On March 29, 2009, It was my first preaching in the church and it was kind of challenging for me because the environment was totally different. It was not like inside the classroom. The audience were real audience and the sermon was not for grading but was for the peopl
e who are coming to church to seek God's Word and also the answer for their problems outside the church. I was little nervous at the beginning, but when 4 to 5 minutes passed by, i started to feel comfortable of the pulpit and also the preaching to the Christians. I thought i was only preaching for 15minutes but i went beyond 20 minutes but did not hit the 30minute mark which was good for everyone. I felt so comfortable when i was preaching. it was so natural for me that my comfort was like i was playing basketball in this campus with my brothers. I then started wishing that only if the school will just grade me for preaching and nothing else. I just finished my second sermon on preaching class today and it was a narrative sermon. My passage was Judges 3:12-30 which talks about Ehud "the lefty" and king Eglon. Oh, for my passage on the sermon that i did in Palau Church over here in Guam was in 1 Peter 2:13-24 and my topic was "Turn Sufferings into Blessings". Preaching is not hard. The only thing that makes it hard, actually, the only thing that makes it dangerous is that when a preacher do not study the context and the passage well. Many times i always wish i can preach every sunday, but that means that i have to stop focus on my studyings. I like preaching, but I have to hav
e more free times. i want to spend at least 7 hours on my sermon or passage. I am a person that does not look at the outlines when i preach. even though i fix my outline and put it in front of me when i start preaching, i still forget to look at my outline. Is it dangerous? well, yes for other preachers but no for me. the reason why it is no for me, is because i already equip the main point and the topic that i want to talk about when i preach. so the only thing that i do is to look at the passage. I mess up when i structure a my sermon on the paper. Even when i write my sermon on the paper, i still will not follow it. i just read the written sermon twice or three times and then i leave it on the pulpit or the table and start preaching while reading the passage on the bible. But anyways, my first sermon at the Palau Church was challenging but was a blessing for me. God has answered my prayer for allowing me to preach on the pulpit.
e who are coming to church to seek God's Word and also the answer for their problems outside the church. I was little nervous at the beginning, but when 4 to 5 minutes passed by, i started to feel comfortable of the pulpit and also the preaching to the Christians. I thought i was only preaching for 15minutes but i went beyond 20 minutes but did not hit the 30minute mark which was good for everyone. I felt so comfortable when i was preaching. it was so natural for me that my comfort was like i was playing basketball in this campus with my brothers. I then started wishing that only if the school will just grade me for preaching and nothing else. I just finished my second sermon on preaching class today and it was a narrative sermon. My passage was Judges 3:12-30 which talks about Ehud "the lefty" and king Eglon. Oh, for my passage on the sermon that i did in Palau Church over here in Guam was in 1 Peter 2:13-24 and my topic was "Turn Sufferings into Blessings". Preaching is not hard. The only thing that makes it hard, actually, the only thing that makes it dangerous is that when a preacher do not study the context and the passage well. Many times i always wish i can preach every sunday, but that means that i have to stop focus on my studyings. I like preaching, but I have to hav
e more free times. i want to spend at least 7 hours on my sermon or passage. I am a person that does not look at the outlines when i preach. even though i fix my outline and put it in front of me when i start preaching, i still forget to look at my outline. Is it dangerous? well, yes for other preachers but no for me. the reason why it is no for me, is because i already equip the main point and the topic that i want to talk about when i preach. so the only thing that i do is to look at the passage. I mess up when i structure a my sermon on the paper. Even when i write my sermon on the paper, i still will not follow it. i just read the written sermon twice or three times and then i leave it on the pulpit or the table and start preaching while reading the passage on the bible. But anyways, my first sermon at the Palau Church was challenging but was a blessing for me. God has answered my prayer for allowing me to preach on the pulpit.
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