Preaching

Preaching is a tiring job. At this point in my maturity level, I seem to be good for one sermon a day. Yesterday the preacher at my church was not here and I had not preached recently so it was my turn as the youth minister. I am not trying to be a hot head or anything, but my morning sermon was really good and I had many comments on it. But afterwards, my mind felt blown. I was emotionally spent. I tried to get ready for the evening sermon and my mind was gone. My evening sermon was not good. ANd when I think back to it, probably the main reason is that it was not bathed in prayer as my morning sermon had been. I was also not very prepared for it. So my conclusion is this: From now on, only agree to one sermon a week so that there is time to prepare and pray for it. More than that with all of my other responsibilities is too much and it robs the congregation of what they could hear from someone else. Maybe there will come a day when I am able to handle more, but today is not it.