Why is it so hard sometimes to come up with stuff in preparation for Sunday morning groups or Wednesday night devotions? This is a question I am asking myself more than i would like to. Then when i am tired of ripping off other's ideas and come back to my true sense of purpose that God gave me, WHAM-it hits me. The reason for a creative drought is lack of living water. When everything is rehearsed it seems dry. When the lesson is a rip off, sure it may be solid teaching, but it isn't allowing me to grow in preparation as much as it should. That's when just opening the Bible, not for a lesson but just for my own personal needs, becomes a storm in the drought.
The truth is this: we all want to give God the best, but we get lazy and settle for what is easy. Will i use another person's message again?- if i think it will change lives, you bet i will. I will also do whatever it takes to open the floodgates as well.
PS- Just as a disclaimer...i do acknowledge when it is not my own teaching.
So not worthy,
tony
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