Preaching for life changes requires far less information and more application. Less explanation and more inspiration.
Andy StanleyPreaching on Sunday mornings is such a simple thing, and by complicating it, I think we all do ourselves and the audience a disservice. It is very simple. Here is the model: Make people feel like they need an answer to a question.
Andy StanleyWe begin selling ourselves on what we want to do rather than what we ought to do. We listen to ourselves until we believe our own lies, and the we opt for happiness.
Andy StanleyThere is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God's ability to free you from the past.
Andy Stanley