LIGHTNING BOLTS FROM HEAVEN

Preaching on "Street Corners" as though ALL CREATION were listening; but passersby don't stop to hear.  An empty Chapel provides a vacant pulpit where the GOSPEL MUST BE PREACHED.  A blank sheet of paper that is waiting for an INSPIRED DEVOTIONAL.  Do these disciples measure the success of their efforts by the number of people sitting in the pews shouting AMEN?  Do these SAINTS measure the effectiveness of their INSPIRATIONS by the number of responses they receive. Or is their speech and message a demonstration of the SPIRIT and POWER, (1 Corinthians 2:4)?  Where are the Preachers, Teachers and Disciples that preach and teach from the PURE OVERFLOWING JOY OF KNOWING JESUS?  WHERE ARE THE MESSENGERS THAT REVEAL THE TRUTH, LIKE LIGHTNING BOLTS FROM HEAVEN?