"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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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!
Thanks for sharing this with us. good lesson-Excellence in all we do as we serve the Lord and walk in obedience.
Thank you Valerie
Yes we need to represent Jesus in every area of our lives
Thank you God Chaser
Indeed we are called to be excellent in all we do. Mediocrity is not the way to go.
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
Thats a great idea Anders, we are called to bear fruit so we must be bearing fruit trees, not trees without fruit
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