Light praying will make light preaching. Prayer makes preaching strong.
HT: @embounds
Tag Archives: Pastoring
Preaching and the Holy Spirit’s Illumination
The preacher should not enter his pulpit claiming to have received a revelation; his claim should be that he is a man who reads the Word and prays and believes that the Holy Spirit illumines and enlightens his understanding, with the result that he has a message for the people.
Pastor, What Are You Preaching?
When the clergy, whom Christ has appointed to teach his people . . . become teachers of worldly maxims, what can be expected from the laity?
George Whitefield (1714 – 1770)
HT: @whitefieldg
Preacher, Preach to Yourself First
No man preaches that sermon well to others, who doth not first preach it to his own heart.
HT: challies.com
On a Hill Far Away, and Not Like in the Song!
If the expositor finds himself out of sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way.
HT: @cjmahaney
Preacher, Get out of Your Own Way!
I simply taught, preached, and wrote God’s Word; otherwise I did nothing.
HT: @JoshuaMills95
Pastor, Keep It Simple
I REALLY struggle with this!
“The plainest words are the profitablest oratory in the weightiest matters.”
HT: @reformbookshelf
The Ministry of Reconciliation
The ministry of proclaiming the gospel is the ministry, not of testimony merely, but of reconciliation. It has as its object the actual reconciliation of the whole world.
The Ministry of Motherhood
A mother at a crib with a baby in her arms can be even more influential than a pastor in a pulpit, with a Bible in his hands.
HT: @LewisKiger
No Better Preaching Than the Gospel
Pastor, on this Monday, don’t fret about what you think you didn’t say adequately or wish you had said differently or even not at all. Take heart from George Whitefield’s words:
“Other men may preach better than I, but no man can preach a better gospel.”
George Whitefield (1714 – 1770)
HT: @jeremysarber
Life Is Worship 