Show Don't Tell: Psalm 63
Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 63
This is a show dont tell prompt on homiletics and preaching technique for adults.
Instead of saying "David longed for God in the wilderness," feel the thirst. A psalm of David when he was in the Desert of Judah. "You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole body longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water." Physical thirst becoming metaphor—body craving water, soul craving God.…
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