“The art of preaching, so far as this is an art; sacred eloquence; the method of addressing an audience on the highest subjects which, with the Divine blessing, is most likely to affect the consciences, the hearts and the intellect of the hearers.”
Sometimes God will give you a specific word by revelation as to what to speak to the congregation. Other times He expects us, as good feeders, to use our shepherd’s heart and our sanctified mind to determine what the people need to eat at any given time...
When doing research for any messages it is potentially possible to gather a great deal of related and some unrelated material. This raw research must be narrowed and put into a form that will instruct, challenge and inspire...