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Clamp Down Your Worry List

You have to learn how to clamp down your worry list in your mind, especially when you are with Jesus in prayer or in church. If you don’t do this, busying yourself won’t make you enjoy the Lord, even as a minister doing His work. Before God, devotion unto Him precedes duty for Him, although both are important. Don’t misplace this priority in your life.

A Person Can Receive Only What Is Given Them from Heaven

John the Baptist was very wise. He attributed the disciples he had to God’s blessing, not to his own labour or effort. So, if the people were leaving to follow Jesus, it was not his doing but God’s doing. That means, in ministry, there are some members you can lose as a church pastor, even if you do everything right. Not everyone who leaves church is as a result of offence or disagreement.

Speak Wisely to Address Family Disbelief

Sometimes, as a man of God, it is interesting to see how your own family can doubt your calling. They find it rare to believe that someone who has stayed with them for decades suddenly now behaves like a pastor. So they can throw negative comments about your life just to test your resolve. Let me encourage you. Don’t let the opinion of others imprison you or dictate your course of life. Relate to others well, but keep your head straight as you follow God’s plan.

Only Jesus Can Set You Free from Bondage

Anybody who isn’t born again is in bondage of sin. That person needs Christ Jesus, not motivational seminars or even self-help books. That is why you must preach the gospel because it is God’s power that liberates people from darkness and its holding power. Let the world know about Jesus.

Actively Follow Jesus as You Serve Him

If you are a minister reading this, analyse what you have done in ministry so far. What are some of the things you have added to your organisation or work schedule that Jesus did not tell you to do? It is not everything nice and glamorous you see about ministry that you should be motivated to do.

A Way to Become a Blessing to Generations

God doesn’t want you to live a selfish life. In fact, the Bible says that love isn’t self-seeking (see 1 Corinthians 13:5). He wants you to command enormous impact with whatever you are doing as long as it has no trace of evil in it. But that will require you to step out of the me-thinking mentality to the others-thinking mentality.

Check Your Heart, Dear Treasurer

Can God trust you with millions, and you’ll handle it well? According to Luke 16:11, the true riches in God’s kingdom are entrusted, not worked for. Check your heart, dear treasurer, because if you don’t do it, you will indirectly allow the devil to lure you into stealing and think nothing bad will happen to you. May God protect you from greed.

Remove the Ties That Bound You in Darkness

After Lazarus had come out, Jesus told the people present to remove the ties (grave clothes) that bound him so he could get loose and walk comfortably. Here’s a profound truth. You can experience your miracle while still possessing some things you don’t need, and that is not a problem. But a new miracle comes with a new mindset to embrace and sustain it.