Toil, especially painful effort or exertion, suffering.
I. TRAVAILING THE SECRET OF SUCCESS IN ANYTHING.
A. Doctor, Lawyer, Businessman, Scholar.
B. Even more true of religion.
II. TRAVAIL BUILT THE CHURCH.
A. Christianity born in travail.
1. "Being in agony, he sweat as it were."
B. God travailed when He sent His Son.
C. Christ travailed in garden and on cross.
D. Holy Spirit now travailing.
E. Apostles travailed.
1. Paul - "I bear in my body."
F. Early Christianity travail.
III. TRAVAILING CHRISTIANS GREATEST NEED TODAY.
A. In earnest, enthusiastic about everything but Christ.
B. Dry eyed Christians will never win world for Christ.
IV. SOULS PERISHING ALL ABOUT US.
A. Jesus can save them.
B. Me expects us, appeals to us.
V. WE NEED.
A. Travail of self-denial.
B. Travail of intercession.
C. Travail of witnessing.
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Chuck Smith (1927 - 2013)
Pastor Chuck was used in the Jesus People revival where he was used along with others to minister to the hippy young people. They saw a work of the Spirit where many were added to the church and discipled. He has raised up many pastors who are a part of the Calvary Chapel movement now and where he pastors the large Costa Mesa church in California.The Calvary Chapel movement is based of simple principles that Chuck Smith taught over the years such as: The priority of agape love, Simple fellowship amongst the saints, the breaking of bread, the teaching of God's word chapter by chapter and verse by verse. And lastly and most importantly the principle not by might nor by power but by my spirit saith the Lord.