Fanning the Young Flames of Faith

Posted by Rush on Jan 31, 2013 in Church Life, Equipping | 0 comments

Are you good at encouraging young (or new) Christians in their zeal for Christ. Below is a wonderful reminder from Charles Spurgeon on the importance and opportunity to press young believers forward in the faith.

Clear Shining after Rain – 2 Sam. 23:4
I love to see young converts with all the freshness of their new-born faith; they have not borrowed their language from other people. I like to see them with their zeal; they are not quite so prudent as some of us older people are. You will find that they are doing this, and doing that, and doing the other good thing, and the prudent people tell them not to do too much. My dear young friend, do not listen to them! There is many an old saint who has been spokesman for the devil when he has tried to hold a young Christian back from doing more for Christ.

I had a number of kind friends when I began labouring for the Lord, and especially when I began to preach; and these kind friends provided me with an unlimited quantity of blankets, and very wet blankets they were, too. They were afraid that I should get too hot in my Master’s service, so they were always ready with wet blankets to damp my ardour. I do think that, sometimes, when Satan wants to repress the zeal of young converts, he finds more efficient servants among good people than he does among bad ones. Brethren, let the young converts grow; they will not grow too fast. Let them serve God zealously; they will not do too much for Him. Let them burn with vehement zeal; there are plenty in the world who will try to cool it down. God grant that our young friends may be able to resist that chilling influence, and still may be full of earnest might and spiritual strength in the service of their Saviour!

Preaching Sermons that Transform Your Hearers

Posted by Rush on Feb 10, 2012 in Equipping, Featured | 0 comments

Good preaching/teaching is increasingly difficult to find today. It is difficult not only because it is rare, but also because so few Christians know how to spot it. Ask the average Christian to describe a good sermon and he will likely give some of these characteristics: