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IF PREACHING GOD’S WORD ISN’T YOUR BIGGEST BLESSING AND YOUR BIGGEST BURDEN, YOU PROBABLY AREN’T DOING IT RIGHT. IT TAKES A LOT OF HARD WORK TO MAKE SOMETHING SIMPLE. -STEVE JOBS

Pain, suffering, and grief are not linear. There is no quota on suffering on this side of heaven. When we go through the fire again and again, there is a different kind of hope, because you live differently based on where you’ve been. You can enter into the ongoing hurt with ongoing hope because you’ve seen how Jesus can show up in your story.

TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A GOOD RETURN FOR THEIR WORK. IF ONE FALLS DOWN, HIS FRIEND CAN HELP HIM UP. BUT PITY THE MAN WHO FALLS AND HAS NO ONE TO HELP HIM UP!

Preaching is an art, but it’s not fine art. • Fine: the art is an end in itself. • Preaching is a means to an end. And that end is the exaltation of God’s glory among all nations. 1. The ultimate goal of God revealed in His Word is the exaltation of His glory among all the nations. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, ...” Genesis 1:27-28

To propel people into their destiny you must believe: 1. PREACHING IS ABOUT TRANSFORMATION, NOT INFORMATION DISSEMINATION

THAT IS WHAT ILLUSTRATIONS DO. THEY OPEN UP THE WINDOWS AND LET LIGHT IN. YOU DON'T WANT A SERMON WITH ALL WINDOWS, OR A SERMON WITH NO WINDOWS.