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Here's an article I wrote especially for SermonCentral.com. If you preach or are learning how to preach, perhaps it will be of help:

A lesser-known Aesop fable tells the story of a crow who tried to drink water from a pitcher. Because the pitcher had a long, narrow opening, the crow could not get to the water. Tipping the pitcher would spill the water. The crow flew away and returned with a pebble in her beak. She dropped the pebble into the pitcher and the water level rose the slightest bit. After many trips back and forth, and many pebbles later, she had raised the water level high enough to drink. All the animals of the field came and drank as well.

Sometimes preaching means raising the water level high enough for others to be able to drink the living water. We cannot create more water, but we must find a way serve it to others. One pebble at a time, one sermon at a time, we bring the life-giving water to others. Some conversations take time—years, maybe, and in some cases decades.

Read the rest of the article at Sermon Central . . .