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Your Strongest Preaching Should Be To Yourself

This week I started re-reading Power Through Prayer by E. M. Bounds.  The opening chapter alone is worth having a copy of his work in your library!  He heralds such statements as: “The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.” and “The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men.”  and “(The preacher) makes or mars the message from God to man.”

It is as though he looked forward through time more than a hundred years to give us insight on where we are today.  And still, one of his strongest observations is Continue reading Your Strongest Preaching Should Be To Yourself

Can People Trust You With Their Hearts?

(First posted August 31, 2010)
As I reached out to minister to someone yesterday, they responded with a comment that deeply impacted my thoughts and challenged my spirit. I want to pass it along to you today and pray that you will be challenged as well.

You and I are working together to achieve the extraordinary in the lives of those to whom we minister! God has placed within us a unique Continue reading Can People Trust You With Their Hearts?