Pastoral Planning With A.I. — Sermons, Lessons, and Devotions
Prepare Scripture-first teaching with clarity and care. Whether you’re writing a sermon, leading a small group, teaching youth, or planning a short devotion, this tool helps you shape an outline, highlight key themes, and connect the passage to real life in a way that’s pastorally sensitive and grounded in the text.
Start with a passage (example: Ephesians 2:1–10) or start with a topic (example: forgiveness,prayer, anxiety, unity). If you’re not sure what to teach, tell the AI your audience and goal and it can suggest a few passages with a brief rationale.
Helpful details to include: audience (kids, youth, adults, mixed), setting (church service, small group, classroom, retreat), time length, and what you want people to walk away with. The stronger your inputs, the more useful the outline and applications will be.
What you can build here
Pastoral planning is more than “an outline.” Good teaching is faithful to the text, clear in structure, and wise in application. Use this chat to generate planning blocks, then refine them in your own voice.
A main idea, 2–4 movements/points, transitions, and a clear landing. Ask for expository, topical, narrative, or discussion-based structures.
Author/audience, setting, key terms, flow of thought, and how the passage fits the larger book. Great when teaching a text you haven’t covered before.
A few strong supporting texts that clarify the theme (used carefully, not “verse dumping”), plus a short reason each one helps.
Specific applications for your audience, plus small-group discussion questions and family-friendly takeaways for kids and youth.
A strong starter prompt
I’m preparing a {sermon/lesson/devotion} for {audience} (ages {range}). I have {time length} minutes. Passage: {reference}. Goal: I want people to walk away with {one-sentence outcome}. Please give: 1) main idea 2) a simple outline (2–4 points) 3) 3 cross-references with reasons 4) 2–3 applications (specific to my audience) 5) 6 discussion questions
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