ENCOURAGEMENT FOR PASTORS (BY SPURGEON)
There are some secret snares that many pastors can easily fall into; and of these the worst is the temptation to ministerialism—the tendency to read our Bibles as ministers, to pray as ministers, to get into doing the whole of our religion as not ourselves personally, but only relatively, concerned in it. To lose the personality of repentance and faith is a loss indeed.
SERMON ILLUSTRATION (BY SPURGEON)
Spurgeon was a master illustrator. You can use this illustration in your own preaching to describe the need for genuine repentance.
A man may know that he is lost, and yet he may never be saved. He may be made thoughtful, and yet he may die in his sins. If you find out that you are a bankrupt, the consideration of your debts will not pay them.
THANKS FOR READING
Brothers,
We need God’s Word. Not just because we’re accountable to preach a sermon every seven days, but because it is our daily bread. Don’t settle for a surface-level commitment to God’s Word — be a man devoted to prayer.
When asked his advice for young ministers, R.C. Sproul said, “Get in the Word. Get deep in the Word. Stay in the Word. And devote yourself to prayer.” May it be so in our own lives.
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Blessings to your ministry,
Doug H.
Creator of SpurgeonBooks
Preaching Pastor of Pillar Church of Washington DC