What is your it?
If you ask an evangelist, it will be reaching the lost.
If you ask a mother, it will be loving her child(ren).
If you ask an entrepreneur, it will be the next great business plan.
If you ask an adventurer, it will be the next thrill ride.
If you ask a musician, it will some form of worship through music.
If you ask …, it will be whatever is important to them.
In our world of high profile leadership models that will often try to conform us to their image, it is easy to lose sight of our own uniqueness. We can end up chasing after whatever or whoever is the most inspirational in our life at that moment. In the end, we end up being nothing more than a wave being tossed about in the sea.
One of the most zealous and inspirational leaders in the early days of Christianity was the Apostle Paul. His passion was unique even amongst those who had personally known Yeshua. Paul was able to throw off his years of prejudice and reach out to the gentile world. Paul was the one that rebuked Peter for compromising grace by living a double standard of legalism and freedom. He had no problem with being cold and hungry as he sought out the next person for the kingdom. Stonings, floggings and imprisonment were simply a small part of the cost of knowing Yeshua.
However, he also had no problem zealously seeking out Christians prior to his conversion and having them put in jail or even stoned to death. What we sometimes miss about his life is that Paul simply stayed true to who he was. He knew what his “it” was.
Did he need to learn something beyond his "it"? Was Paul always loving and nurturing to those who were not like him? Not at first. It is difficult, knowing the character of Paul, picturing him writing the greatest love passage of all time, 1 Corinthians 13.
One of the great personal fights that came between 2 great friends, Paul and Barnabas, was over their young protégé, Mark’s homesickness. For Paul it was like Mark had abandoned the faith and betrayed him personally. (see Acts 15) Whereas, Barnabas (son of encouragement), recognized that his mentoring of Paul was no longer needed and left Paul in order to nurture young Mark.
Imagine the disaster that would have happened to the core message of the gospel (love) if both Paul and Barnabas had abandoned Mark for the cause. We might not have the gospel of Mark today.
Paul would likely have never had Mark in his life ever again, whereas near the end of his time he was able to say, “Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry.”
2 Timothy 4:11
It is possible to let our personal passions push out the people that God has brought into our lives. Our ideologies can erode the most important message of the cross, love. At the end of the day we need to know that Yeshua is desiring to work with each one of us individually and personally. When Peter was told all that would happen to him from the resurrected Yeshua himself, his very next question was what about John?
“When Peter saw him, he asked, "Lord, what about him?"
Each one of us needs to hear Yeshua’s rebuke to Peter.
Jesus answered, "If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me."
John 21:21,22
Our calling is to follow Yeshua, not like someone else does, not like the group might demand of us, but personally, as a friend does.
We can all do it, be who God wants us to be. We simply need to remind ourselves our “it” is for us alone, our love is for those that God places in our path.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Finances in The Kingdom of God
I have a pastor friend who struggles with starting a business because he doesn’t want to abuse his spiritual position in his parishioner’s lives by making money with them. Ironically, week after week he takes up an offering for his salary. He is not alone in this kind of mindset and I understand because I've been there, done that. Somehow, I had not appreciated the fact that the Apostle Paul had a tentmaking business that provided for himself and those he was mentoring and established a model that he wanted passed on to all leaders.
“I have not coveted anyone's silver or gold or clothing. You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions. In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "
Acts 20:33-35
This passage has dramatically changed much of my thinking about finances in two specific areas: charitable giving and making money. To say the least it’s been a huge paradigm shift for me to see kingdom values about finances in a very different way than I was originally taught.
One of my biggest shocks was that charitable giving was primarily to be used to support those who have no other means of support, ie. the weak: widows, orphans, persecuted, disaster victims, etc. And yet today, the lion’s share of charitable giving goes to support the administration of churches/ministries with very little going to those that really need help.
Much of the church’s understanding of finances is taught by professional teachers/pastors who have become dependent on the offerings of their followers. Where Paul was able to say "I have worked hard with my own hands to supply the needs of others", leaders today have to say "My followers have had to work hard to supply my needs". The professional clergy model that exists today for making money cannot be duplicated by their followers and in truth, has made them dependent upon their parishioners. Paul clearly said we are not to become dependent on others.
"Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody."
1 Thessalonians 4:11,12
One friend suggested that if I feel so strongly about this now, that I should give back everything I made during my 8 years in paid ministry. Perhaps he’s right. The problem of course is that it would make it a huge obstacle for any pastor to transition into the values that I am suggesting.
Why wouldn't pastors want to model to those they are discipling something that can be practiced by all? Is it really necessary to create a separation between clergy/layity of how to provide for our families?
The more I study kingdom finances, the more I realize that we are to help each other prosper. The way things are right now is that people are isolated and have little desire to work together to increase each other’s financial position in order to do more within the kingdom of God. Working together for kingdom purposes should be normative for Christians and yet when it comes to making money most Christians are virtually on their own.
I recognize that this simple view of providing for ourselves and others would be a radical departure from what is currently being practiced. Does that mean that it is an absurd idea or is it simply because we have never done it this way before?
Oh and BTW, it really is better to give than to receive.
"A truth’s initial commotion is directly proportional to how deeply the lie was believed. It wasn’t the world being round that agitated people, but that the world wasn’t flat. When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic."—Dresden James
“I have not coveted anyone's silver or gold or clothing. You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions. In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "
Acts 20:33-35
This passage has dramatically changed much of my thinking about finances in two specific areas: charitable giving and making money. To say the least it’s been a huge paradigm shift for me to see kingdom values about finances in a very different way than I was originally taught.
One of my biggest shocks was that charitable giving was primarily to be used to support those who have no other means of support, ie. the weak: widows, orphans, persecuted, disaster victims, etc. And yet today, the lion’s share of charitable giving goes to support the administration of churches/ministries with very little going to those that really need help.
Much of the church’s understanding of finances is taught by professional teachers/pastors who have become dependent on the offerings of their followers. Where Paul was able to say "I have worked hard with my own hands to supply the needs of others", leaders today have to say "My followers have had to work hard to supply my needs". The professional clergy model that exists today for making money cannot be duplicated by their followers and in truth, has made them dependent upon their parishioners. Paul clearly said we are not to become dependent on others.
"Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody."
1 Thessalonians 4:11,12
One friend suggested that if I feel so strongly about this now, that I should give back everything I made during my 8 years in paid ministry. Perhaps he’s right. The problem of course is that it would make it a huge obstacle for any pastor to transition into the values that I am suggesting.
Why wouldn't pastors want to model to those they are discipling something that can be practiced by all? Is it really necessary to create a separation between clergy/layity of how to provide for our families?
The more I study kingdom finances, the more I realize that we are to help each other prosper. The way things are right now is that people are isolated and have little desire to work together to increase each other’s financial position in order to do more within the kingdom of God. Working together for kingdom purposes should be normative for Christians and yet when it comes to making money most Christians are virtually on their own.
I recognize that this simple view of providing for ourselves and others would be a radical departure from what is currently being practiced. Does that mean that it is an absurd idea or is it simply because we have never done it this way before?
Oh and BTW, it really is better to give than to receive.
"A truth’s initial commotion is directly proportional to how deeply the lie was believed. It wasn’t the world being round that agitated people, but that the world wasn’t flat. When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic."—Dresden James
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Why is Sunday Special?
Many Christians believe that listening to a sermon, praying and singing a few songs is a core value to be done on Sunday. In fact they believe it so much that they spend literally billions of dollars every year to support this value.
When they are asked, "Where in the Bible does it say to do this?" They quickly respond with, "Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching."
Hebrews 10:25
But this passage doesn't say we should venerate Sunday and make it more special than any other day of the week.
The passage does talk about our relationships with each other being important but that has to do with developing strong friendships, not making a particular day of the week special.
I remember a conversation with a retired minister on this topic and asked him to tell me about his friends. He told me he had three guys who were his good friends. I asked him when they met. "At church on Sunday", was his reply. But when else were they friends. The answer was never.
It's really too bad that many can quote Hebrews 10:25 to support going to church on Sunday (which it doesn't require) but struggle with quoting the preceding sentence which really answers WHY we should get together. "And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds."
Hebrews 10:24
Which day of the week can this be done on? Is there anything wrong with meeting on Sunday? Any day of the week is good for getting together. Do Christians have to change their lifestyle regarding Sunday? No, as long as they don't expect or give new believers the impression that they need to go to a church service on Sunday in order to do what God has asked of them.
It seems rather ironic that those who venerate one day in the week sometimes miss the fact that the body of Christ isn't about 2 hours on Sunday but rather lives being lived out with such love for each other that we truly reveal Jesus to our world.
Would pastors be comfortable with parishioners forgoing Sunday and deciding to get together more often but with just a few others in order to pray, encourage one another and seek out ways to help others?
I remember a couple from the first church we were in who were in such desperate financial straights that they "stole" toilet paper from the bathroom at church. This couple were faithful attenders and tithers. And yet we (the church) were happily ignorant of how difficult things were for them. But boy, did we love going to church on Sunday.
The goal isn't showing up for a service but to do what Jesus has commanded us to do and this is His desire.
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
John 13:34,35
When they are asked, "Where in the Bible does it say to do this?" They quickly respond with, "Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching."
Hebrews 10:25
But this passage doesn't say we should venerate Sunday and make it more special than any other day of the week.
The passage does talk about our relationships with each other being important but that has to do with developing strong friendships, not making a particular day of the week special.
I remember a conversation with a retired minister on this topic and asked him to tell me about his friends. He told me he had three guys who were his good friends. I asked him when they met. "At church on Sunday", was his reply. But when else were they friends. The answer was never.
It's really too bad that many can quote Hebrews 10:25 to support going to church on Sunday (which it doesn't require) but struggle with quoting the preceding sentence which really answers WHY we should get together. "And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds."
Hebrews 10:24
Which day of the week can this be done on? Is there anything wrong with meeting on Sunday? Any day of the week is good for getting together. Do Christians have to change their lifestyle regarding Sunday? No, as long as they don't expect or give new believers the impression that they need to go to a church service on Sunday in order to do what God has asked of them.
It seems rather ironic that those who venerate one day in the week sometimes miss the fact that the body of Christ isn't about 2 hours on Sunday but rather lives being lived out with such love for each other that we truly reveal Jesus to our world.
Would pastors be comfortable with parishioners forgoing Sunday and deciding to get together more often but with just a few others in order to pray, encourage one another and seek out ways to help others?
I remember a couple from the first church we were in who were in such desperate financial straights that they "stole" toilet paper from the bathroom at church. This couple were faithful attenders and tithers. And yet we (the church) were happily ignorant of how difficult things were for them. But boy, did we love going to church on Sunday.
The goal isn't showing up for a service but to do what Jesus has commanded us to do and this is His desire.
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
John 13:34,35
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Paying the Price
The simplest definition of repentance is change. And its simplest application means growing up. The Apostle Paul said it this way, "When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me."
1 Corinthians 13:11
Most religious groups place a high value on the term repentance but often relegate it to moral types of sins. But what about a wrong understanding of God and His ways? We need to obviously grow up, change/repent, in order to come to a right understanding.
Now here’s the rub with this maturing process. What if you end up seeing differently than the group that you belong to and that so wanted you to change? I’m not even saying that you’re right and they are wrong. I’m talking about being true to your own conscience at that particular point in time.
You discover what you think is a significant truth but it doesn't fit the group you are in. Who do you share this “revelation” with? The catch 22 in this scenario is that you could very well be ostracized for going against the status quo if you are honest about what you think. BTW: This has happened countless times over the years with people leaving to form new groups only to end up ostracizing a new person who disagrees with their "new" perspective. Nobody questions that maybe belonging to a group isn't what Jesus had in mind for His church.
You read scriptures like "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
John 13:34,35
You already know that in our society that our "love for one another" is not exactly causing anyone to take notice, at least not in a positive way.
And you know from watching what happens to others that if you speak up, you will not be accepted. If you leave, you will be seen as rebellious or bitter and if you stay you will violate your own conscience.
Each week you hear a sermon that requires some form of change and you come to realize that exploring anything outside of the status quo is a very costly matter and repentance is really just code for fitting in with the group.
The Pharisees put such a high value on their group’s interpretation of being right (their identity) that when they saw Lazarus raised from the dead, they conspired to kill Jesus. They were notorious for expecting everyone around them to change, yet when confronted with their own need to repent, they chose murder instead. (Shunning is the acceptable method in our day.)
"What are we accomplishing?" they asked. "Here is this man performing many miraculous signs. If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."
John 11:47,48
Ahhh, the cost of "belonging" and the cost of "change". Make no mistake about this, you will pay for one or the other.
1 Corinthians 13:11
Most religious groups place a high value on the term repentance but often relegate it to moral types of sins. But what about a wrong understanding of God and His ways? We need to obviously grow up, change/repent, in order to come to a right understanding.
Now here’s the rub with this maturing process. What if you end up seeing differently than the group that you belong to and that so wanted you to change? I’m not even saying that you’re right and they are wrong. I’m talking about being true to your own conscience at that particular point in time.
You discover what you think is a significant truth but it doesn't fit the group you are in. Who do you share this “revelation” with? The catch 22 in this scenario is that you could very well be ostracized for going against the status quo if you are honest about what you think. BTW: This has happened countless times over the years with people leaving to form new groups only to end up ostracizing a new person who disagrees with their "new" perspective. Nobody questions that maybe belonging to a group isn't what Jesus had in mind for His church.
You read scriptures like "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
John 13:34,35
You already know that in our society that our "love for one another" is not exactly causing anyone to take notice, at least not in a positive way.
And you know from watching what happens to others that if you speak up, you will not be accepted. If you leave, you will be seen as rebellious or bitter and if you stay you will violate your own conscience.
Each week you hear a sermon that requires some form of change and you come to realize that exploring anything outside of the status quo is a very costly matter and repentance is really just code for fitting in with the group.
The Pharisees put such a high value on their group’s interpretation of being right (their identity) that when they saw Lazarus raised from the dead, they conspired to kill Jesus. They were notorious for expecting everyone around them to change, yet when confronted with their own need to repent, they chose murder instead. (Shunning is the acceptable method in our day.)
"What are we accomplishing?" they asked. "Here is this man performing many miraculous signs. If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."
John 11:47,48
Ahhh, the cost of "belonging" and the cost of "change". Make no mistake about this, you will pay for one or the other.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Come As You Are -- Leave Changed
Church signs offer an interesting snapshot of the beliefs of a particular group. This sign left me wondering what they were selling.
Come As You Are -- Leave Changed
How would a church member feel about the sign?
How would an outsider feel?
I see 2 potential interpretations and I'm sure you can come up with many more.
1. The sign gives the impression that the church will accept you as long as you change to become like them.
2. It might mean that everyone in the church is in a constant, creative mode of allowing change to be normative in their lives.
My feeling is that this sign is there to make the parishioners feel that they are offering hope to those on the outside. Missing the possibility that it is a bit arrogant in that those already in are doing better than those who aren't.
Generally, I don't think people want change all that much. So offering change as a sales pitch seems somewhat naive. It would be interesting to find out if anyone actually showed up as a result of this marketing campaign.
How would you write the second part of this ad campaign?
Come as you are -- Leave ....
Come As You Are -- Leave Changed
How would a church member feel about the sign?
How would an outsider feel?
I see 2 potential interpretations and I'm sure you can come up with many more.
1. The sign gives the impression that the church will accept you as long as you change to become like them.
2. It might mean that everyone in the church is in a constant, creative mode of allowing change to be normative in their lives.
My feeling is that this sign is there to make the parishioners feel that they are offering hope to those on the outside. Missing the possibility that it is a bit arrogant in that those already in are doing better than those who aren't.
Generally, I don't think people want change all that much. So offering change as a sales pitch seems somewhat naive. It would be interesting to find out if anyone actually showed up as a result of this marketing campaign.
How would you write the second part of this ad campaign?
Come as you are -- Leave ....
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Can You Hear?
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. Matthew 13:43
Following the group and following Jesus are definitely not the same thing. In our Father’s economy there has always been a desire for us to make a personal decision to seek him with our whole heart. Jesus made the invitation that anyone and everyone could follow him. It was not some exclusive club that only allowed those with the right money, family, or heritage to join. But the other side of that coin says it has to be a very personal choice, separate from family and heritage.
Jesus scolded the crowds for following him because he fed their bellies but did not necessarily want anything to do with him personally.
Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. John 6:26
Carrying on with the story after the feeding of the 5,000 and the 4,000 it should be noted that “From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.” John 6:66
2,000 years later nothing much has changed. Most people are not really following Jesus but are relying on belonging to a group, either friends, family or church and calling that following Jesus. 85% of Christians were saved before the age of 18. And of those that do come to Christ after that age only 6 out of 100 had no prior knowledge of Jesus. These percentages are staggering in that so much is made about evangelism and personal choice and yet the reality is that most people come to Jesus because of childhood influences.
This doesn’t mean that their experience with Him is not real, it simply means that the systems in place to reach the lost are woefully inadequate. Some would even say that’s why we need to spend even more on children’s programs. Missing the point that it wasn’t children’s programs that influenced a decision for Christ but family ties.
What is rather hypocritical is that Christians are notorious for praying for the “lost” from other major religions asking for the veil to be taken from their eyes, forgetting the reality that the main reason they follow Christ is the same reason that others don’t, childhood influences.
One simply has to take a demographic of any church group to discover that the vast majority of people within the group come from the same socio-economic background. They are comfortable with each other, with the corollary being that “outsiders” aren’t comfortable with them nor are they willing to change to allow outsiders to join them.
Jesus, on the other hand, was notorious for accepting people from every strata of society, which often made people more than a little uncomfortable. We tend to minimize/ignore His words about family influences and selfish motivations when it comes to following him.
"Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Matthew 10:37,38
All groups look for conformity. There really is no need for the Holy Spirit for members in the group. Unless, of course, the Holy Spirit lines up perfectly with the values of the group. When Jesus said it was for the disciples good that He goes away so that the comforter would come, He was really talking about people having the empowerment to follow Him without being dependent on a group or a leader. You don’t need the Holy Spirit in order to go with the flow and belong to a particular group.
But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. John 16:7
What is always fascinating about groups that say they rely on the Holy Spirit’s leading is that they actually believe that every individual involved in the group is there because they have been “called” to that group. And yet, everyone knows the unwritten rule that they cannot deviate from the prescribed teachings or practices of the group without feeling shunned or minimized in some way. And belonging to the group is very important to most people.
Leaders often make the false assumption that it is their role to protect the group rather than guide people into being free to hear the Spirit’s voice in their life. When this is done, leaders unwittingly or even worse, purposefully, often find themselves making disciples of themselves but usually not followers of Christ. If Jesus needed to leave in order to free his disciples to hear the Holy Spirit, why do leaders today not do what Jesus did?
Failure to understand the influence of groups, family and selfish motivations will inevitably lead to a dulling of our ears to hear the Holy Spirit’s gentle call.
For those that have ears to hear let them hear.
Following the group and following Jesus are definitely not the same thing. In our Father’s economy there has always been a desire for us to make a personal decision to seek him with our whole heart. Jesus made the invitation that anyone and everyone could follow him. It was not some exclusive club that only allowed those with the right money, family, or heritage to join. But the other side of that coin says it has to be a very personal choice, separate from family and heritage.
Jesus scolded the crowds for following him because he fed their bellies but did not necessarily want anything to do with him personally.
Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. John 6:26
Carrying on with the story after the feeding of the 5,000 and the 4,000 it should be noted that “From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.” John 6:66
2,000 years later nothing much has changed. Most people are not really following Jesus but are relying on belonging to a group, either friends, family or church and calling that following Jesus. 85% of Christians were saved before the age of 18. And of those that do come to Christ after that age only 6 out of 100 had no prior knowledge of Jesus. These percentages are staggering in that so much is made about evangelism and personal choice and yet the reality is that most people come to Jesus because of childhood influences.
This doesn’t mean that their experience with Him is not real, it simply means that the systems in place to reach the lost are woefully inadequate. Some would even say that’s why we need to spend even more on children’s programs. Missing the point that it wasn’t children’s programs that influenced a decision for Christ but family ties.
What is rather hypocritical is that Christians are notorious for praying for the “lost” from other major religions asking for the veil to be taken from their eyes, forgetting the reality that the main reason they follow Christ is the same reason that others don’t, childhood influences.
One simply has to take a demographic of any church group to discover that the vast majority of people within the group come from the same socio-economic background. They are comfortable with each other, with the corollary being that “outsiders” aren’t comfortable with them nor are they willing to change to allow outsiders to join them.
Jesus, on the other hand, was notorious for accepting people from every strata of society, which often made people more than a little uncomfortable. We tend to minimize/ignore His words about family influences and selfish motivations when it comes to following him.
"Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Matthew 10:37,38
All groups look for conformity. There really is no need for the Holy Spirit for members in the group. Unless, of course, the Holy Spirit lines up perfectly with the values of the group. When Jesus said it was for the disciples good that He goes away so that the comforter would come, He was really talking about people having the empowerment to follow Him without being dependent on a group or a leader. You don’t need the Holy Spirit in order to go with the flow and belong to a particular group.
But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. John 16:7
What is always fascinating about groups that say they rely on the Holy Spirit’s leading is that they actually believe that every individual involved in the group is there because they have been “called” to that group. And yet, everyone knows the unwritten rule that they cannot deviate from the prescribed teachings or practices of the group without feeling shunned or minimized in some way. And belonging to the group is very important to most people.
Leaders often make the false assumption that it is their role to protect the group rather than guide people into being free to hear the Spirit’s voice in their life. When this is done, leaders unwittingly or even worse, purposefully, often find themselves making disciples of themselves but usually not followers of Christ. If Jesus needed to leave in order to free his disciples to hear the Holy Spirit, why do leaders today not do what Jesus did?
Failure to understand the influence of groups, family and selfish motivations will inevitably lead to a dulling of our ears to hear the Holy Spirit’s gentle call.
For those that have ears to hear let them hear.
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