This semester at Tabor College I’m taking a preaching and public speaking class. And guess what!? We have to preach!

Preaching to your classmates (ie. “preaching to the converted”.. heh..) is at once nerve-wracking, and also a great joy.

Here’s how it works: Everyone in class listens to your 10 minute mini-message and writes a few things they liked plus a few areas you could improve. I suspect most pastors out there rarely get that level of detailed feedback from so many people all at once. And thankfully everyone has been encouraging and constructive.

This is my second message prepared for this class, simply titled “God’s presence.” We spend so much time thinking about what we need to do in order to reach out to God. The incredible thing to consider is that God Himself is actually reaching out to us. It’s such an awesome thing to realise.

A few notes on the audio – you’ll hear the whirring of the fans in the background, and that little buzz you hear a couple of times is a little handheld gadget that buzzes to let you know you’re nearly out of time! Yes, I’m a bit geeky…

Click here to listen: Mark Jones – Gods presence

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