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Preach the Word!
“Preach the Word! Be ready in season and out of season.
Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.”
2 Timothy 4:2
J. Vernon McGee once shared the following story:
“A young preacher having trouble in his congregation came to
me about it. I told him about my experience when I was a boy. When I would go
to the barn at night to feed the horse or the cow, I would light a lantern and
carry it with me. When I would open the barn door and step in, two things would
happen: the rats would scurry and run for cover, and the birds which were
roosting on the rafters would begin to sing. Light had those two very different
effects. And when the Word of God is preached, you will see the rats run for
cover and the birds begin to sing.”
Thought for the Day: God gives us the
message, but he does so through a Messenger who has
been impacted by the truth.
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