“This could be an awesome message if I just had one more day to prepare.”
Ever find yourself thinking this way?
Unfortunately, this thought usually comes to preachers on Saturday nights, and when that’s the case, all the wishing in the world won’t give them an extra day.
The hard truth is that there will always be six days between Sundays—no more, no less! The only way to get one more day to make a good message awesome is to start your preparation earlier in the week. You see, if the thought, “This could be an awesome message if I just had one more day to prepare!” comes to you on a Friday night instead of on Saturday, you would still have that “one more day!”
This is not a problem unique to ministers. Many people have deadline oriented jobs. And they either learn to get on top of their schedules, or they face the consequences.
Getting behind is not usually a matter of pastors being lazy. The problem is more often they’re busy doing things that aren’t as important as what they really should be doing. And for preaching pastors, one of the really important jobs they need to stay on top of is sermon preparation. So, either they value establishing priorities and starting early on their assignments, or they live their lives constantly doing less-than-their-best last minute work.
Would you believe that some of the busiest and best preachers are already working on sermons two and three weeks ahead?
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Sunday’s coming. Do you have your sermon ready? Is it relevant? Will it effectively motivate your congregation to walk more in step with the Master? What about that Sermon Series you’ve been thinking about? Or, what will you preach for your Easter Sermon, your Advent Sermon, your Christmas Sermon? David Mains and Mainstay Ministries can help you learn how to create better Bible Sermons and how to turn Sermon Ideas into Sermon Outlines, and then into effective, meaningful Sunday Sermons. Just click here to visit David Mains’ website.
