Pastor Jim Cymbala: The Calling 008 - First Things First
Mar 11, 2022
A call to reorder ministry priorities around prayer and the Word. A look at Acts 6 as a model for roles so leaders can focus on spiritual work. A critique of entertainment-style preaching and how prayerless messages fail to change lives. Practical warnings about distractions and discipline needed for prayerful, transformative preaching.
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Prioritize Prayer And The Word
- Devote yourself to prayer and the ministry of the Word as your primary responsibility.
- Prioritize spiritual preparation over administrative tasks so your preaching carries God's anointing.
Prayer-Anointed Preaching Changes Lives
- Genuine, effective preaching requires being bathed in prayer and cannot be manufactured by cleverness.
- Without prayer-anointed preaching, sermons remain light and fail to produce life-change in congregations.
Avoid Entertainment-Style Preaching
- Avoid redefining preaching as entertainment and resist using cleverness to win attention.
- Focus on preaching that carries weight and produces conviction like the apostles' sermons did.