God bled to bless. "You have to bleed to bless" (Jowett).
There is no more sacrifice in ministry anymore, at least here in America. You can be a two cent mega church pastor pretty easy, just hire a genius marketer.
What many fail to notice is that "preaching can be as empty as a beating drum (Leonard Ravenhill). Man needs Authority." Man needs power and the only power that can do the job set before us today is the Holy Spirit. But consider this: It is not the Holy Spirit giving us His power. No, no, no - Not at all! It's Him, Living in a yielded vessel, and being my Power, because He is living His life in me. The Holy Spirit will not live side-by-side with self - one of them must go. The Holy Spirit is looking for an empty vessel to dwell in - as the dove that was sent out of the ark to look for a place to rest and came back the first time, does the Holy Spirit find you an inhospitable and incompatible place for Him to rest?
And so, to get to Pentecost you and i must go through Gethsemane. That goes for you to, preacher.
There is no more sacrifice in ministry anymore, at least here in America. You can be a two cent mega church pastor pretty easy, just hire a genius marketer.
What many fail to notice is that "preaching can be as empty as a beating drum (Leonard Ravenhill). Man needs Authority." Man needs power and the only power that can do the job set before us today is the Holy Spirit. But consider this: It is not the Holy Spirit giving us His power. No, no, no - Not at all! It's Him, Living in a yielded vessel, and being my Power, because He is living His life in me. The Holy Spirit will not live side-by-side with self - one of them must go. The Holy Spirit is looking for an empty vessel to dwell in - as the dove that was sent out of the ark to look for a place to rest and came back the first time, does the Holy Spirit find you an inhospitable and incompatible place for Him to rest?
And so, to get to Pentecost you and i must go through Gethsemane. That goes for you to, preacher.