E.M Bounds reminds us in his classic work, Power Through Prayer, of the power of holiness. Listen, repent, and rejoice.
The preacher must throw himself, with all the abandon of a perfect self-emptying faith and a self-consuming zeal, into his work for the salvation of men. Hearty, heroic, compassionate, fearless martyrs must the men be who take hold of and shape a generation for God. If they be timid time-servers, place-seekers, if they be men-pleasers or men-fearers, if their faith has a weak hold on God or His Word, if their denial be broken by any phrase of self or the world, they cannot take hold of the church nor the world for God . . . It is not great talents or great learning or great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness, great in faith, great in love, great in fidelity, great for God--men always preaching by holy sermons in the pulpit, by holy lives out of it. These can mold a generation for God.
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Shane this is timely in my life. Thanks for posting this great encouragement to all of us who sit in the office of pastor. It is a higher calling, that requires a higher level of sacrific and surrender to the will of our sovereign God. Wow, what a great reminder this is. Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteI need something like this on Monday. God help us to shape this generation for Christ.