The musician was walking through her house, showing off her palatial estate. She stopped in a little room set up for writing and recording music and said, “This is where the magic happens.”

What she meant was that this was the place where she felt inspired to be creative. This was the room where ideas, dreams, and music combined to create the hit songs she produced.

In the Church I lead, there is no place where “magic” happens, but in my office, the Holy Spirit works creatively through me. It is the room where I pray and ask for God’s guidance. It is where I spend countless hours reading, researching, and writing out my ideas on paper. It is where I sit in front of my computer to type in my thoughts to create sermons and lessons.

Powerful speaking is not the result of magical creativity; it is the result of prayer, study, observation, and experience coming together as God guides. The Holy Spirit then takes what I have done and uses those words to touch the hearts and lives of people.

Is it sometimes unexplainable? Yes. Is it all about God’s power through people teaching his word? Again, I hope the answer is always yes.