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Bernard of Clairvaux, speaking to his brother Cistercian preachers, said: “If then you are wise, you will show yourself rather as a reservoir than as a canal. For a canal spreads abroad water as it receives it, but a reservoir waits until it is filled before overflowing, and thus communicates, without loss to itself, its superabundant water.”
Also attributed to: Bernard of Clairvaux
The point
A preacher should be a reservoir, filled to overflowing before pouring out to others, not a canal that empties as it gives.
Scripture
John 7:38Luke 6:45Psalm 23:5Isaiah 58:11
Audience
AdultsYouthSmall Group
Tone
Convicting · Encouraging
To tell aloud
under a minute · 29 words
Subjects