Preaching Schedule

I changed my preaching schedule this week. Back in January I planned my preaching for the first 5 months of the year, We started with a series entitled, "I am Palm Bay Christian Church", we looked at our identity as a local church serving the city of Palm Bay. In February I taught a series on leadership. I was planning to do a Pre-Easter series based on the Impact of the cross during the month of March. However everything changed. I started thinking do people need another Easter series or should I break out of the routine and do something unexpected? You guessed it I changed. Over the next few weeks we are going to look at the topic of finding God in the storms of life. My desire is we will answer some questions on how to face life when everything goes South? You do not have to study the Bible long to know that things went south pretty quickly in scripture - Remember the events in Adam & Eve's life; a little temptation became a BIG problem. Not only does scripture tell us about times when things go south, scripture also gives us valuable lessons how to face a crisis, what to learn from a crisis and how to recover from a crisis. In fact, you could say scripture is God's Crisis Management Book.

The question you may be asking is, "Why did I change my schedule?" I had a sense that this is the direction God wanted me to go in my preaching, no I did not hear an audible voice, nor did I receive a vision, I simply sensed His hand in my preparation. As I changed directions in my preaching I have sensed a real sense of peace in my preparation time. Now I am getting ready to see what God will do through me in the coming weeks.

When it comes to preaching, planning is important, but being open to God's leading is vital if we are going to be people of influence. Looking forward to Sunday.