Bible and prayer in life and ministry (TRG26/004)
- Preacher
- St Helen's Bishopsgate
- Tradition
- Anglican
- Published
- Length
- 36:44
About this sermon
"Bible and prayer in life and ministry" - What shapes a faithful life and fruitful ministry? This message explores the inseparable connection between Bible reading, prayer, personal holiness, and gospel ministry. This talk challenges the common temptation to prioritise ministry performance over personal godliness. We are not ministry machines, but whole people called to offer our very bodies as living sacrifices to God. Ministry must flow from transformed lives, not from ambition, self-importance, or the pursuit of visible success. True fruitfulness comes not through our own strength, skill, or strategies, but through trusting God to work in us and through us. It also exposes the danger of ‘deadly deism’ — living and ministering as though everything depends on us — and calls us back to prayerful dependence on God. Series title: Bible Matters training Speaker: Peter Adam Date: 12 May 2026 View more details or download audio at https://www.st-helens.org.uk/resources/talk/59385/ View all talks in this series at https://www.st-helens.org.uk/resources/series/5532/
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