This short but powerful, thought provoking excerpt, two of the ten commandments from the book "The Ten Commandments of Preaching, can stand alone in it's own right. The Ten Commandments of Preaching is a transforming canon of fundamental ethical principles invaluable to preachers at every level of experience. Excellence doesn't happen by prayer alone but by the deliberate embrace and continued practice of precepts that prepare and position you to be exalted by the Holy Spirit in your due season. While the insights shared aren't secrets, you don't get this in seminary or Bible institutes.