Preaching - Part 1

Know your audience. And stop trying to impress people. Paul says he only wanted to tell people about Jesus - no big words, no big ideas, no big impressive stage shows - just a demonstration of the power of God. In fact Paul was afraid of his ability to speak - fear and trembling. Sometimes I want to throw up when I preach because I feel so inadequate to handle such a heavy message. I feel like I am the worst preacher in the world. Guess im in good company. If it depended on me - people's faith might be in me - and not the Christ who died for them. I can only tell them Good News and try to tell them in a way that new believers and non Christians can understand. Maybe the KISS principle should be in effect for all preacher - Keep It Simple Stupid!

Thats not to say there is no reason to use creative, compelling communication tools. But these are simply at the end of the day simple tools to tell people about one thing and one thing only. Jesus loves them and he wants to save them!

It will be several more weeks till I stand on the platform at Crosspoint. I hope that I feel like I want to throw up. I hope that I am weak kneed before God and that I beg him to empty me of me and fill me with His words and that I simply become a mouthpiece - using everything in my being for him and his Glory. And when I walk off the stage I will rest confident his word does not return void and no matter what I said, it was all him and not me. Lord - please let that be me and my prayer every single time I have the opportunity to tell people about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus who died on a cross so that I can live!

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