As a pastor, do you ever wonder if the people God has placed in your charge have a reason for living? “Wow! That’s a pretty odd question,” you may respond. “Doesn’t everybody have some concrete reason for living?”
You might think so. Most people have family members who are important to them. Many people have jobs they really like and that energize them every work day. Other people delight in their leisure time and look forward to weekend, holidays, and vacations. Still others have some strong sense of ministry that gives them such joy there is no question but that they have a reason for living.
What if I told you that during times of revival, God does such a work of His mercy, grace, and love in the hearts of His people that they find themselves with a renewed, even a “supercharged” reason to experience life at its very best? If you studied historical accounts of revival, that’s exactly what you will discover.
In order to talk with you about this a bit more, I’ve decided to make Podcast No. 47 the featured Podcast for this week. I invite you to click the link on this page that will take you to my Sermon-Coach website where you can listen to what I have to say.
We pastors have a great charge from God to not only care for the spiritual needs of our people in such a way that they will learn of God’s gift of salvation, we also have a very real responsibility to guide our people to learn how to experience the fullness of this life here on earth. In fact, doing so increases our joy and pleases God. And, that’s a really big deal!
I continue to feel very grateful and am humbled by the many positive comments about my latest book entitled The Sermon Sucking Black Hole—Why You Can’t Remember on Monday What Your Minister Preached on Sunday. This book is now available at Amazon.com by clicking here.
This book gives some solid tips to the people sitting in the congregation to help them remember what you’ve said from the pulpit when they come to worship services in the church where you serve as pastor.
Please click here to visit David Mains’ Sermon-Coach.com website.
You will also find a variety of resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. Please click here.
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