In ministry, I believe it is so easy to get discouraged and think that we are just going through the motions - with no fruit and no results.......then when we have a conversation with someone, we realize that lives are truly being changed.
One of our struggles with discouragement is that we think it is all up to us - and that wrong thinking also leads to pride b/c we will think the same during times of "success". Another problem is that we don't spend enough time focusing in on the actual PEOPLE that we have been "ministering" to - we MUST hear their stories and that will keep our hearts ignited with passion and a desire to keep going.
Whether it is a message that you have taught, a preschool room you have served in, or a ministry that you spent endless hours launching from scratch - no matter how we "feel" - if we will just be available and not quit, leave the results to God, be diligent to do all we can, and take time to hear the stories of REAL PEOPLE.......our discouragement may have a little bit of "merit" - but it will be overcome with the encouragement and reality of God's power and changed lives.
***Check out this incredible PROMISE from God's Word - Galatians 6:9
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Gal 6:9 was what I needed to read this morning man, glad you wrote this blog.
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