Things You May Not Know About Ministry

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by Charlie Brown

A song a friend of mine wrote goes...


A Jesus man is a lonely man, and he walks all alone
A Jesus man is a hated man, with no place to call home
But a Jesus man is a powerful man, and all he's gotta do is just speak
A Jesus man, a Jesus man, is what I wanna be

This is pretty good.

Ministry is very lonely at times.

Which leads me to my number 6.

6. Be friendly with God's people, but be careful not to be too friendly. Familiarity breeds contempt.

[revrandy]

Originally Posted by Charlie Brown

Why not??

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

This is pretty good.

Ministry is very lonely at times.

Which leads me to my number 6.

6. Be friendly with God's people, but be careful not to be too friendly. Familiarity breeds contempt.

Jesus was extremely social....had twelve men with him most of the time.. not a loner... spent a lot of time at folks houses... and travelled frequently...

the reason familiarity breeds contempt is because people find out who you really are.... and if there's contempt there might be reason for you to change...

I don't know if I really believe this anymore...

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by revrandy

Jesus was extremely social....had twelve men with him most of the time.. not a loner... spent a lot of time at folks houses... and travelled frequently...

the reason familiarity breeds contempt is because people find out who you really are.... and if there's contempt there might be reason for you to change...

I don't know if I really believe this anymore...

Jesus definitely had times of aloneness and even lonliness.

[revrandy]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

Jesus definitely had times of aloneness and even lonliness.

I'm not saying there weren't times.. but he did travel extensively with the twelve... went to sinners houses and dinners... went to wedding parties...

Part of the reason folks can't get along socialibly is that they will see you for who you are...
and you them...

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by revrandy

I'm not saying there weren't times.. but he did travel extensively with the twelve... went to sinners houses and dinners... went to wedding parties...

Part of the reason folks can't get along socialibly is that they will see you for who you are...
and you them...

Maybe, but there are some aspects of life and ministry that are reserved for a ministers mind alone. There ares some things that we can't even share with our spouse's. That can lead to a feeling of isolation.

A minister is God's man - no one else's.

[revrandy]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

Maybe, but there are some aspects of life and ministry that are reserved for a ministers mind alone. There ares some things that we can't even share with our spouse's. That can lead to a feeling of isolation.

A minister is God's man - no one else's.

This part is true..
People tell us things and trust us to keep their trust....

[Kutless]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

Maybe, but there are some aspects of life and ministry that are reserved for a ministers mind alone. There ares some things that we can't even share with our spouse's. That can lead to a feeling of isolation.

A minister is God's man - no one else's.

Are you speaking of something outside of personal counsel

[Kutless]

Originally Posted by Kutless

Are you speaking of something outside of personal counsel

Bump.....Once again PP you have proven your status in the kingdom of "Thread Starting"

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by Kutless

Are you speaking of something outside of personal counsel

Sometimes God speaks secrets to a man that no one else could begin to understand. They are impossible to communicate with anyone - even the One you love the most. So you hold that inside and it is an intimacy between you and God alone.

Sometimes God places His leaders in places of isolation. The backside of a desert, a cave, underneath a juniper tree.....often it is in the quiet lonliness that the deep things of God are shared.

[Charlie Brown]

Originally Posted by revrandy

I'm not saying there weren't times.. but he did travel extensively with the twelve... went to sinners houses and dinners... went to wedding parties...

Part of the reason folks can't get along socialibly is that they will see you for who you are...
and you them...

I am not saying that there are never times of socializing. But if a preacher does not spend solitary time, and a lot of it, with his Lord, he is missing what will make him more than anything else.

The sad fact is, that if we preachers spent half as much time in solitary prayer as we do socializing with folks, we would see a noticeable increase in the presence and power of God within our pulpits. But it is so much easier to "fellowship".