You Might Be A Preacher If...

At our Preachers Lunch in Cleburne today we were given this list of You Might Be A Preacher If... it gave alot of answers to this question. Here are some that I know have happened to either me or other preachers that I know.

You Might Be A Preacher If...

• You hesitate to tell people what you do for a living.
• You've ever dreamed you were preaching only to awake and discover you were.
• A church picnic is no picnic.
• You ever spoken for free and were worth every penny of it.
• People sleep while your talking.
• You jiggle all the commode handles at the church building before you leave.
• You've been told to get a real job.
• You've been asked, "What's so hard about preaching?"
• Others wished they only had to work one day a week for a weeks pay.
• You have said, "I'm NEVER going to be a preacher."
• You wear your new shoes to church and someone comments, "We are paying you way to much money."
• Your children want to be paid for any stories, references, or examples you gave about them in your sermons.
• Your nightmares involve forgetting the deceased's name at a funeral or walking into the sanctuary Sunday morning and realizing you forgotten to prepare a sermon.
• If you close your eyes and sing along with the congregation while really preparing the sermon in your mind.
• You keep relating movies you've seen to sermon topics.
• Your children are the worst behaving kids at church.
• Your vacation time revolves around church conferences or workshops.

What have you heard? Tomorrow I'll try and give my own list. I gotta think about this tonight.

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Story is Better Than Straight Facts

I believe that story or narrative is superior to allowing one to see with the eyes of their heart rather than just simply the presentation of propositional facts. G.K. Chesterton said, "“I am concerned with a certain way of looking at life, which was created in me by fairy tales, but has since been ratified by the mere facts.” Chesterton is talking about the stories of Bible that influenced his life and when he learned the application and meaning of the stories it was confirmed by the facts.
We need to tell the story of God as a story. Even Jesus, who was the great greatest and smartest man to ever live told stories. He got his points across by telling stories. We must put ourselves in God's story and see that he has already promised us a great ending and a "happily every after" hope.
Stories allow us to see the unseen, to enlighten the eyes of our hearts, and to see God as a loving caring Father rather than a mean ole vengance getter. Stories are what the Bible is about and should be about. Stories cause us to pursue God, faith, and goodness. Stories are fun and they put us on edge and they call for a response. The stories of God are for our good and for the building up of our faith. Stories make us alive in God.
Tell the Old Old Story and apply it in the story of your life.

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