Expectation and Preaching

Here's an amazing thought from Alistair Begg about the role of prayerful expectation in preaching. He says this in the context of explaining that effectiveness in preaching comes from the Word itself in the power of the Holy Spirit rather than from the preacher's delivery.

"Do you understand that I can preach the same sermons if you would pray harder and they will be ten times more effective? Because for a meaningful preaching event, you need an expectant praying preacher and you need an expectant praying congregation and when the expectations meet at the throne of grace whereby both preacher and listeners are looking to God rather than to one another then suddenly there's a divine chemistry that takes place there."

- Alistair Begg, sermon called "Four Marks of a Healthy Church"