BEAR THIS.

What hinders? It is this.that men say all manner of evil about those whom God is pleased to use as instruments in His work? O you fools, did you suppose the devil was dead? Or that he would not fight for his kingdom? And with ,if not with lies? Is he not a liar,and the fatherof lies? Bear then,thus far: Let the the devil and his children say all manner of evil of us. And let them go on deceiving each other,and being deceived.But you need not be deceived also; orif you are,if you will believe all they say, be it so: thst we are weak,silly, wicked men without sense, without learning, without even s desire or design of doing good. YET I INSIST ON THE FACT: Christ is preached and sinners are converted to God. None but a madman can deny this. We sre ready to prove it by a cloud of witnesses. Neither,thetefore,can the inference be denied that God is now visiting His people. O that all men snd women may know, in this their day, the things that make for their peace! The above was taken from the writings of  JOHN WESLEY....An Earnest Appeal To Men Of Reason And Religion.
The words concerning the devils fight i found enlightening. I can for one, guarantee Satan is Alive and Well he has an army of demons to enact his deeds for him to put stress on anyone preaching teaching or even trying to live a life pleasing to God. My life being an example. I hope these words from Brother John Wesley will be of encouragement to those who stand in the pulpit those who are serving their church as Deacons Sunday school teachers Bible study teachers Etc. I will also say that if everything seems to be going good, something must be wrong.