God, help me not to preach better. Just help me to be better. Do nothing for my reputation. Only bring me to the place where I see what needs to be done, and make we alive for the doing of it. Don't make my sermon's interesting; make them important. Let them seek no critiques as to their eloquence or boredom. Only let them be a cry on Your behalf for all You want done in the world. Amen.
Calvin Miller, The Sermon Maker, page 51
