5 Reasons Your Sermons Are Boring

if you're preaching or you're giving a if you're preaching or you're giving a talk in any capacity the last thing you talk in any capacity the last thing you talk in any capacity the last thing you want to be is boring but it happens all want to be is boring but it happens all want to be is boring but it happens all the time right you've sat through those the time right you've sat through those the time right you've sat through those talks maybe you've given one how does a talks maybe you've given one how does a talks maybe you've given one how does a talk become boring well today I'm diving talk become boring well today I'm diving talk become boring well today I'm diving into the five reasons your sermons are into the five reasons your sermons are into the five reasons your sermons are boring and how you can change that so boring and how you can change that so boring and how you can change that so let's get into let's get into let's get into [Music] [Music] [Music] it reason number one you haven't it reason number one you haven't it reason number one you haven't explained why what you're saying matters explained why what you're saying matters explained why what you're saying matters so so first up let's talk about Simon so so first up let's talk about Simon so so first up let's talk about Simon cynic you know he was right when he said cynic you know he was right when he said cynic you know he was right when he said people don't buy what you do they buy people don't buy what you do they buy people don't buy what you do they buy why you do it so a lot of preachers and why you do it so a lot of preachers and why you do it so a lot of preachers and communicators are skilled at telling communicators are skilled at telling communicators are skilled at telling people what they need to know as in people what they need to know as in people what they need to know as in here's what God's word has to say to us here's what God's word has to say to us here's what God's word has to say to us today boom boom we're good at the what today boom boom we're good at the what today boom boom we're good at the what right but if your message comes across right but if your message comes across right but if your message comes across as boring here here's why almost as boring here here's why almost as boring here here's why almost guaranteed you haven't explained to your guaranteed you haven't explained to your guaranteed you haven't explained to your listeners why any of it matters so why listeners why any of it matters so why listeners why any of it matters so why establishes relevance for example establishes relevance for example establishes relevance for example everybody knows that they should eat everybody knows that they should eat everybody knows that they should eat healthy right and you should exercise healthy right and you should exercise healthy right and you should exercise but a lot of people don't vast majority but a lot of people don't vast majority but a lot of people don't vast majority of people don't do it question is why of people don't do it question is why of people don't do it question is why change I mean I'll be honest food tastes change I mean I'll be honest food tastes change I mean I'll be honest food tastes really good right and exercise is hard I really good right and exercise is hard I really good right and exercise is hard I did a workout yesterday hard way easier did a workout yesterday hard way easier did a workout yesterday hard way easier to skip it but imagine now you're going to skip it but imagine now you're going to skip it but imagine now you're going to your doctor and he tells you that to your doctor and he tells you that to your doctor and he tells you that you're developing type 2 diabetes and you're developing type 2 diabetes and you're developing type 2 diabetes and you're a prime candidate for a heart you're a prime candidate for a heart you're a prime candidate for a heart attack in the next 6 months all along attack in the next 6 months all along attack in the next 6 months all along you've known know the what I got to eat you've known know the what I got to eat you've known know the what I got to eat better I got to exercise but all of a

better I got to exercise but all of a better I got to exercise but all of a sudden you've just elevated a why why sudden you've just elevated a why why sudden you've just elevated a why why should you change your diet in your should you change your diet in your should you change your diet in your exercise well now you got a motivator exercise well now you got a motivator exercise well now you got a motivator right so that is true of communication right so that is true of communication right so that is true of communication why should you care about living why should you care about living why should you care about living according to the Bible how is it going according to the Bible how is it going according to the Bible how is it going to change people's lives today what is to change people's lives today what is to change people's lives today what is the why for them and as simple as it may the why for them and as simple as it may the why for them and as simple as it may sound explaining why what you're saying sound explaining why what you're saying sound explaining why what you're saying matters really does matter so if you matters really does matter so if you matters really does matter so if you want to work this into your regular want to work this into your regular want to work this into your regular sermon prep what you can do is I've got sermon prep what you can do is I've got sermon prep what you can do is I've got a preaching cheat sheet it's been a preaching cheat sheet it's been a preaching cheat sheet it's been downloaded by over 35,000 laders and downloaded by over 35,000 laders and downloaded by over 35,000 laders and it's step number nine in the cheat sheet it's step number nine in the cheat sheet it's step number nine in the cheat sheet it's just 10 simple questions you can go it's just 10 simple questions you can go it's just 10 simple questions you can go through every single week to help you through every single week to help you through every single week to help you know that your sermon is going to land know that your sermon is going to land know that your sermon is going to land before you give it there's a link in the before you give it there's a link in the before you give it there's a link in the description where you can download a description where you can download a description where you can download a copy absolutely free reason number two copy absolutely free reason number two copy absolutely free reason number two you are answering questions nobody is you are answering questions nobody is you are answering questions nobody is asking okay I've seen this far too often asking okay I've seen this far too often asking okay I've seen this far too often lots of preachers do this on the regular lots of preachers do this on the regular lots of preachers do this on the regular I did it too often when I was starting I did it too often when I was starting I did it too often when I was starting out I tried to avoid it at all cost okay out I tried to avoid it at all cost okay out I tried to avoid it at all cost okay so you have an obscure topic that you so you have an obscure topic that you so you have an obscure topic that you are really passionate about but you're are really passionate about but you're are really passionate about but you're wondering is this going to land okay wondering is this going to land okay wondering is this going to land okay here's what you need to do here's a here's what you need to do here's a here's what you need to do here's a little litus test simply fill in the little litus test simply fill in the little litus test simply fill in the blanks on this sentence before you blanks on this sentence before you blanks on this sentence before you decide to write a sermon on it if you decide to write a sermon on it if you decide to write a sermon on it if you can answer many of you are struggling can answer many of you are struggling can answer many of you are struggling with blank and it resonates you might with blank and it resonates you might with blank and it resonates you might have a good sermon but a lot of the time have a good sermon but a lot of the time have a good sermon but a lot of the time for the Obscure topics you don't if for the Obscure topics you don't if for the Obscure topics you don't if you're answer is many of you are you're answer is many of you are you're answer is many of you are struggling with the Rhythm and the struggling with the Rhythm and the struggling with the Rhythm and the frequency of holy days in ancient Israel

frequency of holy days in ancient Israel frequency of holy days in ancient Israel or the proper storage of Mana or you or the proper storage of Mana or you or the proper storage of Mana or you know many of you are are struggling with know many of you are are struggling with know many of you are are struggling with first century Roman Taxation and coinage first century Roman Taxation and coinage first century Roman Taxation and coinage in the New Testament you know you got a in the New Testament you know you got a in the New Testament you know you got a yon okay no nobody wakes up thinking yon okay no nobody wakes up thinking yon okay no nobody wakes up thinking about those problems those those are about those problems those those are about those problems those those are real Biblical texts okay the Rhythm and real Biblical texts okay the Rhythm and real Biblical texts okay the Rhythm and frequency of rest days storage of Mana frequency of rest days storage of Mana frequency of rest days storage of Mana that's actually a thing right first that's actually a thing right first that's actually a thing right first century Roman Taxation and coinage you century Roman Taxation and coinage you century Roman Taxation and coinage you can go into like Matthew the tax can go into like Matthew the tax can go into like Matthew the tax collector finding a coin and a fish Etc collector finding a coin and a fish Etc collector finding a coin and a fish Etc if you know the stories of Jesus I mean if you know the stories of Jesus I mean if you know the stories of Jesus I mean those are real things right but people those are real things right but people those are real things right but people don't wake up thinking about that stuff don't wake up thinking about that stuff don't wake up thinking about that stuff now if you're teaching a seminary now if you're teaching a seminary now if you're teaching a seminary doctoral program you might find some doctoral program you might find some doctoral program you might find some people who are interested in that even people who are interested in that even people who are interested in that even even though it's probably still going to even though it's probably still going to even though it's probably still going to be a boring lecture okay now what you be a boring lecture okay now what you be a boring lecture okay now what you have to do is you have to create a have to do is you have to create a have to do is you have to create a fascinating message around holy day fascinating message around holy day fascinating message around holy day Rhythm let's say that's your text okay Rhythm let's say that's your text okay Rhythm let's say that's your text okay you got to jump back into the first you got to jump back into the first you got to jump back into the first point we covered and explain why why point we covered and explain why why point we covered and explain why why does this matter so let let's look at does this matter so let let's look at does this matter so let let's look at that from a different thing cuz if that from a different thing cuz if that from a different thing cuz if you're going to talk about the what you're going to talk about the what you're going to talk about the what you're going to lose your whole audience you're going to lose your whole audience you're going to lose your whole audience everyone's like bored silly but think everyone's like bored silly but think everyone's like bored silly but think about this they're exhausted business about this they're exhausted business about this they're exhausted business owners and parents in your congregation owners and parents in your congregation owners and parents in your congregation who would probably love to hear a who would probably love to hear a who would probably love to hear a message about Rhythm and rest so would message about Rhythm and rest so would message about Rhythm and rest so would people who never take a day off maybe people who never take a day off maybe people who never take a day off maybe they're self-employed maybe they got you they're self-employed maybe they got you they're self-employed maybe they got you know they're hustling three jobs or know they're hustling three jobs or know they're hustling three jobs or people who struggle with anxiety and people who struggle with anxiety and people who struggle with anxiety and stress you got lots of those people that stress you got lots of those people that stress you got lots of those people that you're reaching right well they want to you're reaching right well they want to you're reaching right well they want to know about Rhythm and rest and guess know about Rhythm and rest and guess know about Rhythm and rest and guess what now you got a message so think what now you got a message so think what now you got a message so think about this angle right cuz if you're about this angle right cuz if you're about this angle right cuz if you're just like 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holy days nobody cares but if you're holy days nobody cares but if you're like you know God expects you to spend like you know God expects you to spend like you know God expects you to spend 17th of your life resting well now you 17th of your life resting well now you 17th of your life resting well now you got entrepreneurs freaking out going you got entrepreneurs freaking out going you got entrepreneurs freaking out going you don't understand how busy I am um you don't understand how busy I am um you don't understand how busy I am um you know and then he throws a lot of know and then he throws a lot of know and then he throws a lot of holidays on top of that where you're holidays on top of that where you're holidays on top of that where you're supposed to stop as well now you've got supposed to stop as well now you've got supposed to stop as well now you've got everyone's attention and you've got an everyone's attention and you've got an everyone's attention and you've got an anxious world that's forgotten God that anxious world that's forgotten God that anxious world that's forgotten God that needs to hear the message and wants to needs to hear the message and wants to needs to hear the message and wants to hear that message it's like is this a hear that message it's like is this a hear that message it's like is this a cure for anxiety well actually quite cure for anxiety well actually quite cure for anxiety well actually quite possibly and here's a principle you can possibly and here's a principle you can possibly and here's a principle you can use that I've used consistently with my use that I've used consistently with my use that I've used consistently with my teams over the years you got to deliver teams over the years you got to deliver teams over the years you got to deliver what people need to hear they do need to what people need to hear they do need to what people need to hear they do need to hear about Old Testament rhythms or hear about Old Testament rhythms or hear about Old Testament rhythms or about um you know the Roman Empire and about um you know the Roman Empire and about um you know the Roman Empire and the first disciples so they need to hear the first disciples so they need to hear the first disciples so they need to hear that but you got to deliver what people that but you got to deliver what people that but you got to deliver what people need to hear in a way that they want to need to hear in a way that they want to need to hear in a way that they want to hear it that's the secret to gaining and hear it that's the secret to gaining and hear it that's the secret to gaining and keeping an audience often simply keeping an audience often simply keeping an audience often simply rephrasing the question and uncovering rephrasing the question and uncovering rephrasing the question and uncovering the felt need underneath is going to the felt need underneath is going to the felt need underneath is going to help you get to where you need to go on help you get to where you need to go on help you get to where you need to go on an issue okay number three you have not an issue okay number three you have not an issue okay number three you have not described a gripping problem so we've described a gripping problem so we've described a gripping problem so we've hinted at this already but the problem hinted at this already but the problem hinted at this already but the problem with a lot of communication is that it with a lot of communication is that it with a lot of communication is that it doesn't start with a problem too often doesn't start with a problem too often doesn't start with a problem too often communicators or writers just kind of communicators or writers just kind of communicators or writers just kind of start and you Meander into the message start and you Meander into the message start and you Meander into the message and all that your audience is asking one and all that your audience is asking one and all that your audience is asking one question okay this is the invisible question okay this is the invisible question okay this is the invisible question they're asking when they're question they're asking when they're question they're asking when they're sitting there when they're watching sitting there when they're watching sitting there when they're watching through the lens of a camera they're through the lens of a camera they're through the lens of a camera they're going why why should I bother why should going why why should I bother why should going why why should I bother why should I listen why should I tune in I I got I listen why should I tune in I I got I listen why should I tune in I I got problems to solve you're not helping me problems to solve you're not helping me problems to solve you're not helping me and that happens in the first 30 seconds and that happens in the first 30 seconds and that happens in the first 30 seconds so what you want to do is you want to

so what you want to do is you want to so what you want to do is you want to counter that explicitly you want to know counter that explicitly you want to know counter that explicitly you want to know that that is exactly what's at stake so that that is exactly what's at stake so that that is exactly what's at stake so I almost always start any talk I'm doing I almost always start any talk I'm doing I almost always start any talk I'm doing describing a problem that people face at describing a problem that people face at describing a problem that people face at work at home maybe in their relationship work at home maybe in their relationship work at home maybe in their relationship with God their relationships with other with God their relationships with other with God their relationships with other people in their marriage think about people in their marriage think about people in their marriage think about this what did I do with this video right this what did I do with this video right this what did I do with this video right well if you're preaching or giving a well if you're preaching or giving a well if you're preaching or giving a talk in any capacity the last thing you talk in any capacity the last thing you talk in any capacity the last thing you want to be is boring but boring happens want to be is boring but boring happens want to be is boring but boring happens all the time how does a talk become all the time how does a talk become all the time how does a talk become boring right you know what that is boring right you know what that is boring right you know what that is that's a hook right hopefully you're that's a hook right hopefully you're that's a hook right hopefully you're like oh I think this video is for me like oh I think this video is for me like oh I think this video is for me that's what you want to do with your that's what you want to do with your that's what you want to do with your message so what you want to do is be message so what you want to do is be message so what you want to do is be able to describe the problem in detail able to describe the problem in detail able to describe the problem in detail so you might say something like you're so you might say something like you're so you might say something like you're so frustrated with God because he says so frustrated with God because he says so frustrated with God because he says he's a god of love but you read the Old he's a god of love but you read the Old he's a god of love but you read the Old Testament violence all over the place or Testament violence all over the place or Testament violence all over the place or you know the world looks like a dumpster you know the world looks like a dumpster you know the world looks like a dumpster fire how is God even in this I can't fire how is God even in this I can't fire how is God even in this I can't trust a god like that so actually you trust a god like that so actually you trust a god like that so actually you want to say that at the beginning of want to say that at the beginning of want to say that at the beginning of your message and people are like wait a your message and people are like wait a your message and people are like wait a minute you're a preacher you're not minute you're a preacher you're not minute you're a preacher you're not allowed to say that that's what people allowed to say that that's what people allowed to say that that's what people say in the comments on YouTube videos uh say in the comments on YouTube videos uh say in the comments on YouTube videos uh that is not what communicators say that is not what communicators say that is not what communicators say that's not what preachers say but but that's not what preachers say but but that's not what preachers say but but now you've got their attention because now you've got their attention because now you've got their attention because they're like huh that's interesting now they're like huh that's interesting now they're like huh that's interesting now if you really want people to drill down if you really want people to drill down if you really want people to drill down further take the next step make the further take the next step make the further take the next step make the problem worse so you state the problem problem worse so you state the problem problem worse so you state the problem then you make it worse you describe it then you make it worse you describe it then you make it worse you describe it in such detail that people are pretty in such detail that people are pretty in such detail that people are pretty sure there's no solution to it in other

sure there's no solution to it in other sure there's no solution to it in other words you put yourself into a trap right words you put yourself into a trap right words you put yourself into a trap right so what you want to do you might quote so what you want to do you might quote so what you want to do you might quote an atheist you might say this leading an atheist you might say this leading an atheist you might say this leading atheist says this about God and atheist says this about God and atheist says this about God and everybody goes yeah and you're like so everybody goes yeah and you're like so everybody goes yeah and you're like so what do we do with that right you want what do we do with that right you want what do we do with that right you want to explain that that God maybe seems to explain that that God maybe seems to explain that that God maybe seems cruel or mean or angry or you want to cruel or mean or angry or you want to cruel or mean or angry or you want to tell a story where somebody was really tell a story where somebody was really tell a story where somebody was really crushed by a circumstance in their life crushed by a circumstance in their life crushed by a circumstance in their life where they thought God couldn't possibly where they thought God couldn't possibly where they thought God couldn't possibly be in this and so what you're doing now be in this and so what you're doing now be in this and so what you're doing now is you're raising the tension that is you're raising the tension that is you're raising the tension that people feel in their lives uh you know people feel in their lives uh you know people feel in their lives uh you know maybe it's the tension of never being maybe it's the tension of never being maybe it's the tension of never being able to afford a home or the third able to afford a home or the third able to afford a home or the third breakup they've had in three years and breakup they've had in three years and breakup they've had in three years and they're like God seriously you want me they're like God seriously you want me they're like God seriously you want me to get married are you kidding or maybe to get married are you kidding or maybe to get married are you kidding or maybe you're talking about a marriage that's you're talking about a marriage that's you're talking about a marriage that's Hanging On by a Hanging On by a Hanging On by a thread and now you're asking the thread and now you're asking the thread and now you're asking the question God is good God is loving question God is good God is loving question God is good God is loving really so what you've done now is you really so what you've done now is you really so what you've done now is you you've stayed the problem you've made it you've stayed the problem you've made it you've stayed the problem you've made it worse and you've raised the tension at worse and you've raised the tension at worse and you've raised the tension at this point everybody like even the this point everybody like even the this point everybody like even the skeptic is like okay how's she going to skeptic is like okay how's she going to skeptic is like okay how's she going to get out of this how is he going to get get out of this how is he going to get get out of this how is he going to get out of this this is this is a mess and out of this this is this is a mess and out of this this is this is a mess and then of course you get out of it you you then of course you get out of it you you then of course you get out of it you you pose questions that you can answer so pose questions that you can answer so pose questions that you can answer so then you go to your main point which then you go to your main point which then you go to your main point which could be explaining how for example in a could be explaining how for example in a could be explaining how for example in a in a message on suffering or evil or in a message on suffering or evil or in a message on suffering or evil or that kind of thing how God absorbed the that kind of thing how God absorbed the that kind of thing how God absorbed the pain of the world and your pain when he pain of the world and your pain when he pain of the world and your pain when he went to the cross in love uh one of the went to the cross in love uh one of the went to the cross in love uh one of the ways I've phrased it over the years is ways I've phrased it over the years is ways I've phrased it over the years is I'm like look when you look at the cross I'm like look when you look at the cross I'm like look when you look at the cross and you see Jesus hanging there what do and you see Jesus hanging there what do and you see Jesus hanging there what do you assume God is losing this was all a

you assume God is losing this was all a you assume God is losing this was all a joke this was joke this was joke this was all all all mistaken but actually God was winning mistaken but actually God was winning mistaken but actually God was winning right the cross is the center of the right the cross is the center of the right the cross is the center of the Christian faith so maybe you're there Christian faith so maybe you're there Christian faith so maybe you're there right now and you're like God is losing right now and you're like God is losing right now and you're like God is losing what if God is winning what if this what if God is winning what if this what if God is winning what if this isn't the end of the story what if isn't the end of the story what if isn't the end of the story what if somehow all of this is working together somehow all of this is working together somehow all of this is working together for the good of those who love God in a for the good of those who love God in a for the good of those who love God in a way you can't see and then you can take way you can't see and then you can take way you can't see and then you can take it back to some things that look it back to some things that look it back to some things that look terrible at the time but maybe you see a terrible at the time but maybe you see a terrible at the time but maybe you see a Redemptive purpose in it so the idea Redemptive purpose in it so the idea Redemptive purpose in it so the idea here is to try to uncover and bring to here is to try to uncover and bring to here is to try to uncover and bring to light every objection that people have light every objection that people have light every objection that people have to the main point you're trying to make to the main point you're trying to make to the main point you're trying to make you want to say it so that they're not you want to say it so that they're not you want to say it so that they're not going home saying well he didn't deal going home saying well he didn't deal going home saying well he didn't deal with she didn't deal with this all right with she didn't deal with this all right with she didn't deal with this all right and when you do that they're going to and when you do that they're going to and when you do that they're going to lean in because they're fascinated now lean in because they're fascinated now lean in because they're fascinated now and you're going to try to get out of a and you're going to try to get out of a and you're going to try to get out of a problem that they don't know how to problem that they don't know how to problem that they don't know how to solve but you're going to do it okay solve but you're going to do it okay solve but you're going to do it okay reason number four you don't personally reason number four you don't personally reason number four you don't personally own the message so there was a season own the message so there was a season own the message so there was a season when being a cool church was enough you when being a cool church was enough you when being a cool church was enough you just had to have the right lights the just had to have the right lights the just had to have the right lights the right LED screen the right band the right LED screen the right band the right LED screen the right band the right songs but here's what's happened right songs but here's what's happened right songs but here's what's happened people are sick of slick they're people are sick of slick they're people are sick of slick they're suspicious of Polish and what we're suspicious of Polish and what we're suspicious of Polish and what we're seeing and we've been seeing this for 10 seeing and we've been seeing this for 10 seeing and we've been seeing this for 10 years now is authenticity is the key years now is authenticity is the key years now is authenticity is the key people are looking for real not people are looking for real not people are looking for real not rehearsed so you want to own your rehearsed so you want to own your rehearsed so you want to own your message people people want to know is message people people want to know is message people people want to know is this coming from inside of you it should this coming from inside of you it should this coming from inside of you it should emanate from the core of who you are so emanate from the core of who you are so emanate from the core of who you are so even what I've said so far right if you even what I've said so far right if you even what I've said so far right if you don't State a problem you can't get out

don't State a problem you can't get out don't State a problem you can't get out of but if you know how to get out of it of but if you know how to get out of it of but if you know how to get out of it because you've been down that road and because you've been down that road and because you've been down that road and you've studied that topic I mean go you've studied that topic I mean go you've studied that topic I mean go there go there own your message people there go there own your message people there go there own your message people want to know you believe what you're want to know you believe what you're want to know you believe what you're saying and it should emanate from the saying and it should emanate from the saying and it should emanate from the core of of your being so if you truly core of of your being so if you truly core of of your being so if you truly believe in what you preach it will believe in what you preach it will believe in what you preach it will resonate so much more more with your resonate so much more more with your resonate so much more more with your audience now I got a little hint for you audience now I got a little hint for you audience now I got a little hint for you the earlier you start your sermon the earlier you start your sermon the earlier you start your sermon writing the more the message becomes a writing the more the message becomes a writing the more the message becomes a part of who you are the more it part of who you are the more it part of who you are the more it internalizes right so if you can start internalizes right so if you can start internalizes right so if you can start writing your messages a week or a month writing your messages a week or a month writing your messages a week or a month in advance it's going to sound way more in advance it's going to sound way more in advance it's going to sound way more authentic not only goes into your authentic not only goes into your authentic not only goes into your long-term memory but it kind of seeps long-term memory but it kind of seeps long-term memory but it kind of seeps into your pores and it flows out I've into your pores and it flows out I've into your pores and it flows out I've been working on this content for years been working on this content for years been working on this content for years and you know this video is is is a and you know this video is is is a and you know this video is is is a recent expression of it but I really recent expression of it but I really recent expression of it but I really believe this stuff and hopefully you see believe this stuff and hopefully you see believe this stuff and hopefully you see it okay reason number five you are it okay reason number five you are it okay reason number five you are relying too heavily on your notes so relying too heavily on your notes so relying too heavily on your notes so let's talk about Reliance on your notes let's talk about Reliance on your notes let's talk about Reliance on your notes right in public speaking engagement right in public speaking engagement right in public speaking engagement drops significantly when the speaker drops significantly when the speaker drops significantly when the speaker reads from a script it comes across like reads from a script it comes across like reads from a script it comes across like a press release right some politician a press release right some politician a press release right some politician going uh we want to issue this uh going uh we want to issue this uh going uh we want to issue this uh apology for uh the acts that we did and apology for uh the acts that we did and apology for uh the acts that we did and my lawyers wrote you know it it gets so my lawyers wrote you know it it gets so my lawyers wrote you know it it gets so wooden you might as well be you know wooden you might as well be you know wooden you might as well be you know reading the terms and conditions on your reading the terms and conditions on your reading the terms and conditions on your iPhone all right remember reading from iPhone all right remember reading from iPhone all right remember reading from your notes doesn't mean you're insincere your notes doesn't mean you're insincere your notes doesn't mean you're insincere some of you are like I don't know how to some of you are like I don't know how to some of you are like I don't know how to preach without using notes right I get preach without using notes right I get preach without using notes right I get it it doesn't mean that you're insincere it it doesn't mean that you're insincere it it doesn't mean that you're insincere but it does mean it's going to feel like

but it does mean it's going to feel like but it does mean it's going to feel like people think you might be insincere if people think you might be insincere if people think you might be insincere if you're reading from a manuscript and you're reading from a manuscript and you're reading from a manuscript and listen I started as a manuscripts listen I started as a manuscripts listen I started as a manuscripts preacher okay I did so I was like every preacher okay I did so I was like every preacher okay I did so I was like every word was on the page and in funerals I word was on the page and in funerals I word was on the page and in funerals I still use manuscripts for the Liturgy still use manuscripts for the Liturgy still use manuscripts for the Liturgy like for the the order of service um but like for the the order of service um but like for the the order of service um but I try to talk from the heart I try to I I try to talk from the heart I try to I I try to talk from the heart I try to I have notes I prepare but try to speak have notes I prepare but try to speak have notes I prepare but try to speak from the heart so um it doesn't mean from the heart so um it doesn't mean from the heart so um it doesn't mean that you're insincere you're just going that you're insincere you're just going that you're insincere you're just going to come come across that way so to truly to come come across that way so to truly to come come across that way so to truly connect understand your message deeply connect understand your message deeply connect understand your message deeply enough that you can share it enough that you can share it enough that you can share it conversationally okay so how do you do conversationally okay so how do you do conversationally okay so how do you do that well this is the best advice I ever that well this is the best advice I ever that well this is the best advice I ever got on this topic from Tom long at got on this topic from Tom long at got on this topic from Tom long at Princeton don't memorize your talk Princeton don't memorize your talk Princeton don't memorize your talk understand it just understand it right understand it just understand it right understand it just understand it right so you don't think about your your so you don't think about your your so you don't think about your your everyday conversations you don't memor R everyday conversations you don't memor R everyday conversations you don't memor R them what am I going to say to my wife them what am I going to say to my wife them what am I going to say to my wife what am I going to say to my neighbor what am I going to say to my neighbor what am I going to say to my neighbor what am I going to say to my coworker what am I going to say to my coworker what am I going to say to my coworker okay I got it like maybe if it's super okay I got it like maybe if it's super okay I got it like maybe if it's super conflicted you're going to do that but conflicted you're going to do that but conflicted you're going to do that but every day all of your conversations are every day all of your conversations are every day all of your conversations are spontaneous because you understand them spontaneous because you understand them spontaneous because you understand them oh this is what I want to say I want to oh this is what I want to say I want to oh this is what I want to say I want to ask him hey can I borrow your lawn mower ask him hey can I borrow your lawn mower ask him hey can I borrow your lawn mower okay that's what you want to ask you're okay that's what you want to ask you're okay that's what you want to ask you're not like super rehearsed you're just not like super rehearsed you're just not like super rehearsed you're just going to ask him hey do you mind if I going to ask him hey do you mind if I going to ask him hey do you mind if I borrow your lawnmower mine broke and I'm borrow your lawnmower mine broke and I'm borrow your lawnmower mine broke and I'm getting a fix so that's what you want to getting a fix so that's what you want to getting a fix so that's what you want to do with your next talk and if you start do with your next talk and if you start do with your next talk and if you start early that's really going to help you early that's really going to help you early that's really going to help you just have to understand it if you just have to understand it if you just have to understand it if you understand it you can deliver it you can understand it you can deliver it you can understand it you can deliver it you can always talk about things you understand always talk about things you understand always talk about things you understand so if you find your sermons are falling so if you find your sermons are falling so if you find your sermons are falling flat your message isn't clear or you flat your message isn't clear or you flat your message isn't clear or you really want to hone your preaching really want to hone your preaching really want to hone your preaching skills I got a course I developed it skills I got a course I developed it skills I got a course I developed it with Mark Clark we are very different

with Mark Clark we are very different with Mark Clark we are very different preachers but we both reached a lot of preachers but we both reached a lot of preachers but we both reached a lot of unchurched people and we would love to unchurched people and we would love to unchurched people and we would love to teach you how to transform how you write teach you how to transform how you write teach you how to transform how you write we cover like from the very beginning we cover like from the very beginning we cover like from the very beginning prep right through to delivery and prep right through to delivery and prep right through to delivery and review and evaluation I show you how to review and evaluation I show you how to review and evaluation I show you how to give a talk without using notes how to give a talk without using notes how to give a talk without using notes how to de a killer bottom line that people de a killer bottom line that people de a killer bottom line that people remember literally for a decade or more remember literally for a decade or more remember literally for a decade or more this course is going to lead you through this course is going to lead you through this course is going to lead you through every single aspect of the art of every single aspect of the art of every single aspect of the art of preaching guess what that's why we call preaching guess what that's why we call preaching guess what that's why we call it the art of preaching 3,500 plus it the art of preaching 3,500 plus it the art of preaching 3,500 plus pastors have used it to preach more pastors have used it to preach more pastors have used it to preach more effectively and that can be you to so effectively and that can be you to so effectively and that can be you to so check it out by clicking the link in the check it out by clicking the link in the check it out by clicking the link in the description of this video or you can go description of this video or you can go description of this video or you can go to the artof preaching course.com Don't to the artof preaching course.com Don't to the artof preaching course.com Don't Wait Another Sunday you can get started Wait Another Sunday you can get started Wait Another Sunday you can get started today so let's wrap up if you want to be today so let's wrap up if you want to be today so let's wrap up if you want to be a better Communicator take a step back a better Communicator take a step back a better Communicator take a step back and use these five tips to re-engage and use these five tips to re-engage and use these five tips to re-engage your audience remember the goal is to your audience remember the goal is to your audience remember the goal is to connect to inspire and ultimately to connect to inspire and ultimately to connect to inspire and ultimately to lead them closer to Jesus so thank you lead them closer to Jesus so thank you lead them closer to Jesus so thank you so much for watching if you found this so much for watching if you found this so much for watching if you found this helpful give it a like subscribe and helpful give it a like subscribe and helpful give it a like subscribe and maybe share it with someone who could maybe share it with someone who could maybe share it with someone who could use these insights