A
holy minister is a powerful weapon
A man is what he is on his knees before God--and
nothing more! In great measure, according to the
purity of the instrument, will be success. It is
not great talents which God blesses--so much as
great likeness to Jesus! A holy minister is a
powerful weapon in the hand of God!
Study universal holiness of life. Your whole
usefulness depends on this; for your sermons last
but an hour or two--but your life preaches all the
week! If Satan can only make a
minister covetous; or a lover of praise, or of
pleasure, or
of fine eating--he has ruined your ministry!
- Robert Murray McCheyne
