Have you prayed today?
Prayer is one of the most important and most neglected steps in preparing to preach. These days, the church is all about the latest method, statistics and even gimmicks. Prayer however is not any of these. Instead, prayer, simply put, is just communication with God. Somehow it can get lost in the pastoral habit due to the demand put on the preacher. Nevertheless, prayer needs to take some priority on top of sound preparation. If you don’t even talk to the God whom you worship, how can you talk about God?
Prayer can be divided into two general categories: person and pastoral.
Personal prayer comes from our daily living. It’s no different than us talking to our spouses, children or friends, except in this case, we’re talking to God. This can happen as a disciplined form of daily worship or can happen as part of what we do going about…
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