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Those of you who have received our newsletter now have a prayer calendar for the next few weeks. Of course, I could only include a very small portion of what’s going on, so I’ll try to keep you up to date a little here at Finding direction as well.<\/p>\n

One thing that I didn’t mention was that I’m preaching every Sunday this month. On the first Sunday I was able to choose my own topic, so I took the lazy route<\/strike> decided to do something I’ve wanted to do for a while – preach Hebrews<\/b>. Not preach on<\/i> Hebrews, but basically preach the book – read it all, word-for-word.<\/p>\n

I used a PowerPoint presentation, mainly to put up the verses that the author quotes from the Old Testament, and also had a hand out with some questions for reflection.<\/p>\n

It was an interesting experience – great for me, I hope some other people got something out of it. They were at least very attentive anyway (I warned them ahead of time – I think it took around 55 minutes!).<\/p>\n

Anyway, it’s amazing what a little context will do. The book of Hebrews may very well have been a sermon that has been written down for us – it does sound a lot like one when you say it out loud. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

\"1CorinthiansFor the rest of the month we’re going through 1Corinthians 3:1-5:6.<\/b> Next week the children will be there for the sermon, so hopefully it will be fun for everyone.<\/p>\n

As with every area of ministry, I really appreciate your prayers for these sermons. Unless the Spirit of God works, nothing will happen. And most of these sermons are posted over at en-la-Biblia.com<\/a>, which means they will be listened to by many other people, both in and out of Mexico.<\/p>\n

The job of the preacher, as I’ll be sharing this Sunday, is the be faithful (1Corinthians 4:1-2). That means read God’s Word, explain what it means, and sit down. God’s power is in His Word and Spirit – He is the one who brings true growth (1Corinthians 3:7).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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