Before you know it, 2010 will be here. What do you hope for in terms of your preaching ministry during next year? Do you pray for more opportunities or more help with the preaching in your church? Do you pray for more fruit in the lives of your listeners, or more fruit in your private spiritual walk? Do you pray for one area of your preaching to be strengthened, or for greater consistency in your preparation? Do you pray for fruitful times in the Word, or fruitful pastoral interactions with people in the church? Do you pray for diligence in following through on that training opportunity you are wanting to pursue, or for the courage to follow through on mentoring others?
There is a lot that we can pray about in advance of 2010. Of course, praying is vital. But it is worth asking, if you have a specific and tangible goal, what are you going to do to meet it? Prayerfully, of course, but it probably requires something of you too. When January comes everyone goes on about New Year’s resolutions. As a leader you need to be ahead of the game. Perhaps the next few days might give opportunities, moments of respite from seasonal festivities, to prayerfully ponder your preaching ministry in 2010.
The last thing we want to do is preach just because we do. There will never be another 2010 . . . how can we make it count. If you’ve given any thought to your 2010, please share for our encouragement.
Biblical Preaching 
2010? Yes there will never be another one. The question I ask is what is God’s plan, not mine. I am not a Pastor yet but I am a preacher. I have found that planning a year out is only as good as it is Biblical. When you make your plans for the next year, first ask if you’ve followed the Bible’s example in making them, and have you removed your own will in it?
A preacher has to work on what he will be preaching as much as he is in tune with the Spirit of God’s move in his congregation. The effect & application of his preaching is directly proportional to his sensitivity to the need the Spirit of God shows him in his congregation.
Passionate preaching comes from prayerful study and discernment of the needs of the congregation. Our vision for my church in Weeping Water is “to create an atmosphere where joy and miracxles happen.”
My preaching must be part of the fulfillment of that vision.
In our visionquests in churches throughout the world, I try to find the needs and concerns of the church I am visiting.
I am a biblical preaching and many still hunger for expository-type preaching of the Word verse by verse.