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Within Preaching classes the professor often alerts the students from the tendency many have to become "note-bound" - especially if she or he is using sermon notes which have the message prepared word-for-word (or "full manuscript"). We have sat through many sermons personally in which the preacher read, rather than preached, the actual message. It is quite troublesome to follow someone who performs this, and the warning through our well-meaning teachers must be listened to. But simultaneously, many of us who are within the pulpit 7 days after week know that it is difficult in order to memorize the whole information, and also have failed totally at speaking extemporaneously, even though we have reviewed the sermon over and over.

The following ideas for preaching having a complete manuscript while looking like you are preaching with little if any information comes from many years of exegesis experience. We have many people ask me how I preach without notes, when the fact is, We have five or even more pages of single-spaced, entered notes before me personally the entire time. This is how I actually do it:

1 . Use a adequate font to see from afar (I use 14 point).

second. Use Crystal clear, Appropriate, and Simple Main Points as well as Sub-Points (in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS).

three. Start each and every sentence with a new line.

4. Start each and every sentence having a hyphen (-).

five. Use the ampersand (&) rather than "and" and use shortened types of "with" (w/) as well as "without" (w/o).

six. Use interruption, colons , and semi-colons as you normally would.

7. Put all illustrative material in mounting brackets [Illustration].

eight. Type all your scripture texts within italics other than the scripture research.

9. Take a Yellow-colored Highlighter and emphasize all Main Points and Sub-Points, the actual hyphen (-) that begins each new line, the actual ampersands (&), "with" and "withouts" (w/, w/o), commas preach with power, colonisateur , as well as semi-colons. Also, highlight almost all scripture text (but not the actual reference), as well as draw a line (with the actual highlighter) over the left-hand border of your page alongside any rollo illustrations you have.

After you have done this you will notice the single-spaced rollo manuscript with yellow markings throughout this.

Exactly what this will do is to enable you to scan a good portion of the page, consuming much more you could otherwise. You will find your self only glancing in the page occasionally, and facing your congregation a much higher percent of the time. Additionally, in case you provide your congregation having a "fill-in-the-blank" type outline, several of them is going to be looking straight down at the web page when you condition your Main as well as Sub-Points, allowing you to quickly focus your eye on the text below the points and look regress to something easier at your audience prior to they are carried out writing on the sermon information web page.

Yet another thing -- go over your own notes the evening before you decide to preach, and again about a quarter-hour to an hour before you actually deliver the message. You will be therefore familiar with your sermon that you will find your self glancing in the highlighted servings and barely needing to skim the actual notes at all. However at the same time, you have the security of the manuscript "just just in case! "