Last night at the prayer meeting, Pastor Jonas advised that sometimes, rather than preach a long, prepared sermon, it is better instead to just feel the Holy Ghost and speak only what He says, even if it's short - even if it's only a single sentence.
Pastor Jonas testified that one day when he was visiting the Philippines, a pastor approached him and told him that he had spoken a single sentence to him years ago. The pastor told Pastor Jonas that that one sentence impacted his life so much that many, many churches have since been planted as a result. And Pastor Jonas honestly doesn't even remember what the sentence was!
Another person told Pastor Jonas that he once told him, "Stealing is a sin." That one sentence had such an impact in the person's life, he told Pastor Jonas, that he became a pastor as a result. (The person had also had time to observe Pastor Jonas' life, and had also heard Pastor Jonas on TV - nevertheless it was that one sentence which he said impacted his life and which resulted in him becoming a pastor.)
Just one sentence, spoken by the Holy Ghost, can have such an impact!
"Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:" (Acts 1:2).
We too can speak through the Holy Ghost!
Short or long - Holy Ghost words sometimes make more impact than a well-structured, prepared lecture or sermon.
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