Guarding Against Self in Our Preaching

Brother pastors, as you prepare for Sunday are you intent

on showcasing God's wisdom or your own?  Are you preparing

for your people to hear from God, or hear from you?  Is it God's

Word you are preaching or your own?  Do you have more

confidence in your own word than God's word, or more 

confidence in your own machinations than the work of 

the Spirit?  

I Corinthians 2:1-5, Romans 1:16

The temptation for all of us is to serve ourselves and trust

ourselves rather than the Lord, even in our preaching.  Let 

us be like Joshua and chose this Lord's day to serve and

trust Him and Him alone in our preaching.

II Timothy 2:21