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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
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Study No 10 SOME SPEAKING HELPS
Understanding Your Nerves
1. Recognise every speaker experiences it at the beginning of his
speech or public appearance.
2. It always goes after a short while, eg. after a few sentences.
3. It is caused by a fear of failure.
4. Without nervousness your talk will be dull and uninteresting.
5. It helps you o do your best by giving your talk emotion and
excitement.
6. You always have it to some degree.
7. With experience you come to appreciate it.
Practical Hints to Help You
1. Swallow several times.
2. Take two or three deep breaths - relax.
3. Sigh, or rapidly push out all air from your lungs.
4. Knowledge of your job/subject will give you confidence, to do a
good job.
LEADERSHIP AND PREACHING THE WORD
A. The Object Of Preaching
1. What Preaching Is
a. Preaching has been defined as:
- "A manifestation of the Incarnate Word from the Written Word
by the spoken Word" - Bernard Manning.
- Transferring the Word hot from the heart of the preacher to
the hearer.
- Preaching is the art of making a preacher and delivering
that preaching is the outrush of the soul in speech. The
sermon is the preacher up to date - Bishop Quayle.
b. 1 Peter 4:11 declares that the preacher is the "oracle of God"
which is defined in the dictionary as being a vehicle for
divine inspiration or revelation. The Living Bible says, "Are
you called to preach. Then preach as though God Himself were
speaking through you."
c. There are 3 main Greek words used in the New Testament to
describe preaching:
1) EVANGELIZO - "to preach good tidings." This is mostly used
in connection with evangelism and has to do with the
content of the message.
2) KERUGMA - "A proclamation by a herald." This indicates
the prophetic nature of the preacher. He speaks for God
and his message is designed to compel a decision.
3) PARRHESIAZOMAI (Acts 9:27) - means to be bold in speech.
It refers to the courage necessary to be an unfettered
preacher of divine truth. The preachers task is not only
to comfort the disturbed but to disturb the comfortable,
and for this he must not be afraid of the faces of the
people. Jeremiah 1:8, and Joshua 1:5-6.
2. God's Intention Through Preaching
a. To Manifest Jesus - Titus 1:3, Acts 5:42, 8:35, 10:36, 11:20,
17:18, 1 Cor. 1:23, 2 Cor. 4:5.
b. To save them that believe - 1 Cor. 1:21. To create new life
through the creative word.
(Note - God will not honour the preaching of foolishness.)
c. To impart faith - Rom. 10:8, 14, Acts 14:7-9.
d. As a vehicle for the demonstration of the power of God. Mark
3:14-15, 16:20, 1 Cor. 2:4, Luke 8:1, and 4:8.
e. To reconcile to God - 2 Cor. 5:18-19, and Eph. 2:17.
f. To warn and to teach - Col. 1:28.
B. Preparation Of The Preacher
The sermon can never be different to the man. We convey what we
are regardless of what we say. Matthew 12:34.
1. The Man Is The Message
The key to preaching is that there is a man or woman sent from
God - John 1:6. The process worked out in John's life is no
different from that applicable to every servant of the Lord -
there are years of preparation. E.M. Bounds said, "It takes 20
years to make a message because it takes 20 years to make the
man." While this time would not be the same in all cases, there
must be preparation of the preacher.
2. Authenticity .
It is all too easy for a preacher under the stimulus of an
attentive crowd to "talk further down the road than he has
walked." In all things we must be authentic. We can only impart
what we have received.
a) Practice what you preach
b) Preach to yourself
c) Constantly be stretching upward for yourself and your
congregation.
3. Be Christ Centred
The Bible is full of subjects to preach on. This is in itself a
danger for it is possible to preach a lifetime without ever
preaching Christ to the people. There is no point to being an
expert on False Cults, Prophecy, Pentecostal Gifts, Healing,
Theology, etc. if your message does not constantly lift up Jesus.
The following is a quotation of the greatest preachers of all
time:
Jesus said, "If I be lifted up I will draw all men unto
me"...John 12:32. Note also the cry of the heathen in
verse 21 - "Sir we want to see Jesus."
Preacher - learn how to weave everything you say around the one
prominent and central theme of the person and work of Jesus
Christ.
END of STUDY TEN