Dear Pastors, are you looking for a sermon inspiration? This is very challenging, this is true for new pastors. Where do you start? What are you going to talk about? Are you using any Bible verses for your sermon? How are you going to make it a practical sermon? Can you deliver the message? After all, a lot of scripture is open to interpretation. So, if you're wracking your brain trying to write that sermon, the following 3 suggestions should help you out in writing a wisdom-filled Bible Sermon.
How to prepare Bible Sermons
Scripture Selection - At the top of the list of things to do is to make sure that you have a passage of scripture that you want to preach off of. This will help you to be more focused in your preparations. For instance, if you're preaching on "Last Supper", you're not going to stray and start talking about the "Parables of the Lost Sheep". If you are focused on a bible verse or topic in mind will make the sermon itself go a lot smoother and even, in some cases, write itself.
Stories are best starters - Another thing you want to do is start the sermon off with a related personal story. Try to make it a humorous one if you can. The rationale for this is because you don't want the congregation falling asleep on you. If you dive right into the theological stuff right off the bat, you're going to lose a lot of your congregation before you even reach the second paragraph. Adding the human element will greatly help in keeping the parishioners interested.
Simplicity - Lastly, remember this rule: KISS, which means "Keep It Simple, Saints". Some mentors like to say, if you can't get your point across in under 10 minutes, then it wasn't worth getting across in the first place. A good method to keep your sermon short is to keep your sermon notes in point forms. Try to keep them to 3 or 4 points in total. You can go for 5 minutes of expanding each point and with just 4 bullet points you would see that you have prepared a twenty minutes sermon.
As a conclusion, all preachers must rely on our Lord Jesus as the provider of the message. It is a good idea to pray (and even fast) before you write your sermons and you should have the inspirations to write a Spirit-fill message.
