Sermon time

Sometimes going to church can really seem to be a very routinal thing to do every weekend. At least if you are a leader in church, you get to do things and also are taking care of people around you. But if you are not, things sometimes can get a little boring. Today i just talked with a brother whom i'm helping to get him on track with God again.

He once told me that now in service, when he listens to the sermon, he doesn't learn anything and its just another sermon. You understand how he feels? Some people out there you really feel like that. Or the sermon doesn't touch you or speak to you at all.

Feeling for the brother and really wanting to help him get on track with God, here are some things i told him about. Maybe it will cause you to relook at the every week sermon differently. Its really not sian one. IN FACT, God's word really does change life. mine esp.


- Take home point. Have a take home application point. There are so many things that are being preach week in and out. You just need to apply one single point each week and defintely you will start to see your life change and the word of God applicable to you.

So choose one point, jolt it down somewhere visible during the week. Preferably your HP screensaver or some diary. Then put that point into daily life use.

- understand what the topic is about. Everyweek we have a title of the sermon, the title tells us what we are going to learn. So whenever I check out the title, I will seek to learn something about that. Like, eg, today's sermon is about barriers to faith. It caught my attention immediately, because sometimes in my life i really feel that there are so many barriers to faith and i want to have more faith in my life.

So from here i listen carefully trying to understand the barriers that Ps Christie put across and how she gave solutions to it. WOoo, it nail some areas in my life.

if my relationship with a person is filled wtih fear, i can't trust that person. I need to relate to certain people with love and Godly kind of trust to that person and not fear....


- Lastly, listen to the preacher's heart and not just that facts and points that were presented. So many things are being said that sometimes we forget about them. In fact most of us forget almost 90% of it. Don't believe? what are some of the points you can remember from that sermon? haha... THATS WHY, we copy them down onto our notepad! So we can teach our sheep as well!

Thus, we need to listen and get the spirit and heart of the preacher. Today, i got the conviction and the kind of boundaryless trust in God from Ps christie. Have you gotten any from any preacher before? this kind of spirit stays longer with you and it will shape you and your spirit as well!