by Ricky Doc Sauceda
Effective Preaching: When people can feel Christ teaching and not you speaking.
That is what you should strive for. For others to hear and feel 'Jesus Christ' speaking and teaching, and not you. When you stand before an assembly and the fire enters you...you feel it 'head to toe.' Let go...let Him speak through you. Your thoughts and feelings will never have the impact that His do.
When you're done, people will be 'filled' because you were 'filled.' If you cannot be His instrument, don't feign it...don't pretend. Let another speak. What is important is the 'message.'
The Lord said we must be in agreement. That we need to seek peace with one another. After that, where there are two or more who gather in His name, He is with them.
Matthew 18:16-20
But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
“Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
“Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”
It is very important to seek peace with each other. Likewise to spread the Word. Be His and rely on Him.
Amen.