The worst thing that can befall a man or woman called by God is to be promoted before he or she is ready. To those of you hungry for influence, lured by the trap of self-promotion into seeking national stages and conferences, please think twice about what doors you are trying to knock down and for what you are asking!
Influence is dangerous. It will eat you alive and make you its mistress. It will steal your time and those gifts that are among the most precious that God gives—your real friends and your family. Ministry addicts manage all their success at the expense of spending intimate time with God.
They expand their ministry and shrink their hearts. The constant phone calls, emails, and text messages will feed ego and create a false identity. Ministry addicts become entitled; they demand honorariums and special treatment. He or she becomes so full of self, there is less and less room for God.
Prophets and intercessors weep over such ones and try to warn them, but ministry addicts won’t listen because they have put themselves beyond the need for correction and personal repentance. Oh, emerging generation of voices with growing influence, I fear for you because I know the journey ahead!
I know you will not realize your tendency to prioritize people before ministry to God without the fervent prayers of intercessors and the presence of fathers who will rebuke you and speak truth to you.
The truth must be told, regardless of how badly it offends us.
My name is Cesar and I’m a Voice in The Desert
#avoiceinthedesert
www.mywalkwithmycreator.com
Influence is dangerous. It will eat you alive and make you its mistress. It will steal your time and those gifts that are among the most precious that God gives—your real friends and your family. Ministry addicts manage all their success at the expense of spending intimate time with God.
They expand their ministry and shrink their hearts. The constant phone calls, emails, and text messages will feed ego and create a false identity. Ministry addicts become entitled; they demand honorariums and special treatment. He or she becomes so full of self, there is less and less room for God.
Prophets and intercessors weep over such ones and try to warn them, but ministry addicts won’t listen because they have put themselves beyond the need for correction and personal repentance. Oh, emerging generation of voices with growing influence, I fear for you because I know the journey ahead!
I know you will not realize your tendency to prioritize people before ministry to God without the fervent prayers of intercessors and the presence of fathers who will rebuke you and speak truth to you.
The truth must be told, regardless of how badly it offends us.
My name is Cesar and I’m a Voice in The Desert
#avoiceinthedesert
www.mywalkwithmycreator.com
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