Why You Need to Plan Your Preaching with a Sermon Calendar
How far ahead are you on your sermon planning? If you’re like most pastors, it’s not very far.
You are too wrapped up with the demands of ministry and your preaching is suffering.
Imagine what it would be like if you were a month, two months, or even a year ahead. How would that feel?
In this episode, we’ll talk about why you need to plan your sermons, what it’ll do for you and your church, and a great new resource that will help you get going.
Resources Mentioned
- 2020 Sermon Calendar
- 2019 Sermon Calendar
- The Pro Preacher Store
- Best Preaching Year (online preaching course)
Key Takeaways
Here’s a quick list of some of the big takeaways from this episode. Check the timestamp to see when each point is discussed.
- A lot of pastors are behind on planning their sermons. [2:52]
- If you are behind in your sermon planning, you are stressed [3:16], your team feels stuck [5:14], and your church is less exciting and inviting. [6:40]
- You are so busy serving tables that you are neglecting your God-given duty to preach. [8:38]
- The disciples focused on two things: prayer and preaching (Acts 6:3-4). They delegated all of the other ministry responsibilities to leaders in the church. [10:29]
- If you don’t do this, your sacred duty of preaching is going to suffer. [12:26]
- Planning must be done in prayer and partnership with the Holy Spirit. [13:07]
- God is a planner. He knew what he was making before he created of the world. He sees everything long before it ever comes to be. He gave Noah plans for the ark and Moses plans for the tabernacle. [14:20]
- Plans lead to abundance; haste leads to poverty (Proverbs 21:5). [16:33]
- I talk about a new resource we just launched in the new Pro Preacher store: the 2020 Sermon Calendar. [17:43]
- When you have a year of sermons planned, you are less stressed, your team is more equipped, and your church is more exciting and inviting. [18:42]
- Your job as the primary preacher in your ministry is to give the sacred responsibility of preaching God’s Word your greatest focus. [24:40]
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