Equipping The Saints - Biblical Foundation For Personal Ministry - #49

Summary:

Being desperate for your time with the Lord, not just to hear his voice but to become aware of and rest in His presence, is the first step in being equipped for the work of the ministry. Your connection with the Father opens doors for you to pray for and encourage people. That’s what gives you the heart to touch people to see them freed up to have a real walk with the Lord.

Show Notes:

• When the Lord starts to bring people to you with similar problems which becomes a pattern, start pressing into the Father to see if you have a particular anointing to pray for people along those lines.

• As a male, when the Lord puts a burden on you to pray for a lady, if she is married, it’s a very good thing to ask her husband since he is the head of the household. Same thing holds true if you are led to pray for a child. Ask their parents first.

• We all can miss opportunities to pray with someone who has a need, and if that happens, it’s not a good feeling. But this does make us more aware when another opportunity does arise.

Quotes:

• The easiest entry level into ministry is when someone comes to you telling you their problems. One is they trust you and two, they’re really asking for help. All you have to do is be available and willing to listen and pray with them if they are open to that.

• Stepping out to minister to someone with an inconsequential issue can turn out to be a huge, huge thing in someone’s life. With a believing heart, when praying for someone say, “Let Your kingdom come, Your will be done, in this situation”. That’s the Kingdom of God at work.

• I’d rather be here right now than any other time because this generation has the incredible opportunity to see the Kingdom of God manifest like it’s never, ever manifested before, but it depends on you and you embracing the truth of God.

References:

Exodus 19:5-6

Deuteronomy 10: 12-13

1 Peter 2: 9

Takeaways:

Ministering to God’s people is something that we should be driven to do rather than being something to shy away from. We should be pressing into being equipped to minister so that we can be a huge force in many, many lives, in God.