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Applying the Word �as a �Pastor-Preacher-Leader

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Application

  1. Increase your application time
    • Explanation
    • Illustration
    • Application

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  • Speak to specific souls conditions
    • Differentiation
    • Lead phrases

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Application

  1. Apply targeted gospel remedies

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  • Change gears
    • How does this text shepherd souls?
    • How does this text lead the church?

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  • Underline gospel vision in the text

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Application

  1. Reinforce the big ideas of your ministry

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The heart is the target

Less information for more transformation

Good communicators combine warmth and force

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Application

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“Powerful leaders are known for showing up

with the same message, the same convictions,

and the same principles

every time they appear”

Albert Mohler

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Application

  1. Preach to the heart as a pastor and a leader

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MIND

PASSIONS

WILL

CONSCIENCE

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Ephesians 2:8-10

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

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Ephesians 2:8-10

To the mind as a pastor

    • truth for troubled souls
    • reality for proud souls
    • surety for insecure souls

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To the mind as a leader

    • paint a big view of God’s power and grace
    • say this is why our mission matters so much – unique and urgent

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Ephesians 2:8-10

To the conscience as a pastor

    • evidences of a life lived by grace not works

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To the conscience as a leader

    • signs of being a grace-filled, grace-reflecting church
    • gospel vision of a grace-saturated church

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Ephesians 2:8-10

To the will as a pastor

    • look this week to see what God has prepared for you to do
    • then do those things, trusting and thanking God

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To the will as a leader

    • profile a ministry where God has clearly gone before us and prepared good work for us to do

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Ephesians 2:8-10

To the passions as a pastor

    • speak personally
    • how does this truth make me feel?

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To the passions as a leader

    • let’s…
    • imagine…

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Pastor-preacher-leader

Pastor

MIND

PASSIONS

WILL

CONSCIENCE

Leader