Preaching is a word that is notoriously difficult to define. The use of the word in every day English carries a variety of meanings, many of them with negative overtones. Most people seem to have an instinctive, or at least subconscious, understanding of the word and recognize when they are being “preached at”.
Read the text to the best of your ability deeply to get an idea of what the scripture is about. As you read the text seek for the basic question which the text deals with. After determining the question, then try to find all the answers provided in the text for this basic question.
The authority model is teacher-centered and frequently entails lengthy lecture sessions or one-way presentations. Students are expected to take notes or absorb information. The demonstrator retains the formal authority role by showing students what they need to know.
This should probably go without saying, but I would recommend reading the text upwards of 10 times. And reading in such a way as to enter it. To smell, see, and taste what is happening in the text.
Ordinances can be defined as an outward rite instituted by Christ to be administered the Christ as visible sign of the saving truth of the Christian faith. There are two important ordinances in the church. They are, a) Baptism b) Lord’s supper.
The book of Acts shows us that prayer and prayer-meetings had a large place in the activities of the New Testament believers and Assemblies. In the very beginning of the book we find that the disciples (about 120) continued with one accord in prayer and supplication at Jerusalem while they waited for the promised descent of the Holy Spirit.