Jesus Famous With Nate Holdridge

  Improve Your Sermon Preparation Bible teachers and preachers are a gift to the body of Christ, but they have also received a gift and a calling from the Lord, one they must steward well for the glory of God. I don’t personally know of any communicator of God’s word who feels they have no room to improve. Every pastor or teacher I know wants to grow in their gifting. We want to cultivate it well. What follows are some simple tips which have helped me grow as a bible teacher. 1. Pray Over the Teaching Sometimes prayer is pushed to the fringes of Bible teaching. We all agree we should be prayerful in our handling of God’s word, but often we have no space to cry out to God over the text and teaching. It is good for us to pause our reading and reflection at various junctures of sermon preparation and ask God to fill our minds and hearts with his message. The two main ways I practice prayer over the teachings I give is during my early morning devotional time with God, but in between my research and the actual s