Preach Magazine Issue 5 - Preaching to the unconverted | Page 54

54 SERIAL BEING WELL-PREPARED WILL GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE IN WHAT YOU ARE SHARING. OF COURSE NO ONE WILL EXPECT YOU TO BE A BIBLICAL SCHOLAR WHEN YOU START OUT, SO DON’T TRY TO BE TOO CLEVER EITHER. KNOW YOUR STUFF Do your homework and prepare well! Nothing strikes fear into the heart more than hearing the service leader announce a sermon from John 13 when you have actually prepared a talk based on Mark 5. If you’re lucky you’ll have ten minutes to get yourself out of that particular hole and come up with something (and you’ll spend seven of those panicking). Being wellprepared will give you confidence in what you \