Tag Archives: Pastoring
We Will Give Ourselves to Prayer and the Ministry of the Word
He preacheth not heartily to his people, that prayeth not earnestly for them.
Pastor, Study Hard!
Study hard, for the well is deep, and our brains are shallow.
Preach to Yourself, Pastor!
Preach to yourselves the sermons which you study, before you preach them to others.
Making the Scriptures Come Alive in Your Preaching
True preaching is never stale or dull or academic, but fresh and pungent with the living authority of God. But the Scripture comes alive to the congregation only if it has come alive to the preacher first. Only if God has spoken to him through the Word which he preaches will they hear the voice of God through his lips.
The Grand Secret of Pastoral Ministry
How I Feel Every Time I Preach
I felt when I was coming up to preach tonight as if I had been down like a little child to the sea, and I had stooped to the wave and filled my palms as well as I could with the sparkling water, but as I have been coming to bring it to you, it has nearly all trickled away, for I am not able to hold it by reason of my leaking hands.
Preaching Is an Invitation to a Celebration
In delivering God’s message, we do not ask men to come to a funeral, but to a wedding feast.
Charles Spurgeon, The Fullness of Joy, p. 59
Those Who Shouldn’t Be Spiritual Leaders
No man who is self-serving, proud, lazy, or hypocritical should have followers.
Leroy Eims, Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be, p. 40
Life Is Worship 