Personal power and charisma are not mysterious. Some believe that one cannot earn it or learn it. This is not true. The effectiveness of your communications determines the effectiveness of your life. Is it worth the price?
Growth is what success is all about. Change is inevitable, but growth is optional.
Leaders whom people respect and follow are those who are able to communicate effectively. They have a dynamic presence. If you desire to make a difference, you will have to learn to communicate with a powerful presence. You must be able to communicate what you want to get done in the church, in the ministry, and in life.
We live in a rapidly changing world. The attention span of most people continues to get shorter and shorter. The concentration of one thing seems to becoming a thing of the past. The age of rhetoric is dead. Too many speech teachers are teaching that speaking is a medium of words rather a medium of sight and sound which happens to use words. Reading speeches does not work well.
The pulpit is no greater than the evangelist or pastor who fills it on a weekly basis.
If the preacher is boring to the congregation, the people will think God is boring. Some ministers have style without substance while others have substance without style. Preachers need to be able to combine substance with style in their preaching today. The Christian and non-Christian alike are searching for truth in a generation preoccupied with self, avarice, and greed.
By: Dr. James O. Davis
Dr. James O. Davis has more to share with us on this subject. Over the next few months, we will continue to explore Turning Ears into Eyes. Next month, we will begin by looking at the substance of a sermon.
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