Talking in church

Recently I’ve been thinking about what makes a talk at church, or a lesson at church, effective. I’m sure there are many contributing factors to effective teaching, but there is one that I want to bring up: believing you will change someone.

You have to have faith, to truly believe that someone will listen to you, and that someone will be changed for the better because of what you say. Of course, to have faith in something requires action. So your preparation must be aligned with the focus of making the learners better people. Pray to know what to teach and how to teach it. Teach the doctrines to impact lives, and teach, truly believing that it will happen.

Where there is no vision, the people perish. (Proverbs 29:18) If the teacher doesn’t have a vision of people’s lives changing for the better, it won’t happen. If the teacher doesn’t have this vision, then the most people will get from the teachings is a smug feeling, which won’t last.

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