Im preaching tomorrow, so as I was preparing this week I wondered how does other's sermon preparation looks like.
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What does your sermon preparation looks like?
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i think it all depends on what works best for you. some people need a more mechanical approach to their preparation, some are more fluid. There are certainly factors that will show as common denominators: time in scripture, prayer, and general outlining of your sermon. But since your question was about personal style, I will briefly explain mine:
When I started giving messages I would study like a week in advance and write everything out, basically in transcript form. But as I got "better" I changed my style completely and what I do now is:
I basically study every day, all the time, and then when I have to do a message, sermon, ect, I focus my study to the particular topic, and then I basically jot down a couple notes on a piece of paper and just go. I don't practice or anything anymore, for me it's just not very profitable and I don't like to feel robotic. I try to basically have what is most important in my head way before I ever give a message that way I am guided by what is of first importance and then everything else is just extra, and me tying it into the foundations.
Hope that is somewhat helpful.
When I started giving messages I would study like a week in advance and write everything out, basically in transcript form. But as I got "better" I changed my style completely and what I do now is:
I basically study every day, all the time, and then when I have to do a message, sermon, ect, I focus my study to the particular topic, and then I basically jot down a couple notes on a piece of paper and just go. I don't practice or anything anymore, for me it's just not very profitable and I don't like to feel robotic. I try to basically have what is most important in my head way before I ever give a message that way I am guided by what is of first importance and then everything else is just extra, and me tying it into the foundations.
Hope that is somewhat helpful.
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So true because if you don't keep that foundation, and or tie those other things to the main foundation of your message then you will just have many different topics you are branching off into and it may confuse not only the audience but yourself as you either weren't mechanical enough or you just stressed over the simple fact of preparing a message that I've seen has been a big deal, to have the teens feel like they have crashed and burned. 
I myself would study and jot notes as well... Anything that came to my mind... Details, Facts about the time....(Anything that may not be understood that teens might question about later) So I'd be able to answer that for them.... or I'd look it up with them and have a conversation if we had the time, Prayer, Requests, I counsel a lot of teens so I see that a lot of issues they are struggling with so if I see anything in the scripture relating to that I'd like to use it to set them straight on a path of Righteousness, with God's word.
I myself would study and jot notes as well... Anything that came to my mind... Details, Facts about the time....(Anything that may not be understood that teens might question about later) So I'd be able to answer that for them.... or I'd look it up with them and have a conversation if we had the time, Prayer, Requests, I counsel a lot of teens so I see that a lot of issues they are struggling with so if I see anything in the scripture relating to that I'd like to use it to set them straight on a path of Righteousness, with God's word.
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3-5 verses, opening , closing...
illustrations / stories to dot i's and cross t's
relate point to peoples lives
cite 2-3 witnesses, point, law of first mention, develop point
... Genesis 1 and John 1, in the beginning...; Isaiah 53.3, Mat 8.17; 1 Pet 2.24...
see video Tony Campolo ...
Tony Campolo / Sermons Database
illustrations / stories to dot i's and cross t's
relate point to peoples lives
cite 2-3 witnesses, point, law of first mention, develop point
... Genesis 1 and John 1, in the beginning...; Isaiah 53.3, Mat 8.17; 1 Pet 2.24...
see video Tony Campolo ...
Tony Campolo / Sermons Database
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If you are preaching from your mind, then you need to give it weeks of prep work.
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If you are preaching from your heart, you will already know what to say.
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1.Find text.
2.Go through text. Break it down to its bare bones thought by thought.
3.Find the broad general themes.
4.Start putting it back together again, by starting with the broad themes of the text, then tell what the text says about those broad themes.
5. Add illustrations as needed
Obviously prayer and the obvious spiritual prep.
2.Go through text. Break it down to its bare bones thought by thought.
3.Find the broad general themes.
4.Start putting it back together again, by starting with the broad themes of the text, then tell what the text says about those broad themes.
5. Add illustrations as needed
Obviously prayer and the obvious spiritual prep.
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