Making appeals makes lots of pastors anxious. Maybe the sermon's introduction goes well, and the bible text is engaging. Maybe people are enjoying the experience. But then you want to roll with the end of the sermon, and you know you have to make an appeal. Suddenly, the room becomes really small, the people on the platform fade into the background, and everybody is watching to see if you will fail or succeed. Have you ever felt that way? In this video from the eHuddle 2022, Paula Olivier talks about appeals and the trap of getting your identity from people's perceptions of success or failure when making appeals. Watch the video here.

Paula Olivier is the Youth Director at Northeastern Conference of Seventh-Day Adventist