OUR
LOUDSPEAKER

Topics: Boldness; Evangelism; Holy Spirit; Testimony

References: John 16:8–11; 1 Thessalonians 1:5

When doing sound tests, the audio engineer for the Republican Convention in July 2000 discovered that the noise the gavel actually made was not impressive enough to fill the huge hall in Philadelphia. So he recorded an “ideal gavel sound” that was played over the loudspeakers when the moderator struck the desk with the stand-in gavel, thereby signaling the start of the convention.

Likewise, we need to fill our own halls with the sound of Christ. Though our witness is weak, Jesus promises that the Holy Spirit will be our Loudspeaker if we will speak faithfully for him.

—Jeff Arthurs, “Holy Spirit Amplifies Witness,” PreachingToday.com