Preaching is warring against the forces of darkness and winning souls for the Lord. At the end time it is even a tougher ask as many people turn cold towards spiritual things. As a preacher there is running away from a life of denial and dedication to the task and mission. I surprised myself getting up at 3.30am last Sunday and spent more than 4 hours waiting on the Lord and sharpening my sword, not mine by the Spirit’s sword that is the Word of God.
At the end it came together and I felt I just preached for 10 minutes like a breeze though it was past 45 minutes of preaching before I stopped. I did not note the time when I went up to the pulpit and only looked at my watch after I came down from the pulpit. Now I realised it was 40 minutes sermon as the last 10 minutes were praying for those who came to the front during an altar call. I felt a distinct check in my heart to call for members to come forward for prayers and eight people responded five women and three men and I laid hands on all of them on their heads praying in Jesus’ Name. It was all over in 50 minutes and the day after I received a very encouraging message that one elder who had a gift of starting churches, he pioneered two churches including one that I pastored a few years ago. Preaching is war and I believed I won the battle of the Lord last Sunday and now preparing for this Sunday and the Sunday after that and it goes on this warfare by preaching.
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