Missions

True Definition of Preaching – Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Any true definition of preaching must say that that man is there to deliver the message of God… He has been sent, he is a commissioned person, and he is standing there as the mouthpiece of God and of Christ to address these people.

– D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones –

In Love With Prayer – Thomas Coke

A minister, who prays not, who is not in love with prayer, is not a minister of the Church of God. He is a dry tree, which occupies in vain a place in Christ’s garden. He is an enemy, and not a father, of the people. He is a stranger, who has taken the place of the shepherd, and to whom the salvation of the flock is an indifferent thing.

– Thomas Coke –

Prayer is the Essential Work – Oswald Chambers

We think of prayer as a preparation for work, or a calm after having done work, whereas prayer is the essential work. It is the supreme activity of everything that is noblest in our personality.

– Oswald Chambers –

A Tongue Like Thunder – Robert Murray M’Cheyne

As I was walking in the fields, the thought came over me with almost overwhelming power, that every one of my flock must soon be in heaven or hell. Oh how I wished that I had a tongue like thunder, that I might make all hear; or that I had a frame like iron, that I might visit every one and say, “Escape for thy life! Ah sinner! You little know how I fear that you will lay the blame of your damnation at my door.”

– Robert Murray M’Cheyne –