We all have our own journeys, and it’s important for us to recognize the call on our lives no matter how different it might look from those around us. As you embark on your own unique journey, stewarding the stirring of your heart will help you embrace the call on your life and to step fully into what God has for you.

The beauty of teaching and preaching is that it’s not predominantly about communicating information, it’s about leading people into an encounter. We can’t do that if we haven’t prepared ourselves as messengers in order to fulfill the function of our gift. In today’s session, we’ll talk about what it means to be a “prepared messenger”.

In the Bible, we read about two types of teaching gifts: the gift of teaching and the teaching gift. While different, both gifts are incredibly important. In this session, we focus on the gift of the teacher and its nature and purpose within the body.

This time we get a bit more practical as we talk about how to approach preaching. We cover everything from preaching styles to important things to account for when reading the word, namely, translation differences, literary genres, and how to interpret scripture successfully.

From the moment you’re invited to preach, to the moment you get up to share your message, your sermon should go through a few stages of development. In this session we’ll jump right into an activation, and the second stage of the process: crafting your sermon.

Now that you have your revelation and you’ve worked hard on crafting it, comes the fun bit, the actual preaching of your message. There’s a lot that happens when you’re delivering a message, so in this session, I talk about 10 things that are important to be aware of when you’re speaking.

As you step out into a life of ministry and growing in favor, it’s so important to be aware of how to properly safeguard yourself. It’s easier than you think to lose sight of the important things as your opportunities become bigger and bigger. Because of this, I felt the need to focus on some important things that will help us keep Jesus the main thing and demonstrate a healthy way of doing ministry.

Closing your sermon can be one of the most challenging parts of preaching and teaching, but it's also one of the most important. As preachers we need to learn how to give space to the Holy Spirit and invite people into authentic encounter with God.  In this Bonus Session, you'll learn how to avoid awkward moments and lead people into effective ministry time while closing your sermons.