The Pastor and the Holy Spirit
Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 5:00AM 
Spurgeon on "The Holy Spirit in Connection With Our Ministry":
"I believe in the Holy Ghost." Having pronounced that sentence as a matter of creed, I hope we can also repeat it as a devout soliloquy forced to our lips by personal experience. To us the presence and work of the Holy Spirit are the ground of our confidence as to the wisdom and hopefulness of our life-work. If we had not believed in the Holy Ghost we should have laid down our ministry long ere this, for "who is sufficient for these things?" Our hope of success, and our strength for continuing the service, lie in our belief that the Spirit of the Lord resteth upon us...
To us, as ministers, the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential...If we have not the Spirit which Jesus promised, we cannot perform the commission which Jesus gave. (Lectures to My Students)
Reader Comments (1)
In his writings Spurgeon tells of a time he stepped out of the pulpit as the Spirit was not there to enable him. Now that takes more guts and honesty than I have.