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Excerpts that stand out for me from Bishop TD Jakes” book: Don’t Drop The Mic Chapter 3 - Preach but Don’t Preach Know the Needs -One of the keys to making sure you deliver on your promise as your put together your message is knowing the needs of your audience prior to delivery. -When there is conflict, it’s so tempting to resort to the safety of our default scripts, but true understanding only occurs when we risk listening to one another between the lines. Pívot to Power -Remember, preaching is not about preaching at someone but conversing, expressing, sharing, and listening to those you wish to reach. Spend time preparing, digging up bones, assembling the body, and use the spark between you and your audience to infuse life into your message. Preparation gives you the freedom to be spontaneous. The more you know your material and all the bends in the the narrative, the more attuned you can be to your audience. -Your audience wants to hear what you have to say relevant to the occasion, context, and circumstances that have brought you together. -Master your message so that you never depopulated the mic - at least, not unless deliberately at the end of your delivery! #dontdropthemic #tdjakes (at Molinos Coffee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTh8H8npnTFmR09LgDXKinQwGVZlbvCAm9DriQ0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Excerpts that stand out for me from Bishop TD Jakes” book: Don’t Drop The Mic Chapter 3 - Preach but Don’t Preach Know the Needs -One of the keys to making sure you deliver on your promise as your put together your message is knowing the needs of your audience prior to delivery. -When there is conflict, it’s so tempting to resort to the safety of our default scripts, but true understanding only occurs when we risk listening to one another between the lines. Pívot to Power -Remember, preaching is not about preaching at someone but conversing, expressing, sharing, and listening to those you wish to reach. Spend time preparing, digging up bones, assembling the body, and use the spark between you and your audience to infuse life into your message. Preparation gives you the freedom to be spontaneous. The more you know your material and all the bends in the the narrative, the more attuned you can be to your audience. -Your audience wants to hear what you have to say relevant to the occasion, context, and circumstances that have brought you together. -Master your message so that you never depopulated the mic - at least, not unless deliberately at the end of your delivery! #dontdropthemic #tdjakes (at Molinos Coffee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTh77VvpyQj1xE6N0j23_8McGqGkOGPoAkEUeY0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Excerpts that stand out for me from Bishop TD Jakes” book: Don’t Drop The Mic Chapter 3 - Preach but Don’t Preach Excavation before Exclamation -Just as a blueprint helps a contractor bring the architect’s vision to life, an outline or structural overview of your message provides you with a visual for navigating its contents. -Your research includes looking at the big picture as well as small details related to your topic, theme, subject matter, and main points. You’re playing detective as well as archaeologist, looking for clues that reveal the heart of what you want to say. -Collect more bones than you need so you can see which ones fit together in the best, most organic way. -As the bones fall into place, don’t be surprised if you discover you have enough for two messages! The Best Sermon I Never Preached -You might have been inspired and created and entire message only to discover that it does not serve the needs of your constituents. -As you assemble any message it’s good to keep in mind two foundational pillars: Who Cares? And So What? -If your message doesn’t make a difference that makes your listeners’ lives better, then don’t bother. Put the bones aside and start again. Bones and Bends -When you read a text from an exegetical perspective, the passage or story has bends in it, often as conflicts form, get addressed, and then resolved. -Pain always has a face…Joy also has a face. For the joy, peace, comfort, and hope you wish to offer your audience to have power, you must frame it with sorrows from which it was born. The messages infused with supernatural power to inspire, to uplift, and to encourage never shirk from the harsh, ragged edges of human pain. -Follow the bends in your message in order to take your audience with you to a destination where you have gifted them with something they did not have, know, understand, or care about prior to your address. #dontdropthemic #tdjakes (at Molinos Coffee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTh46CwJKuQDe6NqYpriq3yAoCAM1wB1-rwt880/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Excerpts that stand out for me from Bishop TD Jakes” book: Don’t Drop The Mic Chapter 3 - Preach but Don’t Preach I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. -Audre Lorde -Preaching becomes a platform for acknowledging the depths of personal suffering of everyone in the room as well as offering insight, information, encouragement, and inspiration for moving through pain and reclaiming personal power. -The key to preaching like an artist and not an antagonist begins with your attitude. -If you want to preach in the best sense and not the worst, then you must align your attitude with your architecture. #dontdropthemic #tdjakes (at Molinos Coffee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CThzk75F0Ww-h-31EE0rDvel2eSznHMO-wr1A80/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Part 4 Excerpts that stand out for me from Bishop TD Jakes” book: Don’t Drop The Mic Chapter 2 - Own the Fear Factor Speak to Silence Your Fears -Overcoming your physiological reaction to the fear of speaking requires hitting the pause button on your body‘s natural response and countering with the physical habit, practice, or routine that helps you relax. -Many people, myself included, will pray for a few moments before they say their first words into the microphone. -You may discover your fears also include a spiritual dimension, especially if your ministering, preaching, teaching the Bible, and wanting to inspire and encourage your audience. -Is David told his advisory, the battle belongs to the Lord. The same is true for us today. Do you have what it takes to overcome your fears and let your voice be heard. Your time has come- so speak up! #dontdropthemic #tdjakes (at Molinos Coffee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTVBeH0FHUV5QkP6mF7ZTyYCBZWD_l00ixk0G40/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Part 3 Excerpts that stand out for me from Bishop TD Jakes” book: Don’t Drop The Mic Chapter 2 - Own the Fear Factor -When you know you are doing what God compels you to do, when you know the truth of what motivates you, and you must not be deterred by your detractors. -Nor should you be intimidated by would be instructors, those people who, whether well-intended or jealously skeptical, tell you not only what to say but how to say it! -When you have a God-given message to deliver, it may require you to risk stepping on a few toes, declining what others offer, disappointing them, and potentially hurting their feelings and losing their support. You certainly don’t want to rush in and leave collateral damage in the wake of your communication unnecessarily, but at the same time you must not allow fear of what others may thine to stifle your voice or censor your message. Like David, you use what you know and sling your message! And let your words land where they land. Keep It Real -If you want to overcome your fears of speaking in front of others, if you want to get experience in order to develop as a communicator, then start where you are. And be who you are! -Be yourself and be real. -Don’t try to imitate someone else, but do implement aspects of what you admire, appreciate and adore about them. -In David’s eyes, the Philistine giant represented more than merely an arrogant blowhard or an undefeated adversary in battle-Goliath defied all that David held most sacred, his faith, his beliefs, and the power of God. In light of all that was at stake, David delivered his message by describing what he was about to do and why he was doing it. Then he did it-with one stone, he toppled the giant! #dontdropthemic #tdjakes (at Molinos Coffee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTVBX7IlFb_tSYMBDjkoUTiseV-rmj7FVqn6kE0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Part 2 Excerpts that stand out for me from Bishop TD Jakes” book: Don’t Drop The Mic Chapter 2 - Own the Fear Factor Giant Obstacles -As you muster courage and find your voice, take comfort in knowing that the fear of communicating publicly is nothing new. In fact, we see several notable examples of an experienced, reluctant speakers in the Bible, including Moses, Gideon, and Esther. When I reflect on the various leaders God chose to call and anoint to serve His people, I’m struck by the fact that He never went with the obvious choice, at least from a human perspective. -But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. 1 Samuel‬ ‭16:7‬ ‭NIV‬‬ -But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee. 1 Samuel‬ ‭13:14‬ ‭KJV‬‬ -And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.” Acts‬ ‭13:22‬ ‭KJV‬‬ -David heard Goliath mocking the God of Israel, who soldiers refused engage in battle with the giant. Despite his youth, and inexperience, and Lack of proper equipment, David knew he had to speak up and step out in faith by accepting the Philistines’ challenge. Some occasions demand that you speak up and express the undiluted truth of injustice that has transpired or make known the heinous offense perpetrated by those in authority. You see, Giants still exist today. A Time to Speak -Human survival relies on our willingness to communicate, especially in the face of trauma. The Right Fit -When you use your voice to speak out, there will always be others who misinterpret your motives. Communicators with conviction will always make some people, particularly those who just buy their own silence And inaction, uncomfortable and angry. #dontdropthemic #tdjakes https://www.instagram.com/p/CTVBD7zF0GdXmxxVAjqItF7oh2VOzHJgRvb-KU0/?utm_medium=tumblr