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November 24, 2008

Monday Readings - Excellence in Ministry

Excellence in Ministry by Robb Thompson


"Excellence is a journey, not a destination"- a journey to be pursued with passion, leading you to higher levels in ministry and in your walk with God than you ever dreamed possible!

In this book you are given principles from the word to help you answer God's call to the ministry with excellence.

Excellence begins with the person not the ministry and it is who you become, because its all about being and example to all believers.

Philippians 3:14 tells us that we are to press forward toward the mark for the prize of the high calling. We are not here on this earth to press for things that has no lasting value. We are called to press toward a higher level , toward a life of greater excellence in Him. This applies not only to your personal life but to your ministry as well.
Very often in ministry because we have done things one way we are not open to change, but we must embrace change and be relevant as we strive for a higher level of excellence less we become ineffective. Only the truth of God's word never changes

In our quest for excellence it is important that we do not make comparison with others because very often we do things that we are not called to, to please the people. When we try to operate outside of God we will meet with failure.

In the book of 1 Samuel God told Saul to completely destroy the Amalekite nation and all their possessions, but Saul obeyed only in part. He yielded to the pressure from the people to spare the Amalekite king and the best of the livestock., so God rejected him as king. He chose to disobey God.
Often times we find ourselves like Saul walking in disobedience to God's word for one reason or another. The truth of the matter is that when we do this we are not walking in excellence, only one thing we should be focused upon, what does the word say about this situation, not what the people say, its not about their opinion.

We are called to represent Jesus with excellence in our words, in relationships, in our attitudes, as a matter of fact in every area of our lives. Let the fruit of the spirit be evident in our lives



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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Amen my friend. Our pastor always reminds us that "sometimes we are the only Bible people read." We must represent Jesus in our actions, our character and the way we treat and help others. AMEN! Blessings my friend and love you!

God Chaser said...

Thanks for sharing this with us. good lesson-Excellence in all we do as we serve the Lord and walk in obedience.

Gi said...

Thank you Valerie

Yes we need to represent Jesus in every area of our lives

Gi said...

Thank you God Chaser

Indeed we are called to be excellent in all we do. Mediocrity is not the way to go.

Anonymous said...

You wrote: "Let the fruit of the spirit be evident in our lives
". I suggest we rather be like fruit trees ourselves.

Not all you see
By nature three is man, you see.
An eunuch from his mother’s womb.
An eunuch man made, acting some.
An eunuch Heaven’s sake to be.

We all restricted knowledge by.
But only one by God is done.
Not all are lovely to The Son.
Not offer. Charity. Is why.

By nature three the will to be
refusing opportunity.
As eunuchs three we are not free.
But only one by God, – see:

Necessity like grass will be.
Utility like herbs. You see:
As eunuchs they will serve to be,
serve eyes, not like the fruit tree.

Not offerings but mercy is
what Jesus wants from us – and this:
The fruit tree only mercy be.
Not fruit trees, though, but like, we.

Anders W. Ellingsen

Gi said...

Thats a great idea Anders, we are called to bear fruit so we must be bearing fruit trees, not trees without fruit

Repentance is a God given opportunity to enter into the blessings of the Lord and escape from the oppression of the enemy.
If you haven't ask Jesus into your heart as Savior and asked Him to forgive you of your sins, it is as simple as following these steps:

1) ADMIT YOU HAVE SINNED. "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).

2) BELIEVE IN JESUS. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16).


3) CONFESS AND LEAVE YOUR SIN. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9)

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