Well yesterday I had the privilege of preaching at CrossPointe. We are currently going through the book of Ecclesiastes and I was assigned Ecclesiastes 5:1-7. I will post the audio recording when it becomes available, but in the meantime I have uploaded the slides I used during the teaching.
It was a really good experience and exercise for me. I am definitely not used to giving the same teaching twice in one morning. That will probably be a non-issue for quite some time, as I don't anticipate multiple services in the early days of the church plant. I somewhat struggle with feeling like the second hour does not go as well as the first. I think I believe it's not fresh and authentic because I have heard it before--I tend to forget that no one else has heard it. Not sure if that makes sense to anyone else. All in all though I am really thankful for the experience. It was fun to teach in a new environment. I think the biggest challenge and growth area for me was being given a passage. I didn't get to just teach on whatever was on my heart (as in previous sermons), but rather had to wrestle through the passage I was assigned. This was a good discipline for me as it forced me to dig a bit deeper, particularly as it pertained to the overall cohesiveness of the message.
I was definitely worn out yesterday. I had forgotten how much preaching takes out of you. I have great appreciation for those who do it every week. I can't imagine those who do 3 + live services every weekend! I would be drinking way too much Red Bull to make it through.
Looking forward to hearing the audio!
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