Hearing the Preached Word

In the Reformed tradition, the preaching of the Word of God is of central importance in the worship service. How are we to prepare to hear preaching and to reflect on what we have heard? The Westminster Larger Catechism provides a helpful overview of our duties in regard to the preached word:
Question: What is required of those who hear the Word preached?
Answer: It is required of those who hear the Word preached, that they attend upon it with diligence, preparation, and prayer; examine what they hear by the Scriptures, receive the truth with faith, meekness, and readiness of mind, as the Word of God; meditate, and confer of it; hide it in their hearts, and bring forth the fruit of it in their lives.

I want to ask a series of questions that may help us in defining ways of properly hearing and responding to the preached Word of God (thanks to William Shishko for some of these insights).
1. How do you prepare your heart to hear preaching? We have recently been putting our church bulletin on our church's website early in the week so that people can look at the text that will be preached, meditate on it, and pray over it.
2. Do you pray for your pastor in his preparation and preaching of the Word?
3. Do you come in anticipation of learning from the Word?
4. How do you meditate on what has been preached?
5. Do you have a forum for discussing what has been preached? In the family? In the church?
6. Do you remember what was preached this past Sunday?
7. Do you attempt to apply concretely the lessons you have learned from the sermon? For what are you praising God when you leave the service after hearing the Word preached?