The True Secret of Ministry

From: The Christian Shepherd: 2002

By: William Kelly

• 1 min. read • grade level: 9

“Take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: for the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say” (Luke 12:11-12¹¹And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: ¹²For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. (Luke 12:11‑12)). “Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: for I will give you a mouth and wisdom” (Luke 21:14-15¹⁴Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: ¹⁵For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. (Luke 21:14‑15)).

The true secret of ministry is spiritual power. It is not man’s genius or man’s intellect or man’s energy. A ministry which flows from abiding dependence upon the Holy Spirit can never become barren.

If a man is drawing upon his own resources, he will soon run dry. It matters not what his powers may be or how extensive his reading or how vast his stores of information; if the Holy Spirit be not the spring and power of his ministry, it must, sooner or later, lose its freshness and its effectiveness.

W. Kelly (from Gems From My Reading)

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