It doesn’t always feel good and this weight will can often leave your feeling lonely and unappreciated,but you are obviously strong enough to carry it and for some reason God has entrusted you with it. It may be teaching a Sunday school class or your Pastorate of the people God had trusted you with. Do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of your ministry, don’t let greed and the intoxicating effects of praise distract you. Preach the word, be instant in season and out of season, exhort and rebuke when necessary.The people of God need to see a standard, too much compromise has been allowed in the Churches of God which are in Christ Jesus. When the saints do not commend you for your work in the ministry, keep at it your more than likely on the right track. When everyone praises you for you hard work, more than likely you are doing something wrong and you are allowing room for compromise and carnality.
Sure, everything must change and nothing stays the same, but Jesus Christ in the same yesterday, today and forever more. Just because other churches are doing it, does not mean it is good for all. Just because the times have changed does not mean the churches must compromise for the sake of the people.
Leadership can be a lonely position and with t come a great weight, but God is able to keep you Pastors and Church Leader5s. Now, (and never) is not the time to bend a compromising ear to the younger generation or to the seasoned saint who have corrupted themselves with this present time.
Going Against The Grain.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-23
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