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Originally Posted by Pastor Poster
Warning! You may want to turn your head if this is too painful to look at.
Galatians 5:22 states that one of the end results of the Spirit's work in us will be the addition of longsuffering. Longsuffering is a calmer, gentler synonym of that other word we're apt to run from - patience.
Now patience can be trying, frustrating and at times maddening to receive.
It is through the trying of our faith that patience is birthed. I'm sure you have heard that "tribulation worketh patience"?
But is patience always a virtue? Can patience lead into a general apathy of the soul? Do we confuse apathy and patience in Pentecost?
It would seem to me that some things can't wait. Perhaps this thread will help to identify which areas of life we need to exercise patience in and which areas require immediate change.
Specifically, let's consider the church.
What areas need reform, but not necessarily immediate reform?
What areas need immediate reform?
I will wait impatiently for your response.  |
I know this is not a reform in the church such as, Allowing woman to cut their hair, wear pants kind of good.
I think the pulpit needs to be reformed.
I am tired of ministers stepping into the pulpit, full of stories, ice breakers, words they just wrote down from TD Jakes on TBN Sunday morning.
Man, Get on your knee's and be relevant for the times and be ontime with a fresh annointing.
Otherwise get out of the pulpit before God has to push you out.
People are hungry for good redeeming, soul searching, practical living and application ministry.
Not how much you know on the doctrinal stances and beliefs.
Turn around and let your back face the choir.
Your burden is to preach to the one sinner who may have stepped in off the steet to meet God at the doorstep of Eternity.
I vote for reforming the office of the Man of God!