Tuesday Teaching Tips: "How to preach for the first time" - Part 1
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- What's the best way to approach preparing your first sermon? I offer seven tips to help first-time speakers.
Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.
Do you have a question about teaching the Bible? Is it theological, technical, practical? Send me your questions or suggestions. Here’s the email: malcolm@malcolmcox.org.
Thanks again for watching. Have a terrific Tuesday, and a wonderful week.
God bless,
Malcolm
I learn something thanks so much I'm 14 years old and I'm preaching on Saturday
I'm sixteen and I'm preaching in one day's time
😭😭
The procrastination is REAL
Good job man I’m proud of you
Thank you jesus
I'm 17
I'm preaching today
15 and preaching in a month😬, kinda scary man
Preaching the gospel and doing Gods work.... no higher calling
Great teaching
I will watch this 490 times if i have to
i'm preaching the word all the time amen
Preparing and writing my first sermon right now.. July 22 2021
Holy Spirit, guide and help me.🙏🙏🙏
Let me know how it goes
@@TuesdayTeachingTips Glory to God, for He guides me
How Did It Go?
@@michaelcarlos7605 our Bishop Pastor and also he's my theologian teacher approved my sermon & Congratulated me but our Church founder says that my sermon is okey, but im not suppose to let the congregation read the Bible chapter and verse, bla bla bla a lot more he says. That's why until now i can't move on with what he said. And until now i don't want to stand in front and exhort a message.
Can you please Pray fOr me?
Thank yOu.
How did it go❤
This was very helpful! I preached my first sermon a few weeks ago and your tips and advice helped ease my nerves. The sermon went well and I am preaching my second one today 😊🙏🏼
I’m glad to hear that. To God be the glory!
It’s very helpful I have learn something,Thank you so much sir
Thanks very much may God bless you
I am preaching my first sermon here in the hills of Nepal in front of 500 Nepali villagers on 14th of this month . Great video.
That sounds very exciting! Let me know how things go.
I preach tomorrow for the first time as an assignment. Your simple breakdown is the most useful I have found too far. Thank you.
hope it went well :D
How did it go?
Thank you so much really need it
The best thing I took away was when you said we learn best in community. I wish it was obvious how to to proceed to part 2.
Here you go: Tuesday Teaching Tips Episode 76: "How to preach for the first time" - Part 2
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I have been ministering for 20 years but still found this helpful. This is very much needed.
I have learnt alot I will be preaching to my local church for the first time thank you.
God bless you
Very helpful. Thanks
We usually pick our own passages
Thank you very much..i really needed this i have been asked to preach next week and i have never done it before
Let me know how things go. God bless you
The preacher that has been at my church my whole life announced to us that he may move away , he is praying and waiting for what God wants to do. I am really feeling called to talk about the Lord (I have been explaining a chapter in the new testament to my mom every night). Please if you see this, pray that God's will be done. Thank you for this video, it has helped a lot with some sound advice.
That sounds like an exciting prospect. What do you think will convince you that this is your calling?
@@TuesdayTeachingTips If my church will let me try to preach a sermon then I am sure I this would be my calling
@@TuesdayTeachingTips my mom said that when my preacher started, the church helped him go to school to learn more about preaching and the bible. I hope they see me fit for the task
I am currently preparing for my initial sermon. This was full of insite thanks.
Thanks so helpful I am ministering for the first time today..
Thx 🙏🏽
Thanks so much. it works perfectly :)
Very helpful
Appreciate the helpful (and well-thought out) tips as I prepare to take on a role in which I will be expected to preach on occasion. Thank you!
I am very glad you found this helpful, Logan. Please let me know how you get on and if there are any connected topics you would like to see covered here.
Been invited to Preach in a women's conference. Can't wait to come back and share
Please let me know how things go. What will the Spirit teach you?
Thank you so much
Thank you
Excellent! I am going to use these tips in my class!!!
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing this video ...I tried it and it worked perfectly for me...God bless you man of God !
Thank you, Sir.
Wawo i liked the video especially use one scripture
Truly very helpful 🙏
Thank you Mr. Malcolm...this is really helpful
Thank you very much. That was very helpful may God be with you always.
Very informative! Thanks
Thank you for this video clip, To God Be The Glory
very helpful thank you
Thank you very much...
This was so helpful! Thank you
Thank you for tips really helpful
Learnt something thanks and God bless you
Thanks for such a blessing! God bless
It is helping, thank you sir
thank you so much sir
Thank you very much for your help, am now ready to preach a sermon in chapel.
Thanks so much appreciate Sir
Thank u for the help...I will try and God will be with me..Amen
thanks
Thank you so much for this i didn't know where to start.
Good comments and news
THANK YOU MR MALCOLM, I REALLY NEEDED THIS!
You are very welcome. Are you doing much preaching?
By the thank you Mr. 😊
Great tips. I found it helpful to practice like crazy so by the time you actually preach it looks natural. God is soo God 😍
I am glad the tips helped.
Thank you so much. I'll be doing my first preaching next sunday.. Praying it will go well. Thank you Lord.
@@charisesalapungol7031 Let me know how it goes….
Great
Helpful indeed
Thank you, Vincent. What else can I help with?
it my first time doing topical sermon happy to hear urs hope to hear from u again
Hello and Thank you. I Am doing my first sermon next Sunday. Holy spirit guide me! This was very helpful
Thank you so much!
God Bless! ☝🙌🙏
You are very welcome. Is there anything else I can help you with?
Thank you so so much...blessings to you
You are very welcome, Wendy.
WOW! Thank you so much on these 7 tips it really hepls me a lot as a 15 year old that is about
to preach for the first time 😅.But anyways GOD BLESS YOU!
Thank you for sharing, 😊 I will try to apply your tips 2 months from now.. God bless You sir.🙏🙏
You are welcome, Luz. Let me know how things go for you.
Hello, This has help me soooo much. I appreciate you ty, I will apply this in my preaching this Sunday. So simple to understand the way u broke it down.
@@TuesdayTeachingTips it went well sir. Praise The Lord. 🙌 .. God bless you more 🙏
That's good to hear. Good luck and God bless for your next time.
Really helpful Malcolm :) I always remember you, Tim & our Thames valley congregation in my prayers 😎... God bless !!
You are welcome. Nice to hear from you. Let me know any way I can bless you with these recordings.
It's great to hear about good message,it is really nice
Thanks Peter. Do you preach?
Thankyou this helped so much
Glad to hear it, Osman.
A great thing to have when preaching is the holy spirit!
Waoh,my first time today, am blessed , thank you for the advice !
Let me know how it goes.
Brilliant! Very helpful, thank you!
You are welcome Tiffany. Is there anything else regarding speaking that I can help you with?
@@TuesdayTeachingTips The thing I'm struggling with the most is overcoming the fear of speaking in public..any advice? I have a blog, www.thebiblelover.co.uk where I post up mini-sermons (you've given me some great inspo for improving these!) I hope one day to be able to deliver them in front of the congregation, but am finding this fear a big obstacle.
@@XxLunar_GachaXx Tiffany, you might find these Tips helpful: czcams.com/video/pgTaAChdeOI/video.html; czcams.com/video/q2nAVvtcbIs/video.html; czcams.com/video/Zi_dEdhglQU/video.html; czcams.com/video/4pg_09nx-gg/video.html; czcams.com/video/VRppbiZ9IgI/video.html
thank you
You're welcome
Mahalo! I am not preaching to the entire congregation, but I am helping to lead a recovery ministry. I have terrible public speaking skills (honestly, they're nonexistent!) But I do the lessons every week! Looking for ways to improve. Thank you for sharing your thoughts 🙏
One step at a time. You can go from being inexperienced and Unconfident to experienced and confident over time.
When we play music & worship the Lord we always hear that in music simple is better.
It’s great to play with all the tempting scales, heavy passing notes buts sometimes just a simple drum beat and 3 chords and you’re set.
Hi Edward, thanks for commenting. Are you leading worship in a church congregation setting?
Malcolm Cox that I am sir. We worship the Lord Jesus Christ here New England CT
God bless you and your family. Peace and love.
great tips
Thanks, Brad
@@TuesdayTeachingTips I KNOW GOD HAS CALLED ME TO BE A EVANGELIST
Thank you so much for sharing these tips.
It is really helpful.
Right after I dreamt of leading a prayer in front of all people, i knew it. I have a calling. And I will work on it for now. ❤️
Go for it.
Thank u very much pastor bcz i feel it everyday butbi never knew where to start but i have feelings telling people the love of God
Go for it, Mark!
thank you very much it helped a lot
You are welcome. What else would help you?
@@TuesdayTeachingTips its okay for now. please keep safe always. Godbless you. thank you for serving a purpose in this life
Thanks for you Mr. Malcom. I really really appreciate it. I'll use your tips when I start working for my very first preach. Maybe I will comment again what happen to my preach, maybe 3 or 4 days from now.
:))
Please let me know how things turn out.
@@TuesdayTeachingTips It went out perfectly! Even though there are times that I stutter because of too much nervousness, I still managed to deliver the message well. My elder sister, who's also a part of the bible study, congratulated me for my nice message. Thank you Mr. Malcolm. :))
Very helpful. Thank you!!!
This was so helpful. I was asked last Sunday to preach in a month. I want to say no so bad, but I also know that is the reason I have to say yes. Thank you for this video.
You are welcome, Brett. Could you let us know how things go?
how was it
How was it
@@TuesdayTeachingTips It went pretty good. I didn't sleep much the night before due to nerves so I was very tired and kind of in a head fog but everyone said I did good. I do know that I rushed things a little. For example when I gave a verse to turn to I didn't give time for people to actually turn to it. Just nervous I guess.
Thank you so much. You helped me choose a topic.. I think the crowd needs to know about the power of prayer
That sounds like a great topic. Have you spoken on it yet?
@@TuesdayTeachingTips Yes Malcom, I spoke about it on Monday. I had a lot of experiences I could testify to.
@@allenjacob9514 Good to hear. I hope all went well.
Yeah... Im looking forward to my next sermon. Do you preach too?
Yes. Im looking forward to my next sermon. Do you preach too? Where?
i am actually looking for this topic since beginning of this year,2020....because i have decided to start preaching/teaching words of God. There are lots of people who didn't still hear words of Lord in rural&remote parts of Ethiopia. Being a refugee in Germany since 2013, i have decided to go back homeland and save at least ONE person. I will definitely stay in connection with you. Be blessed
Lovely to hear from you. What do you need to do to start?
Dear Mr. Malcolm, thanks for your reply and kind question. Currently waiting for citizenship (without this can't fly back to Ethiopia)....most probably this can take max. about 6 months, until then I am planning to start a pilot project, with a philosophy "do what you can with what you have",this will be close to the so called Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, only about 50kms away. Once, i come to tangible point will let you know🕊🙏👍
Wow thank you so much for this tip I am actually going to do my first preaching at school my and I was wondering how should I start how should I end. this helped me a lot
Hi Karlene, you are very welcome. Let me know how it goes at school.
@@TuesdayTeachingTips I will God bless you
@@babyface6813 how did it go
Am glad to learn from you but I want to ask you something what kind of challenge can I offer them please
The challenge should come from the text and connect with the need of the listeners. In other words, we do not challenge people so that we feel better about ourselves, but to serve God and the people we are speaking to.
i haven't even preach once, so i always had a fear of crowd and nervousness, i would be grateful if you could suggest for this issues .thank you.
That's a challenge - but an exciting one! Watch this and tell me what you think: czcams.com/video/FjFmiT11Dj0/video.html
It is helpful, I'm just a little bit struggling on how to start. What should I say first?
Check out these recordings: czcams.com/video/kEbnbivR4xI/video.html and czcams.com/video/WhwVjVV65Ew/video.html You might find some useful material there.
Hi, I am learning to write Sermons, I studied Homiletics in Spanish and English, but have not practice writing many sermons, so I still may not be experienced in it. Question: After choosing my text that I will be teaching about, for example, Psalm 34:8. As the introduction, can I introduce Jeremiah 17:5? One of these texts speaks of blessings, but the last one speaks of a curse, as an opposition to the first text. Can they both be in the beginning of the Sermon?
Thank you!
Loved this video!
“Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.” (Psalm 34:8 NIV11)
“This is what the LORD says:
“Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the LORD.” (Jeremiah 17:5 NIV11)
Hi Alma,
Thanks for getting in touch. Here’s my brief answer.
It is legitimate and often helpful to make a contrast in the introduction to a sermon. In other words you are setting out what you are going to talk about, and what you are not going to talk about. Or, what stands opposed to your main topic. As such, pairing Jeremiah 17 with Psalm 34 makes sense.
Please let me know how your sermons develop.
God bless, Malcolm
👍
@Malcolm Cok. Do you offer 1 on 1 coaching?
Yes
Blessings to you I enjoyed your tips on preparing the first sermon I have to share a thought in May these tips will help me very much. Bless you for sharing
I am going to preach in a country oversea for the first time, which scripture you advise me to tell??
Thanks
Without knowing the context I can only suggest principles. 1. A passage you know well; 2. A narrative passage (a story); 3. Keep the focus on Jesus (assuming it will be a Christian message); 4. If you need a translator look up my video with tips on that issue; 5. Keep it short; 6. Ask ahead of time what the local needs are; 7. Be personable- i.e. open about yourself and how you apply what you are preaching (the good and the bad). I hope that helps. Let me know how it goes, and if you have a recording please send me the link. God bless, Malcolm
Love offering a challenge. What is a good way to do that?
That's a good question Jacob. Here is a brief set of suggestions. 1. Only challenge a group if you've already demonstrated in your lesson that you are willing to accept the challenge yourself; 2. Offer the challenge in the context of community. In other words, "let's embrace this challenge together"; 3. Make it a challenge that each member can interpret in their own context. Don't make it too narrow. For example, "Go and invite 10 people on the street this week to church" may not be possible if someone is housebound; 4. Make sure the challenge is relevant to the overall point of your lesson. In other words, be careful not to challenge people with something that is burdening you, but is not relevant to the text; 5. On a similar note, make sure the challenge is helpful for the group, and not simply something that's on your heart. I hope that helps. What are your thoughts?
@@TuesdayTeachingTips I think this is a great way to offer an opportunity to live their faith. I especially like the point of relating the challenge to the main point of the sermon. I preach in July for the first time and have no training. Our lead pastor lives by the learn by experience philosophy. So, I'm doing all I can to be prepared.
@@bsoxfan03 I'll pray that God will bless your courageous faith! Let me know how it goes.
I’m trying to choose a topic that people would want to hear. I am preparing a sermon but I want to be accurate. What should I do to avoid too much interpretation?
Good question. It depends on what you mean by interpretation. If you mean context, then give just enough so that the people listening can understand the background to the passage. Do not dwell too much on background, unless it is a technical teaching class. If you are talking about theological interpretation, then one way to do this is to share one or two different interpretations of the passage, and then give your own. You don’t have to proclaim that yours is the only correct one, because part of preaching and teaching is to help people think for themselves.
Preparation tips you gave number 6 what do you mean about dont be afraid of a challenges
A speaker should not be afraid of challenging his or her audience. Jesus did this - for example in his conversation with the expert in the law. After teaching the parable, he told him, ““Go and do likewise.”” (Luke 10:37 NIV11). Does that answer your question, Bridgette?
@@TuesdayTeachingTips Yes Thank You
I got a question. I’m trying to preach publicly for the first time. Do you worry how long or how short the sermon be, for beginners what do you think the length should be?
Great question. First of all I would ask the person who has given you the opportunity to preach if they have a preference for the length. Secondly, I would not worry about the length, because worry does not help the quality of your lesson. Thirdly, consider the context of your lesson - expectations of your audience, comfort of your audience and their ability to absorb what you're saying etc are all factors to take into consideration. Fourthly, always go for shorter than longer if you can. I hope that helps. Let me know how things go.
@@TuesdayTeachingTips Can I asked, what’s a entry level subject to preach?
@@leeboy5830 Pick a scripture that means a lot to you and talk about why.
My problem is im not a talker and i cant just whip up enough words to last 20 minutes. When i talk about something im done with it within 2 minutes. My pastor is asking me to do a sermon next week bc he will be on vacation and idk what to do.
My advice would be to think less about the length of the lesson, and more about the significance of what you want to talk about. Find a passage in the Bible or a biblical topic which is meaningful to you. Start there, and then begin to structure what you want to say about it.
Intro song please?🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
It's an iMovie short intro. Not sure what it's called. I could dig a little and find out if you like.
You didn’t mention in what time frame?
Thank you for your comment. Can you elaborate?
@@TuesdayTeachingTips - Yes, I referring to the length of the preaching, should we begin with 6, 8 or 10 minutes of structured preaching?
@@The12thSeahorse have a look at this recording. It might help. Teaching Tip 319 | The Ten Commandments of Effective Teaching & Preaching | Class 5 Respect the time
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a pastor asked me to preach this coming Sunday and I am like what? I guess 1 Corinthians 1:27 applies to me for I am like what am I going to say to seasoned people
That’s a good scripture to meditate on. “Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.”
(John 7:18 NIV11)
I have a problem. I yawn. How can I stop that?
Thanks for the question Kathleen. Yawning is a sign of nerves. It’s not uncommon for soldiers to yawn before going into combat. In themselves, nerves are not a problem. In fact it could be argued that they are helpful. The key is to recognise your nervousness and turn it into something positive. Before you speak you will need to take some time to acknowledge any tension you feel, offer it to God in meditative prayer, and ask him to help you turn your nervousness into excitement. Please let me know how you get on.
The best tip is to Pray before you preach and after also. :) Ask God for wisdom guidance and understanding.
Can’t argue with that!
What qualifies you to “preach” your first sermon?
To make it very simple: 1. You are a Christian; 2. You believe in God’s word and live your beliefs to your of best ability; 3. The Christian community you belong to believe that you’re speaking would edify the group.
Write it down
Very helpful way for start-up for a sermon
Preach to a church of one.