HIGHER-FIRE digest 316

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Hello all Higher-Fire readers:

Re Brother harrell's question -- I agree with brother Conant.  
Someone put it this way in preaching:  Study yourself full and then 
pray yourself empty until the Lord can take the fruit of your studies 
and anoint them.  Like Brother Conont said, we need to seek the will 
of God for our text but we owe it to ourselves and to the saints to 
whom we minister to prepare as much as possible. No, it is not a sin 
to use notes to help you keep on track.  Neither is it a sin to end 
your sermon before the entire congregation is glassy eyed from 
fatigue.  It is bad enough that the world might call a preacher 
Reverend;  I just pray that a Pentecostal preacher is never called 
Neverend. (Smiley time here!!!)

As far as reading sermons is concerned, did you know that Jonathan 
Edwards, that old Puritan preacher read the sermon "Sinners in the 
Hands of a Mighty God"? God used that sermon mightily in Edward's 
day.  I really don't think God is as much concerned about our 
delivery as he is about our hearts being right with God and prepared 
for the Holy Ghost to move upon during a sermon.

Good question, Brother Ray.  Keep them coming
Dave
dward@fort-frances.lakeheadu.ca