Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me, ‘Now I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.’

–Jeremiah 1:10

This is the work of the Lord in us–and our calling to the world–that we, without fear, would speak the word of the Lord.

However, what we preach, we must first receive, as a message implanted in our heart by the Holy Spirit.

Notice, while our calling is personal, the Lord’s message is corporate:  for He has called us out of the world as one body.

Therefore, when we gather, we need to be mindful of these things:

• There are always some things in us that the Lord wants to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow–things that need…