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Originally Posted by Edward Anglin
Here's the deal.
I have preached at least three times a week for the last 9 years.
That adds up to around 1400 sermons that average around 35 minutes.
That total does not include personal bible studies.
I am thinking I may have overused my voice.
For the past two months I have struggled mightily with my throat/voice.
It comes and goes in spurts.
However, today it is so bad I can barely speak.
Have you guys ever experienced this?
What do you do to combat it?
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Dude! You are a stud preacher! 35 minutes?
But seriously... I had it down to 45 minutes on the spot. I did that once a week for about 15 years. For a time I also did a daily thing (*that we will never speak of again) that had to fill a one hour time slot.
What I found that helped and hurt- caffeine hurt. Sure it was the next best thing to an anointing, but it stretches the vocal chords. I could actually listen to myself on tape and tell when I had caffeinated before hand just from the timbre of my voice.
Also antihistamines - if there's a cold coming on or allergies, I found that using some over the counter thing with guaifenesin helped. The other stuff just dries you out. I was dying of pneumonia once and some prescription strength guaifenesin along with antibiotics made me right again. That was before I learned what was giving me the pneumonia all the time. God was merciful in the way He nurtured my wretched self.
The singers will probably give you better advice than I could about honey and syrups, teas and that sort of stuff. It's probably all good. Dunno, I just found that these two things tended to mess with my voice the most.