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Ever Increasing Faith

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I read this book about 2 years ago when I was 15yrs old, and then again, and I still haven't stopped. There is something new every time I read a sermon over. I have read many other books of Wigglesworth and his sermons and this has to be at the top of the list. This compilation of sermons would have to be his greatest in print. There is advice for every situation I'm ever in and I have decided to refer to this book for the rest of my life (second to the bible of course). Last night I read a chapter and it was one of the most awesome times I have had with God for a long while. God is so wonderful. I praise God for sending a man like him to meet the spiritual needs we have in the 20th century setting, and I pray he will contunue to send great men of God like Wigglesworth. I can't even begin to tell you how much his ministery has touched me. "Ever Increasing Faith" is a book that every person, young or old, must read. It reveals to us our place in Christ and confronts every reader with a dare ---- a dare to believe.

Other than my bible, this 176 page paperback is the most dynamic, annointed word from the Lord that I have ever read. If you are desiring an increase in faith and belief in God, this book is for you. I read it every single day The Holy Spirit is so alive in this book through this mans ministry, and the holy spirit is quickened and comes alive almost the same as the prophets in the bible. It is a great encourager and good supplement reading. The annointed wisdom is priceless,...!

Smith Wigglesworth has been described as the "Apostle of Faith". This little book is evidence of the aptness of that description!

Ever Increasing Faith is jam-packed with sermons, eye-witness accounts of his ministry, and reflections on God's goodness, grace and power.

Wheelchair-bound children, old women with cancer, men deaf from birth, and thousands of others were miraculously healed by God during Wigglesworth's ministry. Seven people were raised from the dead, including Polly, Smith's wife.

What is most touching though, is to see his humility, his passion to glorify God, and his earnest desire to be closer and closer to Christ. He was an empty vessel, desiring to be more and more filled with the Holy Spirit. God used him in mightier ways than any other twentieth century evangelist. His wife Polly taught him how to read and the Holy Spirit taught him how to preach. And preach he did, doing the work of God, bringing thousands around the world to the place of wonder, of healing, and to salvation.

This book is a feast for anyone who is hungry for more of God.

Short and sweet, this book will revive, bless, and encourage you! You need this book. Whether you have experienced the Baptism of the Holy Spirit (Acts 19:2, Matt.3:1) or are seeking God for more of His annointing, you will read this book over and over, because it is filled with the truth and power of what God's Word + The Holy Spirit can and will do in Your life! Get it;NOW!

In the first chapter Wigglesworth tells us that God "can plan for you, and when He plans for you, all is peace." In terms of mercy, he adds "the Lord was full of compassion. If He marked our sins, where would any of us be?" Faith and love are linked in this chapter. Logically flowing from the first chapter on faith, the second one addresses capturing one's thoughts. He writes "the devil knows that if he can capture your thought life, he has won a mighty victory over you." Wigglesworth reminds us that the ministry of Jesus did not end when He returned to the Father, but He continues working through those indwelt by Him. He goes back to the point he made in the first chapter, reminding us that God never fails to plan the best things for us. Faith is a consistent theme throughout the book. On page 46 he writes "faith is the open door through which the Lord comes." There's an excellent section on intercessory prayer in the middle portion of the book. In terms of God's ways being unlimited, Wigglesworth phrases it "God has a million ways of undertaking for those who go to Him for help" (p. 59). So many powerful insights fill this book. It's a challenge to hit the high points, but another focused quote that brings out a poignant truth is "there is one thing certain: there is no such thing as seeking without finding" (p. 63). This book will make a powerfully positive difference in the life of anyone who reads it with a seeking heart.

Wigglesworth lived in continual revival from the day he was baptized in the Holy Ghost in his middle-aged years. God took him from being a plumber and part-time minister to a global signs and wonders evangelist. Unlike similar figures, such as Alexander Dowie, he did not become unbalanced or succumb to spiritual pride because of the magnificent power flowing through his ministry. Late Wigglesworth is a magnificent blueprint of what the Head of the Church would have we individual members of the Body of Christ become in these last days of the church age. Wigglesworth's life is a nearly perfect example of normal, healthy Christianity. In addition to this book, read Stanley Frodsham's fine spiritual biography "Apostle of Faith," and especially Hibbert's "Smith Wigglesworth, The Secret of His Power." Follow after him as he followed Christ, and you will live in continual revival, too. Imagine thousands and millions of Wigglesworths, each walking in their own gifts and callings, and you have a fair picture of what Jesus would have the Church become.

"Ever Increasing Faith" is a great collection of faith challenging, faith building sermons from a man who was apparently not as scholasticly correct and intellectually endowed as one or two of this book's reviewers; but witnesses and records indicate that Wigglesworth may very well have been like a man named James, who wrote, "Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works".
I could probably find several theological mistakes in the sermon's compiled in this book as well, but I find it impossible to focus on those minor points when the main focus in every Smith Wigglesworth message was none other than an exhortation to have faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. The Lord certainly knew of every incorrect statement Brother Smith made in his sermons, but He was apparently too busy working in and through a man sold out to Jesus and the great commission, to be so terribly concerned with the small stuff. Without faith it is impossible to please God. And to those with a desire to please Him --- those with a discerning spirit --- and especially those who really know the Word... Faith is exactly what jumps out of the pages of this book and motivates the servant of God.

This is an amazing book and is a great try me book. "Greater Works" form brother Wigglesworth is also a great first book. This book is a relatively small book, with one powerful page after another. This book will inspire you to want to read deeper into the Bible, especially acts. If your a Christian that believe's the bible is true and wish you had a bit more time to put aside to read the bible more, this book may be your cure! The Holy Spirit works in this mightily and will motivate you spiritually to seek more depth in scripture! This book is priceless! This book is motivational for all, including non spiritual Christians or yet to be Christians. Simply put..its super powerful!

I heard Kenneth E. Hagin say that he wore out 4 or 5 copies of this book. It was in one of his radio broadcasts, 'The Will of God in Prayer', if I remember correctly. He also said that he wished he could be as bold as Smith Wigglesworth, but that's just not how he was built. That is not an exact quote, but it was something like that.

This book well known because it is one of the first sets of recorded sermons by Smith Wigglesworth. Within the last decade or so Whitaker House has greatly increased the amount of Wigglesworth's material in print. Many of these books are at least as good as this.

I attend Rhema Bible Training Center. Before I came here I knew who Smith Wigglesworth was but had never read this book. In my Foundations of Faith class Pastor Hagin said there were three books that Dad Hagin read every year. The books were Christ The Healer by F.F. Bosworth, The Life Of Faith by C. Nuzum, and Ever Increasing Faith by Smith Wigglesworth. Not long after that I picked up this book at the bookstore and have read this book almost three times in the few months that I've owned it. I need to go pick up a new copy because I've wore the back off of it. It's an amazing book with stories that will inspire you and cause you to desire to step out in faith and boldness and preach to the unsaved, lay hands on the sick, and raise the dead. I recommend you make this a part of your collection and read it often to keep yourself stirred up!!! You won't regret owning this book!