10 Teaching Principles

1. Pray before the lesson. If God doesn't work, nothing good will come of it. 
2. Always have a story or a picture or a picture to talk about. Humans are visual learners. God made Isaiah walk around naked for three years just to add a picture to the point (Is 20). 
3. Teach close enough to the passage that when they read it for themselves, they'll remember your lesson. 
4. Never open your mouth just to make the lesson longer. People appreciate a teacher who acknowledges when they've said what they came to say. 
5. Driving home one point is better than making 10 points that will be quickly forgotten. 
6. Sometimes Bible lessons aren't as much about clarifying or explaining a truth as they are about allowing people the time to ponder, love, and apply the truth they already affirm.
7. Learn to live with silence. If God is working, your hearers will be thinking about the lesson during those awkward blank spots.
8. When you don't know what more to say, read the next verse. 
9. Focus less of your attention on "how well you are teaching" and place most of your focus on the glories of the message. 
10. Teach your passion. If you're not excited, they won't be.