LOST part 3

Hi all ...

I have done quite a bit of meditating on the passage and letting it sink in. The problem is I am not patient enough to submit it all in writing (Like I said in a previous post, I think it through more than I write it down).

So, I am definitely extending the scope of the main text as all of Luke 15, I will also be stepping back into Luke 14 for context (and parts of ch 13, and parts of ch 5, oh and even ahead to ch 19 ...)

When preparing for preaching, I tend to always run through a cycle mentally/emotionally. It goes pretty much in order of this:

• Pray, pray, pray (specifically on what to read, and that when I deliver it, it is correct and I don't make God look stupid, oh yeah, and that I wouldn't look stupid as well)
• Decide on a basic passage to start with
• Read, read, read, read it
• Check context
• Find it hard to narrow it down to a short text
• Expand text to include more text
• Read, read, read, read it
• Get a good grasp of the context and passage
• Begin to prepare for delivery
• Have too much to talk on!
• narrow down text to whittle down to a digestible amount (for listeners)
• Saturday before preaching: now I think I don't have enough to talk about, fret, worry
• Pray, pray, pray
• make basic outline for preaching (very basic, containing short notes and cryptic writing that I forget about when delivering)
• Pray, pray, pray
• Preach
• After preaching, think about all the nice little things that I prepared but didn't talk on.

So, I wouldn't mind sharing more of what will be delivered on Sunday, but does anyone even read these posts? Comment ... if you do, I will write more about the message.

Tell next time!