You cannot preach conviction of sin unless you have suffered it. You cannot preach repentance unless you have practiced it. You cannot preach faith unless you have exercised it. True preaching is artesian; it wells up from the great depths of the soul. If Christ has not made a well within us, there will be no outflow from us.
[Charles H. Spurgeon]
John 7:38 ... He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. ❤
