Church Monologue

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What about me?
I really thought I was powerful.
I went to speak to a congregation recently.
All was lovely. Great choir, fantastic pastor, lovely folks, exciting atmosphere for ministration..
I was all ready to "bring the word" until I got on the altar and an eleven year old boy started running around.
He beat the drums wildly, knocked chairs over, let out wild screams and finally jumped on my back and soon was struggling with me for the microphone.
It was a spectacle for the church to behold yet, no-one moved to recue me.
Finally, I shrugged him off and was very visibly irritated as I motioned to the ushers to stop him. But they just smiled, as everyone watched the drama.

My first pastoral instinct was to reach for the anointing oil, …show more content…

How could I have been so cold hearted?
I looked at the apologetic mother, as the battle for the microphone continued.
"Ma'am' I am sorry, but how do you cope with this situation?"
She smiled and sang this song by Christy Lane back to me:
"I'm only human, I'm just a woman.
Help me believe in what I could be
And all that I am.
Show me the stairway, I have to climb.
Lord for my sake, teach me to take
One day at a time.

Chorus:
One day at a time, sweet Jesus
That's all I'm asking from you.
Just give me the …show more content…

“Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.” Isaiah 55:1-3
There is a tiny line between truth and error.
For the man of God and his flock to keep the kingdom in view they must both hunger and thirst for truth and protect it.
To avoid the heretic end time messengers and their messages, the sheep and the shepherd must be sensitive to what the word of God, through the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church. Your survival as a Christian is anchored on your understanding and acting on the word of God.
The tragedy of the end times is, some of the 'sheep' of today are unlike the Berean Christians who after every message preached to them, search the scriptures to confirm whether those things were so.
Whatever the faith you subscribe to, you will be vulnerable to all sorts of false teachings, unless you research and get a personal understanding of the faith. It's not different with Christianity.
Can prophesy be broken?
Let's face it, some of the troubling things we see in Christ's church today, may be a fulfilment of

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