Two of them are now preachers of the Gospel, and one is the leading man in the little growing church there. Had I time and space I could go on multiplying cases where the same results have followed when the cross of Christ has been the pivot of all Christian teaching, and prayer has ...
We can pretend that “God is too good to waste our faith”, as some preachers will insist – that long-nurtured prayers are guaranteed the answer we want. We can pretend there are no ill thoughts towards God lurking in our hearts. But we probably wouldn’t be honest. I’m committed ...
The disciples also serve as examples of faith, humility, and sacrificial love. They left behind their careers, families, and comfort zones to follow Jesus wholeheartedly. They were willing to lay down their lives for the sake of the Gospel and endured hardships, persecution, and ultimately marty...
PREACHERS NEED THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE SOMEHOW the practiceof praying in particular for the preacher has fallen into disuse or become discounted. Occasionally have we heard the practice arraigned as a disparagement of the ministry, being a public declaration by those who do it of the inefficienc...
world, transfigure nations and individuals. Of the preachers of the gospel, it is eminently true. … The messenger is, if possible, more than the message. The preacher is more than the sermon. … The sermon grows because the man grows. The sermon is forceful because the man is forceful....
St. Therese of Lisieux (Secondary Patron) The principal aim of the Reform of Carmel is devotion to prayer for preachers and theologians. Thérese was puzzled by this need to pray for the souls of priests whom “I believed to be as pure as crystal.” ...
It backs and impregns revealed truth with all the energy of God. Unction is simply putting God in his own word and on his own preachers. By mighty and great prayerfulness and by continual prayerfulness, it is all potential and personal to the preacher; it inspires and clarifies his ...
Yet no man understands it till God gives grace to perceive his meaning. It is our duty, as preachers, to put the gospel as plainly as possible; but we cannot give a man spiritual understanding. We declare, in baldest and boldest terms, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt...
The first Christian Pentecost was a feast of fulfillment. It was, in a very real sense, a graduation ceremony in which twelve simple men from various walks of life became prophets, preachers, priest, prodigies, and polygots. A feast of fulfillment because they became what they were destined ...
the gospel. (2) Thank God for the recently concluded Vacation Bible School with up to 70 children and pray for parents to make the most of the school holidays to point their children to Christ. 5 Tuesday The pastoral internship program has been graciously used by the Lord ...