how do I make a devotional speech if this my topic: don't judge people by

Was this topic assigned to you or did you pick it on your own? If you picked it, I suggest you pick a new one. To an extent, we have to judge people by their appearances. Believe it or not, appearances CAN tell a lot about a person, and in a fast-paced world (where you don't always have time to get to know a person before you have to make some kind of judgment on them) they can be the most useful tool we have. I'm not saying you should pick the next guy you befriend based on how appealing their nose is, that would just be ridiculous, but if you look at how confidently someone carries themselves, they way they dress, their body language (all part of the way they appear, their appearance) you can tell a lot about them.
 
Everyday when we go to school, walk to work, cross the road or even go grocery shopping, we see hundreds of varieties of people. Small people, tall people, old young, skinny fat etc... Some may greet us with a smile, others may give us a frown. We tend to often go to the nice pretty young lady by the help desk, other than the big fat man with sweaty pit stains. A first impression is important, it's what first gives us an idea of what the personality of this person is in our minds. The young boy we see smoking in the corner, is undergoing huge family issues after his parents split up. That old lady working at Burger King is trying to fulfill our orders quickly so she can take both her kids to soccer practice. This old man sitting beside us in the bus, despite his nasty smell, saved the lives of 3 men in the Vietnam war. All this isn't written on our faces on our expression on our skin or our body shapes, this information is on the inside.
It's what we do that makes us who we are. And what we do, is in our memories, not our appearances.
 
There's a verse in Luke that I can't find for the life of me. But it said that Jesus wasn't much to look at. Maybe you could start there.

Good luck!
 
in the intro you just define the topic and stuff like that for example:

good morning blablabla balalabal today im gonna talk to you about not to judge people by their appearance, A person's appearance is simply just like a book, the outside might look pretty but the content might not be as pretty as the actual person. This topic is all about not to look at someone and judge them by just looking on the outside and making your conclusions without even getting to know the persons personality and insides.

there an intro
it's simple here are some points that u might find helpful
*it's the personality that counts
*people might not be as nice on the outside as on the inside


remember to:
*keep eye contact
*talk in a loud voice
*be humorous... (optional just makes it a bit more interesting)
*use formal words (e.g don't use words like ewww and slammed)


goodluck
 
for example when you see a women dressed in a mini skirt and only a bikini bra do not assume she is a prostitute, she might be a christian enjoying her free will
 
First of all, you won't want to write 'there appearances' on anything you use for this speech. 'Their' is the word you want. Make a note of it.

Now, if I were doing a speech like this, I think that visual aids would help. Like you could show a picture of a geeky guy and a beautiful girl and say, who is the college graduate. (Make sure the beautiful girl is a college graduate and the geeky guy is not). You could do a series of these pictures for your audience.

Another thought that popped into my mind- I know a guy who went undercover as a homeless person in Columbus, Ohio for a few days to see how people treated him. He video taped it. Apparently they were not nice at all.


I'm adding in here because I do actually agree with Foxxy before me- people DO judge by appearances. Moreover, we are all in charge of our own appearances and therefore by how we appear to others, at least to some extent. So, if you don't want to be labeled as something, don't appear to be that something. Don't dress in goth clothes if you don't want people to think you're goth. Don't dress in Lacoste if you don't want people to think you're a fratastrophy. Etc, etc.
 
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