The State of the Church – Ministers
HYMN: GIVE US O LORD THINE UNCTION
It
is a heart cry that is far more beyond 45mins prayer, it must be a burden of
perpetual cry to God to visit His church again.
Our
focus – Ministers in various ministries (1Cor 12:5 –
different services but same God) Word, Singing, Protocol/Ushering
The
Real Ministers Church (John 8:31)
· Are those that abide in
his Word and continually obeying his teaching and living in accordance of the
Word.
· Those that yearn daily
for more of him and his power.
· They dint follow crowd
but long to dwell with him always (alone with him).
· Genuine disciple burdened
and laboring for harvest not merchandisers only concerns of their belly.
But
reverse is the case of what we now have in the body of Christ, we only do what
pleases us not things from the core heart of God
Isaiah 42:18-25 – (GW)
18
“Deaf people, listen to me! Blind people, look and see!
19
In all the world, no one is more blind than my servant. [c] No one is more deaf
than my messenger. No one is more blind than my chosen people,
the
servant of the LORD. 20 My people see what they should do, but they do not obey
me. (totally blindfolded: mammon, fame, power, status, riches of this world)
They can hear with their ears, but they refuse to listen to me.” (totally deaf
to the voice of the master, engulfed by negative voices and deception of this
age). 21 The LORD wants them to do what is right. He wants them to honor his
wonderful teachings. (This is very difficult, because we refuse to esteem the
Word, he calls for their attention but were being distracted and deaf to his
call, carried away by religious activities and handles His Word with human
methodology, doing things in our own ways and benefits). 22 But look at his
people. Others have defeated them and have stolen from them. The young men are
afraid. They are locked in prisons. (no wonder we are losing our children to
the lies and deception of this age – our children are being taking away by the
flood of the end time, many has been deceived and lost in religion – blind
leading the blind) People have taken advantage of them, and there is no one to protect
them.
Others
take their money, and there is no one to say, “Give it back!” 23 Will any of
you pay attention to this warning? Will you ever learn to listen? 24 Who let
Jacob be defeated? Who let others take what belonged to Israel? The LORD
allowed them to do this. We sinned against him, so he let people take away our
wealth. The people did not want to live the way he wanted. They refused to
listen to his teaching. 25 So he poured out his anger on them and brought wars
against them. It was as if there were fires all around them, but they didn’t
know what was happening. It was as if they were burning, but they didn’t try to
understand.
The
Heart Cry
24
Who let Jacob be defeated? Who let others take what belonged to Israel? The
LORD allowed them to do this. We sinned against him, so he let people take away
our wealth.
· Thank God for a time like
this
· Thank Him for creating a
situation like this so that we can cry for help and his intervention
V 24-25 ........We sinned against
him, so he let people take away our wealth. The people did not want to live the
way he wanted. They refused to listen to his teaching. 25 So he poured out his
anger on them and brought wars against them
· Ps 85: Will you be angry with us
forever or prolong your anger.........Father, please in your mercy turn away
from fierce anger, withdrawn from your wrath, forgive all wickedness and give
us a new life in you
· Rom 12:1 I beseech therefore
brethren, present yourself.............Lord cause the minister of your gospel
to begin to pay attention and yield to your call
· Mark 4:1,10
– Many
minister of the gospel who supposed to be breaking bones (maturity) of his Word
are still feeding on milk (immature) because they are unable to settle with
him, being alone with him for full revelations and inspirations, so they were
feeding on shaft. When you see them, you recognise them by their loudness:
behaviour, the way they speak, life style, attitude etc Lord give us hunger and
thirst after you and your Word, take our eyes off perishables, help us to begin
to fix our eyes on the imperishable and things of eternal – do your work in us
that your true image will ensume
· V21 “The LORD wants them to
do what is right. He wants them to honor his wonderful teachings” – Help us to
be deliberate with your Word and quickly retrace ourselves back to you
· Deliver us from the crowd
and those in difficult situations and afflictions
· Please Lord hearken to
the cry of the genuine ministers (burdened for Revival) crying to you day and
night for a change in the body of Christ
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