Day of Prayer, Exodus 33:7-11, 12-20...

the theme is taken from Exodus 33:7-11, 12-20..."Face to Face"

Some reflections for the day...

i did not hear God speaks to me face to face, but i was ministered by the Spirit to know that the loving Father turns his face away from his sacrificial Son, so that we are no longer in sin, we are in victory, we are redeemed and restored! because of what Christ has done, we can be in the presence of God to hear from him...what love~! what sacrifice~! what grace~!

Speak, O Lord...your servant is listening...

Without doubt the best sermons we ever preach to others are those we have first preached to ourselves. ~ John Stott.

the importance of preaching!!!

On a cold, gloomy morning a preacher worked on his sermon from breakfast until noon with little to show for his labor. Impatiently he laid down his pen and look disconsolately out the window, feeling sorry for himself because his sermons came so slowly. Then there flashed into his mind an insight that had profound effort on his later ministry. "Your fellow Christians," he thought, "will spend far more time on this sermon than you will. They come from a hundred homes. They travel hundreds of miles in the aggregate to be in the service. They will spend three hundred hours participating in the worship and listening to what you have to say. Don't complain about the hours you are spending in preparation and the agony you experience. The people deserve all you can give them."

Quote from Bible Preaching, pg. 46.

Preaching should heal a broken heart but break a hard one. ~ John Newton

Is great men really great?

When people speak of great men, they think of men like Napoleon. Men of violence. Rarely do they think of peaceful men. But contrast the reception they'll receive when they return home from their battles.Napoleon will arrive in pomp and in power. A man who's achieved the very summit of earthly ambition. Yet his dreams will be haunted by the
oppressions of war. William Wilberforce, however will return to his family laying his head on his pillow and remember the slave trade is no more. ~ Lord Charles Fox, from the movie, "Amazing grace."