10 Oct
Ask the Pastor
- What advice would they give to an emerging (just getting started) minister?
Pray and obey. Nothing is more important that you personally hearing from the Lord and responding to His instructions. Don’t be a people-pleaser; always remember that you are serving an Audience of One. Seriously, I think that bit of advice would make everything else I might say fairly unnecessary.
Of course, having said that, I’ll proceed to give a few more tips, bullet-style:
- Take care of yourself. Your health (physical, emotional and spiritual) is an unbelievably important part of the infrastructure of ministry. Have a support network of friends that you can be real with
- Always put people ahead of rules. Jesus did.
- Worship the Lord personally, passionately, regularly. You never grow too big to be in awe of His Presence. Besides, it’s your life-source.
- Get into the Word and get the Word into you. Daily. Not just so you’ll have something to preach next time; but because you need to hear His voice.
- Love people unconditionally. When it gets hard to do, think about your own screw-ups and it’ll get easier.
- Forgive quickly and easily and regularly. If you don’t flush the junk that happens to you in ministry, you’ll never last.
Hope that helps -
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Friday, October 10th, 2008 at 5:00 am under
Wow, Pastor Jerry, that’s good stuff. It sounds like something we all can utilize.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:30 am