Lessons From The Pulpit A 12

Preach to yourself first 1 Corinthians 9:26-27 (NKJV) 26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. 27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified. P 3

Being a preacher doesn't mean you're a better person than someone else Philippians 2:3 (NASB) 3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; H 2

O 15 2 Corinthians 10:12 (NKJV) 12 For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

People know who you are Philippians 3:17 (NIV) 17 Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. D 1

You May Not Get The Credit You Deserve 11 1 Peter 2:20 (NKJV) 20 For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. A 14

23 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, Colossians 3:23 (NKJV) 23 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, N 8

Don’t Stop Working Without vision, people perish. Without people, the vision perishes. G 7

Mark 16:15-16 (NKJV) 15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. R 10