Rick Warren lists 10 action steps through the book of Acts to help church leaders ‘finish their race’
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5. Apply God's Word to ourselves to finish the task
“Number five, we must apply God's Word to ourselves to finish the task.”
“We're going to have to practice what we preach,” Warren emphasized. “Jesus says, go and do likewise. James says, be a doer. The Word, the Great Commission, says, teach them to do everything I command, not teach them to know the problem with the Church today. We know more than we're doing, and there's a certain kind of preaching that will help people become doers of the Word.
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He added that “we must apply God's word for ourselves."
"You want an example of this? Look at Peter's message in Acts Chapter 2. He started responding to a question of the people. They said, what does this mean? And his sermon ended by telling people what to do. When the people heard Peter's words, they asked, ‘What shall we do?’ That's what your sermon should be. Start with what does it mean and end with what should I do from today?
“A lot of messages at the end, they're still going, ‘What does it mean?’ Teach people to be doers of the Word, to train people on how to be a doer.”
