An all-round ministry by CH Spurgeon (Available from Amazon or free here) - Conclude Chapter 6 (Light. Fire. Faith. Life. Love.).
The third thing we need is faith. We must have faith in the form of:
(i) fixity of belief;
(ii) constant dependence upon God;
(iii) confidence in God;
(iv) expectancy.
The fourth thing we need is life. We must:
(i) labour to be alive in all our duties;
(ii) have life more abundantly;
(iii) let that life be seen in our ordinary conversation;
(iv) have that life go out of us to others.
The fifth thing we need is love. We must love:
(i) our work;
(ii) the souls of men;
(iii) God.
Good encouragement from Spurgeon today: 'Patronage is of the smallest importance; fitness for the work, grace, ability, earnestness, and a loving disposition soon push the man into his place. God will bring His servant into his true position, if he has but faith to trust in Him. I put this word at the tail-end of my address, because I know the discouragements under which you labour. Do not be afraid of hard work for Christ; a terrible reckoning awaits those who have an easy time in the ministry, but a great reward is in reserve for those who endure all things for the elect's sake. You will not regret your poverty when Christ cometh, and calleth His own servants to Him. It will be a sweet thing to have died at your post, not turning aside for wealth, or running from Dan to Beersheba to obtain a better salary, but stopping where your Lord bade you hold the fort.'
Commence Chapter 7 (Strength in weakness) by reading up to the paragraphs: 'Hitherto, we have been going round the text, after the example of Rowland Hill; now let us come fairly up to it: "When I am weak, then am I strong."I. Here is, first, A DEPRESSING EXPERIENCE: "When I am weak."'
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