Everyone has some type of stress in his or her life. Sometimes the stress comes from a very serious event in one’s life. Sometimes the stress comes from home situations or work situations. Sometimes just living each day produces a certain amount of stress.
As pastors, we need to become more aware of the impact that stress has on the lives of the people in our congregations. We also need to become more aware of the effect that stress has on our own lives and ministries.
In Podcast 217, I spend time talking about the stress I’ve faced in my life of late and how God has ministered to me through a variety of sources, including through people in the church that I attend. I offer some thoughts that I hope will help pastors evaluate how keenly aware they are of the stress that may exist in the lives of the people they serve.
If you would like to hear my thoughts on this important topic, please click the link on this page that will take you to my Sermon-Coach website. At that site, you can click a link to listen to this particular Podcast.
The relevancy of the church in our current society has a great deal to do with whether or not we pastors develop a sensitivity to the stressors that influence the way our people think, feel, and act. We cannot begin to offer positive solutions from God’s Word until we heighten our awareness of what these folks are experiencing in their daily lives.
I continue to receive 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 your church.
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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