Methodist
layman visited a great city church in Ohio during a business trip. After the
service he congratulated the minister on his service & sermon.
"But,"
said the manufacturer, "If you were my salesman I'd discharge you. You got
my attention by your appearance, voice & manner; your reading & logical
discourse aroused my interest; you warmed my heart with a desire for what you
preached; and then - and then you stopped, without asking me to do something
about it. In business, the important thing is to get them to sign on the dotted
line."
- Record of Christian Work.
(moreillustrations.com)
2Ti
2:15 (BBE) says: “Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman
who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.”
“The
test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not ‘what a
lovely sermon,’ but, ‘I will do something!’” -
Francis de Sales.
“Lord,
help me to preach today as if it were the last sermon I would ever preach.” -
Jack Hyles.
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