Perry Noble listed 10 signs that you may be sick spiritually as a minister… What are some signs that you are not healthy? #1 – You cannot remember the last time you clearly heard the Word of God speak to you about an issue in your own life. #2 – You no longer use the… Continue reading Ministry Sickness?
Author: Jay Jones
Quoted: John Wesley on Preaching
Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.
Quoted: Peter Boehler on Preaching Faith
Preach faith till you have it; and then, because you have it, you will preach faith.
William Penn speaking about the Godhead
I deny a Trinity of separate persons in the godhead…. Does thou in good earnest think they [Catholicism] were one in judgment with Sabellius, who only rejected the imaginary personality of those times; who at the same instant owned and confessed to the Eternity and godhead of Christ Jesus our Lord. It is manifest, then… Continue reading William Penn speaking about the Godhead
Quoted: Richard Baxter on Preaching
I preached as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men.
The Vigor of Prayer
The early church was born in a prayer meeting, and as they continued in prayer, miracles, signs and wonders took place. They experienced the vigor of prayer, great revival, and tremendous church growth. Vigor is defined as energy; force; drive; vitality; strength; spirit; dynamism; enthusiasm; gusto; intensity, etc. God desires that we activate the power… Continue reading The Vigor of Prayer
Quoted: M. D. Treece on Ministering
There is one thing for sure; if you are going to minister, you will have to study from now until Christ comes. There is no way around it, nor is there a substitute for it. The minister who finds it hard to concentrate on study may exist for a while on a song or a… Continue reading Quoted: M. D. Treece on Ministering
Six Stages of a Vision
ImaginationStage– This is the fun stage where you get to think outside the box and dream about possibilities. Typically you’re focused on solving a problem that is close to your heart and praying through ways God wants to use you to make a difference. Preparation Stage – This is the hard work of putting together… Continue reading Six Stages of a Vision
Quoted: Robert Frost on A Preachers Tears
If there are no tears in the writer, there will be no tears in the reader.
Moving Toward a Fulltime Ministry
Nehemiah 13:3 – 14 “Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. 4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: 5 And he had prepared for him a… Continue reading Moving Toward a Fulltime Ministry