Homiletics (The Art of Preaching and Teaching)
Course taught by: Pastor Vincent Sawyer

VI. HOW DO I PREPARE A MESSAGE?

A. PREPARE YOURSELF BY PRAYING
(Eph. 1:16; Phil. 1:4; I Thes. 1:2)

    1. It is just as important to pray before you prepare your message as it is to pray before you preach it (your effectiveness in preaching and teaching will be determined more by how you prepare than by how you preach or teach).

    2. Pray for:

      a. Understanding
      b. Wisdom to meet the needs of the people you will minister to.

    3. Make it a habit to bathe every message in prayer to avoid:

      a. Preaching without power
      b. Preaching without a heart
      c. Preaching error

B. Select a passage of Scripture to preach


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