NO PODIUM NEEDED !

WE OFTEN BELIEVE THAT WE MUST BE INVOLVED IN BIG ELABORATE EVENTS IN ORDER TO MINISTER, OR STANDING BEHIND A PULPIT, OR IN FRONT OF A CROWD.

THOUGH THESE ARE LEGITIMATE FORMS OF MINISTRY, THEY ARE THE LEAST LIKELY, AS WELL AS THE LEAST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF MINISTRY.

CHRIST DID HAVE CROWDS, BUT HE DIDN'T USE PODIUMS TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.

WHAT CHRIST DID DO WAS HE MOVED BY COMPASSION, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO MINISTER AT THE MOST OPPORTUNE TIME, BUT IN SOME OF THE MOST INCONVENIENT, PUBLIC, AND UNPLANNED PLACES.

SOME OF OUR MOST DYNAMIC DISPLAYS OF GOD'S MIRACLES, SIGNS, AND WONDERS ARE WAITING FOR US NOT IN OUR MEGA-CHURCHES, CONVENTIONS, SEMINARS, REVIVALS, OR CRUSADE, BUT RIGHT IN THE STREETS OF YOUR CITY, OR TOWN.

GOD IS EVERYWHERE SO WE SAY, SO THEN WHY DO WE NEVER EXPECT HIM TO SHOW UP TO HEAL OR DELIVER AT WAL-MART, OR POP-EYES CHICKEN ?

WHY DO WE BELIEVE GOD ONLY MOVES WHEN WE HAVE ON SUITS AND ARE IN A CHURCH ?

WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR, SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT ?

WE CLAIM TO BE CHILDREN OF GOD, SAVED, AND SANCTIFIED ETC... SO WHATS THE HOLD UP ?

THE HOLD UP IS US, AND OUR LACK OF FAITH, AS WELL AS OUR LACK OF A GENUINE CHRIST LIKE LIFESTYLE.

IF WE ARE CHRISTIANS, THEN WE ARE CHRIST LIKE.

IF CHRIST LIKE THEN WE WILL DO LIKE CHRIST AND PRAY FOR THE SICK, AND BOUND WHENEVER OPPORTUNITY ARISES, JUST LIKE CHRIST.

TODAY I PRAYED FOR A BROTHER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WITH MY VEHICLE STILL RUNNING AS HE WAS OWN HIS WAY TO MEET WITH SOME ACCOUNTANTS OVER MONEY HE OWES THE GOVERNMENT.

I COULD SEE, AND HEAR HIS APPREHENSION, AND HE IS NOT SAVED, BUT HE KNEW I WAS.

AS WE SHOOK HANDS TO DEPART I SIMPLY HELD ON TO HIS AND ASKED IF I COULD PRAY FOR HIM.

AT THE END OF THE PRAYER HE WAS SO GRATEFUL, AND AWED BY THE WORDS OF THIS SPIRIT CHARGED AND INSPIRED PRAYER THAT HE APPEARED TO BE VISIBLY MORE AT EASE.

BEFORE LEAVING HE ASKED IF HE COULD BE APART OF A BIBLE STUDY IF I STARTED ONE.

SO YOU SEE EVEN WITHOUT SEEING THE END RESULTS OF THAT PRAYER HE WAS ALREADY BEING DRAWN INTO THE KINGDOM, AND ISN'T THAT THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF MINISTRY, TO WIN SOULS ?



2DAYS PROPHETIC ADMONISHMENT: GOD IS WAITING ON US TO CALL ON HIM, IN STRANGE PLACES, FOR STRANGERS, AND HE WILL DO THE REST.

LET'S GO OUT INTO THE STREETS, AND LIKE ELIJAH CALL FIRE DOWN FROM HEAVEN THAT THE IDOL WORSHIPPERS MAY SEE WHO IS THE ONLY TRUE GOD !

WE DON'T NEED A PODIUM TO PROVE WE SERVE THE TRUE AND LIVING GOD !