Next week I will be meeting with some new hires here at CUPC....
As I ponder forward I dwell upon a single word.....
Ministry.....
Oh, I am not thinking on the common concept of the preacher in the pulpit on Sunday morning with a choir backing him up and visitors in the house....
But rather what the preacher does the other six days of the week....
And what every other employee, staffer and volunteer is involved in when they offer themselves to the service of the Lord and others.....
Ministry.....
Servant Ministry....
The unselfish giving of oneself to help others........
And that ministry is done is a thousand diffent ways....
Ushers, hostess, singers, teachers, office staff, cleaners, team leaders, cooks, drivers, workers and any other area of ministry or service seen around the church.....
There is so much more to ministry than a pulpit....
Every person serving in or around a ministry.....
Is worthy of double honor......
Over the years here we have had many to serve along side at Conroe Christian School.....
CUPC has been blessed to have many wonderful unselfish servants work in the ministry of the kingdom....
To each of those wonderful people I wish to send out a simple thank you for what you have done....
However there is one observation I wish to make........
It is impossible to do a spiritual work and not be spiritual.....
Ministry is a spiritual work....
Oh, many of the task are anything but spiritual....
But service around the church is a spiritual work....
It requires spirituality....
It is impossible to do spiritual work and not be spiritual...........
Personal consecration is a mandate for those that serve in the most mundane of ministry tasks...
Without personal consecration the enemy will take the good of ones service and make an issue of issues that should never have been an issue....
I have observed too many times someone serving and neglecting personal consecration become frustrated or overly sensitive or offended.....
If personal consecration had not been set aside the issue would have never arisen....
Preacher man and wifey....
Do not neglect the personal consecration required to do the work you have been called to do....
Church staffer....
Never forget to spend time with the Master....
Difficulties and misunderstandings will arise around the church...
The devil is good at what he does....
Our humanity is quite consistent as well.....
Those pressurized moments will so much easier to pass through when we have taken time for personal consecration.....
The fiery darts of the enemy will bounce off....
And you will pass through the fire with your joy of service intact....
Ministry made simple....
Personal consecration....
Simple Ministry...
Blessings...
rks
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Oh, Pastor - truer words haven't been spoken.
And, another word to add is consistent. Consistent personal consecration.
I feel so blessed to have in my possession 10 years of "sermons" - the notes that I took during our before school admin meetings, and then our In-Service times with you and Sis Smith. Some of your best encouraging preaching. I'd share my notebooks with you, but you'd have trouble reading through the doodling.
Love ya, Kathleen
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