No More Sermons

For those of you “rookie” Christians let me give it to you straight about the ministry. Shepherding, preaching and leading can get pretty monotonous. You start teaching a book (the Gospel of John) and you spend your time extracting what you believe God wants communicated to your flock. This process is not bad or evil it just is what it is.

When black Monday arrived I knew that singing and preaching would be put on the back burner. Paula, an anointed leader in my church, began maintaining a schedule of anointed people to fill my spots. Preaching is my lifeblood and my passion and I always look forward to communicating Gods word to my sheep. I knew this season was going to be fraught with frustration. Imagine your life being turned upside down and the floodgates of wisdom and insight being completely open with new insight and a fresh perspective, and no mechanism to share it. I do not want to preach sermons anymore! I want to communicate spiritual life to sheep that are hungry for personal transformation. I want to be used by God to speak to their inner man and to live a life that communicates the height, the depth and the breadth of God’s love. My challenge is to be relevant in my desperation. I don’t want to scare people away but I want to encourage them to connect with God more.

Lesson- communicate the love of God like it is the last thing that I get to say; my last words. I’m not dying but I wasn’t really living either. I know there is someone reading this right now that needs to know you are the apple of God’s eye. He’s crazy about you and misses you terribly! He is next to you now waiting for you to invite Him in. So what are you waiting for? Trust me- I have never felt God’s love stronger than I do right now at this very moment and my life is completely upside down!