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"When pride creeps into the pulpit, the preacher's words may be eloquent, but they will be empty of spiritual power."
- Charles Spurgeon

The work of the Kingdom is not only sowing and cultivating. Also necessary is the continuous work of removing stones and weeds and preparing the soil of the soul to receive the Word of the Kingdom. The stoney hearts of men must be uncovered and cleared. The deep roots of worldly weeds must be plowed under and broken, lest they return to obstruct Kingdom growth.

Dear Church:
God's love is so great that He hate evil. Very few of us love enough to hate evil.

"The Cinderella of the Church today is the prayer meeting...

This handmaid of the Lord is unloved and unwooed because she is not dripping with pearls of intellectualism, nor glamorous with the silks of philosophy, neither is she enchanting with the tiara of psychology.

She wears the homespuns of sincerity and humility and so is not afraid to kneel!

The offense of prayer is that it does not essentially tie in to mental efficiency. That is not to say that prayer is a partner to mental sloth.

But in these days, efficiency and smartness are at a premium. Prayer is conditioned to one thing alone, and that is to spirituality.

One does not need to be spiritual to preach, that is, to make and deliver sermons of homiletical perfection and exegetical exactitude.

By a combination of memory, knowledge, ambition, personality, plus well-lined book shelves, self-confidence and a sense of having arrived - the pulpit is yours almost anywhere these days.

Preaching of the type mentioned affects men; prayer affects God. Preaching affects time; prayer affects eternity.

The pulpit can be a shop window to display our talents; the closet speaks death to display."

"Unction" Leonard Ravenhill

Pastor, trust the Lord. Yours is the care of service. His is the care of success.

The Parables of Jesus Mustard See and the Leaven (HTML) Article by Rev. Kevin Chiarot from Biblical Perspectives Volume 25, Number 31