Why preparation is important for a Preacher? – Part 3 (Final)

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Why preparation is important for a Preacher?

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5. Consequences of poor preparation

I. People will leave your Church Often a sermon preached without preparation leads the congregation to boredom. “Preach It” tells what happens when the Pastor preach boring sermons.

People leave the church because of boring sermons. Some people can tell when a preacher is shooting from the hip or preaching to the choir. ‘…Study to show yourself approved…’ (2 Timothy 2:15). You are not going to keep some people unless your messages are getting into their heart and mind. They have come to hear a Word from God. Get one from the Lord for yourself and then give it to the congregation.

II. You make a clown out of yourself An unprepared Preacher would do any thing and everything to cover the poor condition of his sermon. In his effort to convince the congregation there’s a good chance he will sound like a joker.
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Sermon on Job chapters 1 and 2 – Why bad things happen to godly people?

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Introduction

1. Did you ever wonder why do bad things happen to godly people?

2. When many innocent people in Sri Lanka and other countries of Asia were affected by Tsunami in year 2004, many claimed it to be God’s wrath that came upon sinners. If this is true what about the Christians that died?

3. What would be your response to such a situation?

4. God has already answered these 2 questions in the book of Job.

5. In today’s sermon I want to bring these answers before you.

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Sermon: Four phases of the Christian life

4 phases of the Christian life

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Introduction

Different people have different ideas about what the Christian life is all about. The politicians see us as “the religious right” to be courted or ridiculed. The liberals see us as “fanatic fundamentalists” who take a good thing to extremes. Even among ourselves there are differing attitudes as to what is involved in living the Christian life. I believe the normal Christian life goes through four phases.

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Pro Worship Technics – Free resources for Worship Leaders

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Sermon: How to wait upon the Lord? Isaiah 40:30-31

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Introduction

1. In order to understand this verse accurately, first we must see what’s the purpose of using an Eagle to explain the act of waiting upon the Lord?

2. An Eagle at the age of 30-50, flies to a high place and there it endures a harsh trial of endurance and change. It can’t fly because its feathers are overgrown. Therefore it plucks all the feathers from its body. It plucks its talons from its feet because the talons have grown curled and useless. Its beak has grown too long and curled. It breaks its beak against a rock. Defenseless, it cries out and waits for the time of renewal. Click here to read the rest of, Sermon: How to wait upon the Lord? Isaiah 40:30-31

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