Fruits Of Labor...Refined By Fire

Save for the transforming power of Christ, the results of ministry are usually not immediately noticeable. Spiritual growth takes time. Turn-around in marriages and relationships take time. Discipleship takes time. Church growth and impacting a community for Christ...lots of time.

While they labor not in vain, the wait, the process, the work...in a results-oriented society, staying focused, determined and on track can be challenging. It's certainly something to which many can relate, as other positions and industry have long cycles, where projected "completion times" are well in front of us on the calendar.

However, the process of becoming more like Christ is not a long cycle process, but a life cycle process. Thus, it requires a lifetime of commitment and faithful service to that process.

Ministry is a calling. Ministry requires an anointing. Ministry needs people who will neither quit on God, nor give up on the people they service. An unrelenting faith in God. An unending hope in the people. Anxiously awaiting a life-transforming result.

On this #seniorPastorMonday, pray for a renewed sense of commitment to the ministry. Pray for a refreshed anointing in their place of service. Pray for a strengthening of stamina; that energy levels be restored, that emotions and mental capacities would be fortified. Pray for excitement and enthusiasm to return to their work; that it would be contagious to their congregations and overflow into their communities.

-PNC

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