may be found at the back of some study Bibles. Or you may go online to find a more extensive concordance and topical index. http://www.biblegateway.com/ The concordance and topical index can lead you to Biblical texts. And you can then choose the appropriate text from which to preach. Once you decide on a text, you should determine the beginning and ending of the pericope. If the beginning word of a pericope is a word like therefore the pericope is a conclusion to prior Scripture. So you will need to introduce the pericope to a congregation by giving a brief summary of the prior Scripture. Even though you are preaching on a particular pericope, you may sometimes need to bring additional Scripture into the sermon. Sometimes you may preach on more than one pericope. But you will want to focus on only one theme—one central idea—in ab bsermon.b
