{"id":55,"date":"2011-08-26T19:49:39","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T19:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/?p=55"},"modified":"2011-08-26T19:49:39","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T19:49:39","slug":"creation-of-a-message-part-4-of-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"Creation of a Message (Part 4 of 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let It Flow<\/p>\n

Creating a message is not an easy task, at least not if you want to create a dynamic, relevant, and transformational message.\u00c2\u00a0 It is the intent of this 5 part blog series to give a glimpse at the world of message creation. We have already discussed three essential steps to writing a message, (1) asking the right questions,<\/strong> (2) picking the right biblical passage, (3) creating the hook<\/strong>, all three of which can be found in early posts.<\/p>\n

Once you have walked through these three steps the next crucial step, in creating a message that will be transformational, is to (4) design the appropriate flow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Each message has a particular flow, one that is usually designed around the personality and creativity of the communicator.\u00c2\u00a0 Whether an individual wants to use a popular method like HBLT (Hook, Book, Look, Took) or Andy Stanley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s MWGYW (Me, We, God, You, We), or one wants to create their own method, the crucial point is that there must be a flow that allows the message to be effectively communicated to the audience.<\/p>\n

When designing the flow of the message, keep three things in mind.<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>Make sure your flow actually flows.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to be scattered in your thoughts or in your words. \u00c2\u00a0Your audience needs to be able to follow you easily, without having to think too much about where you are going or where you have been.\u00c2\u00a0 I have seen many communicators who have no real flow to their message, therefore their audience leaves confused about what they have just heard and less willingly to engage the next time they hear that same communicator.<\/li>\n
  2. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>Make sure your flow matches your personality<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 When you are teaching or preaching a message from God, the truths are from God, but the way these truths are presented should be based on who God has made you.\u00c2\u00a0 Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t try to be Owen Wilson if humor is not your thing. \u00c2\u00a0Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t try to be Kim Ung-Yong if you aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t an intellectual.\u00c2\u00a0 Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t try to be Max Lucado if you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t tell a story correctly.\u00c2\u00a0 Be you and communicate the way that God created you, whether that is with humor, intelligence, story-telling, etc.<\/li>\n
  3. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>Make sure your flow is held together by great transitions<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Many communicators forget about the importance of transitions.\u00c2\u00a0 Transitions are what help tie everything together.\u00c2\u00a0 You can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a message that is coherent without having proper transitions to help.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you want to be an effective communicator, meaning you want to teach in such a way that lives are changed, then one of the crucial steps when creating your message is to make sure that it flows.\u00c2\u00a0 If it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t, people will not be engaged and
    \ntheir hearts will not be receptive to change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Let It Flow Creating a message is not an easy task, at least not if you want to create a dynamic, relevant, and transformational message.\u00c2\u00a0 It is the intent of this 5 part blog series to give a glimpse at the world of message creation. We have already discussed three essential steps to writing a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}