At the recent Challenge RAW Conference in Hobart, Al Bain shared a great quote from Alistair Begg on preaching preparation:
- Think yourself empty,
- Read yourself full,
- Write yourself clear,
- Pray yourself hot,
- Be yourself
- But don't preach yourself
Have you heard that before? I reckon it's a very helpful outline. Except the 'pray yourself hot' is a bit odd. Listening to God's word to me gets me much hotter than my feeble words back to God.
I also think his 'be yourself but don't preach yourself' is a much more helpful maxim than the mildly anti-human lyric from 'May The Mind of Christ' song:
And may they forget the channel,
Seeing only Him.
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