I bring you greetings in the Name of the Lord...I sound like the Apostle Paul in my opener. I want to start by congratulating every man and woman of God who has stood the test of time. Not that you're still "in ministry" or position but you are still loving God, loving ministry, loving people, and living the Life above reproach. Notice the words, above reproach, not without flaw, so to speak, but a life of maturity, perfect as the Word says in James. Leaders that live a life worthy of being followed are who I want to celebrate at this moment in time. Congratulations and well done...KEEP IT MOVING MY Brother & MY Sister...Paul said," I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don’t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I’ve got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I’m off and running, and I’m not turning back. So let’s keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us. If any of you have something else in mind, something less than total commitment, God will clear your blurred vision—you’ll see it yet! Now that we’re on the right track, let’s stay on it" (Philippians 3:12-16).
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| You almost gave up but You Stayed, so You Win! |
I started the post off the way I did because lately there's been so many on the"slash em' and bash em'" bandwagon of the men and women of God. The world is doing what it does by being used as a demonic tool to accuse the brethren. However, the problem that I've witnessed is that more brethren are accusing each other than the world. For example, the scandal that's fallen on our dear brother Pastor John Gray when he recently went on live t.v. and expressed in great candor, along with his wife Pastor Aventer Gray, his marital infidelity, which incidentally he did not have to do, and most don't do and will not do. Further, I add, before he exposed himself to the world, everyone was clueless of the situation. Nonetheless, "saints" and "aint's" from the penthouse to the poorhouse jumped on the bash the Gray family and all preachers bus. I cannot tell you how many men and women of God I had to remind," that the same cross you're nailing this Man and Woman of God to, you too may be nailed to later." Whatever happened to Paul's message to the "Church" at Corinth," These are all warning markers—danger!—in our history books, written down so that we don’t repeat their mistakes. Our positions in the story are parallel—they at the beginning, we at the end—and we are just as capable of messing it up as they were. Don’t be so naive and self-confident. You’re not exempt. You could fall flat on your face as easily as anyone else. Forget about self-confidence; it’s useless. Cultivate God-confidence" (1 Corinthians 10:11,12)? Let's keep it real, how many things have you done in the dark that only God and His tender mercy has kept out of the light? Well, let me talk about me as a Christ-follower and fellow minister of the Gospel. I've done a lot of things that I thank God has been placed underneath the forgiving grace of my Lord, and just to keep it clear, this was after my "profession of Faith", and since I believed.
Make no mistake about it my dear friends, brethren, and family, WE NEED EACH
OTHER. No man is an island and certainly cannot stand alone. Even Jesus chose 12 because Leaders are people too. Those in the Church have been so busy fighting for the 3P's (power, prestige, position) that the greatest asset to society, the leader, has been forgotten about. Let's consider the sharp incline of Pastoral suicides. What are we as leaders doing about our own? As stated, we sincerely need one another and just because you say, "thou" and the leader down the street says "thee" doesn't make either better, just different. We are all called and equipped for those we are called to reach. That's why we can't put claims on God's people. It is our jobs as leaders to train the people and then send them out, not hold onto them like prizes.
Consider this, just because a church has 1000's of people does not mean that the pastor is not preaching the Truth or is stealing the money. In the same light, just because a church has less than 200 people doesn't mean that the leader is preaching Truth and living holy. Again God equipped each of us with we needed for those (specific genre's) He called us to. Therefore, it is our God-given right and duty as believers to celebrate and pray for one another because together we can strike a mighty blow against the forces of darkness. If we would take the focus off what is going on in someone else's' life and leave that to God, then our race would be easier because then there would be a clear vision to see that together, we have more for us than against us! -R. Charles,0219
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