What’s Your Hat? One Teen’s First Sermon Illustration

Last updated on: March 19, 2018 at 6:00 am by Kelley Mathews

What’s Your Hat? One Teen’s First Sermon Illustration 2018-03-18T22:11:12-05:00 Kelley Mathews

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Nate preaching. See the hat?

He had no training, no experience. His introverted personality did not lend itself to the task. But last week, a teenager preached the gospel and saw lives changed immediately.

How did it happen? A large group of teens from McKinney, Texas, descended upon Chichigalpa and Leon, Nicaragua, last week. Their mission: to share the gospel door-to-door, speak to classes, and conduct Bible studies at local (tiny) churches.

The fledgling preacher, Nate, explained how the event unfolded: “Our group leader was telling us how that night we would have a big group of kids over at our host home for a Bible study. We knew these were possibilities, so I had developed an idea the day before, but it wasn’t much. Then Jared (our leader) looked around at our [four-person] team and asked who wanted to speak that night. After a couple of seconds I thought, well, why not? So I said I would. And then I had to really figure out what I was going to say.”

And that evening, with about eighteen kids gathered around the cement-wall, dirt-floor room, and his beloved interpreter, Charlie, by his side, Nate preached this short sermon:

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