(By J.Lee Grady) This past Sunday I stood in a pulpit, looked out over a congregation of mostly strangers, cleared the lump in my throat and preached a message that the Lord had laid on my heart from the Bible. Thousands of men and women speak publicly like this every week. It’s what preachers do. No big deal. But even though I speak often, I’ve found that preaching the gospel is one of the most frightening assignments anyone could attempt. I feel as if I die a thousand deaths right before I
do it, and I die several more times after I go home and evaluate what happened. After one discouraging experience in which an audience stared coldly at me with their arms folded, I determined that preaching surely must not be my calling. I shared my struggle with an older pastor. “Sometimes I feel discouraged after I speak,” I said. “Does that ever happen to you?” I was sure he would counsel me to stop preaching. READ MORE
If God has called you to to speak, obey and do so!!! Instead of running like Jonah did. He was angry and annoyed at The Lord, although Jonah did obey after his encounter of being swallowed by the great fish. He prayed in the belly of the great beast, and he did preach to the city of Nineveh. The King and the people called on God. When God saw how they turned from their wicked ways, He had compassion on them and did not bring upon them the destruction. The people turned to God after hearing what Jonah had told them.
Obey Our Lord God, spread the Holy Gospel and pray for each other and our nations.
God Bless!!!
Preach The Word of God whilst we still have time, soon enough we will be unable to do so.
There is only a small window of freedom left, already many preachers are being arrested, in the West preachers are arrested for “hate speech” as the new morality (which is Lucifer driven) seeks to persecute those that teach truth…
There are prophets that say there is only a handful of years left before Christianity becomes a crime in the West…
Many of your Christian brothers and sisters are persecuted, tortured and killed around the world every year for The Name of Jesus. The Rapture is close and only a handful of years away. Be ready!!!! Be good faithful servants!!!