Emphasis Preaching Journal
Inspiration is the internal motivation...
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Inspiration is the internal motivation that enables us to do that which we might not otherwise be inclined to do, and it often is the work of the Holy Spirit within us. In the book Blue Highways, William Least Heat Moon tells of visiting a Trappist monastery in Georgia where he attended worship with the monks in their sanctuary. He writes that he saw in their faces peace, quietude, and an inner glow. He asked himself, "What burned in those men that didn't burn in me?" The answer is inspiration.