We come to church and set on the pew, we'll look around and say" Man I can remember when."
At one time the pastors could be in full time
ministry without having a secular job. In this day it’s like the pastor has to work two jobs plus pastor a church. The church body needs to stand up and hold the pastors up in prayer, not all churches have thousands going with a smile, even the smaller churches loves Jesus just as much.
If pastors could really be in full time ministry again then you would see the old time revivals more and more and you would see less churches closing their doors.
A church has body parts just like we do, from a head and limbs to a heart.If a church isn’t operating with full body function the part that isn’t working then becomes paralyzed. Pastor should be able to devote his full time to prayer and
supplication without having to worry about if the electricity or gas will be shut off. Pastors have a very vital part, it is there job to counsel and help his flock, still prepare a message and still make time to visit that sick and the shut ins. When a pastor has to cover every body part in the church that shuts him off from the outside people and he loses a opportunity to witness to the lost, when you have worship leaders in their place and Sunday school teachers in their place and ushers in their place you’ll see that
everything works in order.
Even the little jobs make such a difference in the church, every part is seen by God. We have allowed the spirit of (Cora) which is rebellion into our churches. When you get rebuked by the pastor just receive it and give it to God, don’t allow hate toward him to rise up in you because when that happens you will lose your glory and you “Began to create your foundation for you next wall” I preached that once and God broke through that service and it was WOW awesome outcome. Above all things tear down every foundation don’t allow one small rebuke to ruin what God has in store for you.
To keep the church alive...When you give to God he will give back to you (Luke 6:38) giving your tithes and offerings are one the most important and crucial points to ministry and your spiritual life. In the flesh your tithes and offerings cover the cost of the electric, gas, and water bills also cover any other church need. As soon as you give tithes (Malachi 3:10, 11) God will rebuke the devourer and will make your store house plentiful. Your giving not only blesses you but you bless your church as well. “In every event in your life you will have to give in order to receive” you giving a smile to receive one, you give your time you get paid in return, you give in money you will receive the same.
I believe that when you receive spiritual blessings, and you have obtained the gifts you will see more of an outcome in your walk with God, no matter how much you have in your bank account or pocket you will be over flowing with life.
Prayer life in the churchWe have to understand that God is in control and no matter what the situation is. I can remember when my father pastured a church we would go and pray sometimes all night and through that everything went well until the holy spirit started making
conviction fall upon the people of the church, it wasn’t but a second before they had our bags packed and us voted out, it was a move that God had already ordained (Romans 8:28)
When you pray God listens to you and he will answer you regardless if it is yes or no, set and listen to that voice and
remember just as Elijah in (1Kings 19:11) when he was in the cave waiting on Gods answer on what to do it wasn’t through the wind that broke the rocks or the
earthquakes or the loud noises or the fire, God wasn’t in any of that but in a small still voice.
We have an issue with waiting on God. We like to assume that God is in everything that happens such as wind, fire, and earthquake. I was talking to a friend of mine and he was telling me how, this one time he and his wife had a pastor call them and invite them to Wyoming to preacher in the church and he was just praying about it at this moment, over time he felt that he had his answer, he was out one day mowing his lawn when a chip bag had blown over in his area and got in the way of his mower so he got off to pick it up and noticed that the name on the bag was the same name of the town where the church is in Wyoming, so he packed him and his wife and son, gave his new house away and took off to
Wyoming.
After being gone for over two years he found himself working in a place that he didn’t really like in Arkansas, through this he created an Ishmael. All he wanted was a sign and that’s just what he got and for two years he fought. So you see, God isn’t really into signs he is in that still small voice. When you abide in the almighty he will take care of you in every way, he will “deliver you from the fowler noisome pestilent” (Psalms 91:1-3)
A different time when peter was a prisoner he had two guards there next to him the Bible says that “prayer was made without ceasing”, as he was there with chains to hold him up, as the night was long and probably drug out he dosed off and as the angel of the lord came to him and smote peter on the side when he arose the chains fell (Acts 12:6-7)
Sometimes in order to get what we want we have to pray without ceasing, through prayer and supplications things always happens. (John 15:7 “If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you will ask what you desire and it shall be done for you”.)