Poor Leadership

What does a pastor do when he has failed in his preaching? I know that on many occasions my sermons were unprofitable and full of useless clatter. I ask for forgiveness! Forgiveness from God and Man. God always forgives and man.........I wait and see, some do and some don't. I need to be forgiven......Please.

10-27-2014    Mark 7:1-5

S.       1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

O.     The Jewish leaders ask Jesus to explain why his disciples failed to follow the traditions.

A.      Tradition can be observed to our benefit or tradition can be a trap. We must learn the reason underlying each tradition we embrace, compare that tradition to God’s word, then decide the value of the tradition. 

P.       Father; open my understanding of the traditions of my time. Lead me in the direction that is pleasing to you, even if that means that I must abandon popular traditions. Amen.