bigboycying
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Registration Date: 02-24-2003
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I have to leave the ministry and I don't know what I'm gonna do.
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06-28-2003 21:11 |
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Ron E 
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Registration Date: 03-12-2002
Posts: 5,610
Location: Central Ontario Canada
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Look up, cry out, maybe you have to leave your current ministry, but I'm sure God has a beautiful place for you yet to display his grace (likely as a counter to the gracelessness you've been extended?).
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06-28-2003 21:25 |
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HEMISPHERICALHEADS
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Registration Date: 06-07-2003
Posts: 2,324
Location: Motor City
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Indeed. I have always wondered about things such as this..I mean being in the ministry is a job you are getting paid to do. But it much more than that. It sounds weird to say "being paid" to do this but we all need some form of income. Terry Taylor is technically "in the ministry". Believe me God has used his words to speak directly to my heart. I would not be suprised if there is a TST penned tune that speaks about this issue...Hang in there..
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06-28-2003 21:58 |
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BD
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Registration Date: 07-16-2002
Posts: 2,294
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Will keep you in my prayers.
BD
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06-28-2003 22:28 |
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Commander Cote
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Registration Date: 03-18-2002
Posts: 715
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You'll be in my prayers also.
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06-28-2003 22:39 |
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I will keep you in my prayers too. In the meantime, take some comfort in these lyrics Phil Keaggy sings, in a song called "Disappointment" on his "Love Broke Thru" album.
DISAPPOINTMENT (from Phil Keaggy's "Love Broke Thru" album)
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Disappointment - His appointment,
Change one letter, then I see
That the thwarting of my purpose
Is God's better choice for me.
His appointment must be blessing
Though it may come in disguise
For the end from the beginning,
Open to His wisdom lies.
Disappointment - His appointment
Whose? The Lord's who loves best.
Understands and knows me fully,
Who my faith and love would test.
For like loving, earthy parent
He rejoices when He knows
That His child accepts unquestioned
All that from His wisdom flows.
Disappointment - His appointment
No good thing will he withhold
From denials oft we gather
Treasures from His love untold.
Well, He knows each broken purpose
Leads to fuller deeper trust
And the end of all His dealings
Proves our God is wise and just.
Disappointment - His appointment
Lord I take it then as such,
Like the clay in hands of potter
Yielding wholly to Thy touch
All my life's plan is Thy molding
Not one single choice be mine
Let me answer unrepining,
Father not my will but Thine.
Lyrics By Anonymous
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06-28-2003 22:40 |
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Toque Boy
A Hot Wolly
Registration Date: 12-08-2002
Posts: 462
Location: Vancouver, BC
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It is tough to see so many people in ministry being pushed out. My dad was a pastor and had a really negative experience which really affected him (what about God's call? Have I been wrong? Have I done something wrong?) and the family. He ended up taking almost a 18 month break from ministry and worked as a janitor. That wasn't his thing and in time, God did lead him back to ministry but in a different area. He is now a chaplain in the prison system. His congregation is not as demanding and really seems "captivated" by his ministry. (Sorry, that was bad.)
I will pray for you and yours. May you see God's hands of comfort during this time.
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06-28-2003 23:38 |
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JR88
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Registration Date: 05-01-2003
Posts: 4,896
Location: The Earth Household.
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Originally posted by bigboycying
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Consider it done.
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06-29-2003 14:21 |
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.backs.
Tallowy Tamale
Registration Date: 03-13-2003
Posts: 7,777
Location: "An autoposy will make him into a dorf-o-lantern on the Mesaage Boards ."
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And done again.
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"Dorf can have his monk cakes, I live in a world built on inspirations divined from bonfires."
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Woolly Eggwhisk
Registration Date: 03-13-2002
Posts: 734
Location: Silicon Valley: prime real estate for a terrorist dirty bomb hit
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re-"done"-dant
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"He described once that the most evil creation ever
visited upon mankind was the internal combustion engine."
--Peter Jackson quoting J. R. R. Tolkien
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06-30-2003 00:17 |
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Woolly Eggwhisk
Registration Date: 03-13-2002
Posts: 734
Location: Silicon Valley: prime real estate for a terrorist dirty bomb hit
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that really WAS redundant!
(-knock it off, this is serious)
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"He described once that the most evil creation ever
visited upon mankind was the internal combustion engine."
--Peter Jackson quoting J. R. R. Tolkien
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06-30-2003 00:21 |
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carl
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Registration Date: 03-15-2002
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But God does. Praying He will begin to reveal it, and that you will begin to see it.
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06-30-2003 07:19 |
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Woggy
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Registration Date: 03-13-2002
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Location: "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." ~~ Albert Einstein
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Praying that:
God shows you what He wants for your life.
God grants you peace and grace.
God allows you the time and space to realize the new goal He has for you.
I'm sure this is hard - it's never fun to be in that place of "not knowing"..................
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1 John 2:6
Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
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06-30-2003 09:34 |
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Mark
Moderator
Registration Date: 03-18-2002
Posts: 9,525
Location: Grand Encephalon - Words have their place but live what you say God can have His way when you hit them with Love
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I'm praying.
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But never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. - C.S. Lewis
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Mark
Moderator
Registration Date: 03-18-2002
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Location: Grand Encephalon - Words have their place but live what you say God can have His way when you hit them with Love
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More shameless posting brought to you by Mark
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