He - and notice it was a guy not a woman - said, “It’s like you’re pregnant with it. As a person who is always thinking, always pondering the scriptures, I once asked a friend, “How do you know that this is something you’re supposed to stand up and speak out loud to everyone?” Many years ago I attended a church where it was common for people to stand up and give messages (prophecy, teaching, knowledge, wisdom, etc.) spontaneously. …I’m in trouble if I don’t preach the gospel. How terrible for me if I didn’t preach the Good News! Yet preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. (The Voice)Īs for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.” (NIV) The Eternal Lord has been heard His prophets can’t help but prophesy. The NIV Study Bible notes that this one verse indicates two seemingly contradictory inclinations: a prophetic reluctance that is overcome by a divine compulsion. Steve’s verse is Jeremiah 20:9īut if I say, “I will not mention his wordĮugene Peterson renders this in The Message:īut if I say, “Forget it! No more God-Messages from me!” The words are fire in my belly, a burning in my bones. This week at Willow Creek, Bill Hybels shared several verses of scripture that are key for him and teaching pastor Steve Carter. That’s probably why I felt it was recorded here. It’s a theme that turns up just about every week in my conversations with people about sharing their faith and passion for Christ, His church, the Bible, and so many other aspects of Christian living. I’ve felt that I covered this theme before, but when I went to find it here, I couldn’t locate it. (NLT)įor out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. (GW)įor whatever is in your heart determines what you say. (GNT)įor the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. The things people say come from inside them. The inner self overflows with words that are spoken.
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