"To be effective the preacher's message must be alive; it must alarm, arouse, challenge; it must be God's present voice to a particular people. Then, and not till then, is it the prophetic word and the man himself a prophet.
To fulfill his calling the prophet must be under the constant sway of the Holy Ghost; and further, he must be alert to moral and spiritual conditions. All spiritual teaching should be related to life. It should intrude into the daily and private living the hearers
Without being personal, the true prophet will yet pierce the conscience of each listener as if the message had been directed to him alone.
Really to preach the truth it is often necessary that the man of God know the people's hearts better than they themselves do!
Thus a minister is driven to God for wisdom. He must speak the mind of christ and throw himself on the Holy Spirit for spiritual power and mental acumen equal to the task. "
May God put more prophets in the pulpit!
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