserting into you divine activity with
mightiness.
Smith Wigglesworth

The devil will endeavor to fascinate through the eyes and through the mind.
Smith Wigglesworth

I am never happier in the Lord than when I am in a bedroom with a sick person.
Smith Wigglesworth

I am satisfied with the dissatisfaction that never rests until it is satisfied and satisfied again.
Smith Wigglesworth

How great is the position of the man who is born of God, born of purity, born of faith, born of life, born of power!
Smith Wigglesworth