If you’re a church leader, let these challenging words of Charles Spurgeon sink in today:
“The minister who does not earnestly pray over his work must surely be a vain and conceited man. He acts as if he thought himself sufficient of himself, and therefore needed not to appeal to God. . . .
The preacher who neglects to pray much must be very careless about his ministry. He cannot have comprehended his calling. He cannot have computed the value of a soul, or estimated the meaning of eternity. . . .
He will surely become a mere superficial talker, best approved where grace is least valued and a vain show most admired. He cannot be one of those who plough deep and reap abundant harvests. He is a mere loiterer, not a laborer. . . .
He limps in his life like the lame man in the Proverbs, whose legs were not equal, for his praying is shorter than his preaching.”
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Charles H. Spurgeon, Lectures To My Students (p. 48). Fig. Kindle Edition.
