Saturday, June 15, 2013
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Southern Baptist Convention
We have spent the last two days in Houston at the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors conference.
I was blessed by the pastors wife session yesterday. We heard from Barbara O'Chester. There were several good points I wanted to share...
-Marriage is not the joining of two lives, it's the abandonment of two worlds...we think marriage is about our spouse joining our life because we are selfish people. We don't understand that Gods intention is for us to be selfless and abandon our own desires.
-If you married a minister and think it's "his calling" you are wrong. When you said "I do" it became your calling too.
-Jesus didn't come into our hearts just to save us-He came to take over-to empower us, to anoint us!
-Your congregation will know if you are the head of your house & your ministry will diminish. We are called to have a gentle and quiet spirit.
We also heard from Jennie Allen & this girl was on fire!...
This is specifically for minister's wives.
-We build walls around us to protect ourselves. We quit being honest, quit being vulnerable, quit making friends. This is not God's vision. We are at war we have to bust down our walls. There is something bigger at stake than our safety. He will protect us He will be our rock. Quit fighting for approval from man-fight for Gods approval. God has rules that protect our soul because He created our soul.-
I really loved Jennie's message. It spoke to my heart. We've been hurt several times by people in churches who we've though we could trust. People have turned on us so quickly that we didn't even have time to see it coming. We have even been advised by several older,seasoned pastors to not be honest or trust our congregation. I tried building a wall-it's not Biblical and it doesn't work. I was miserable. Being real with people is the only way we can sharpen one another. I think that is why Beth Moore and Matt Chandler minister so effectively-they are who they are and don't try to be something they are not. I pray God will use me in-spite of my shortcomings.
Sara 🌷
I was blessed by the pastors wife session yesterday. We heard from Barbara O'Chester. There were several good points I wanted to share...
-Marriage is not the joining of two lives, it's the abandonment of two worlds...we think marriage is about our spouse joining our life because we are selfish people. We don't understand that Gods intention is for us to be selfless and abandon our own desires.
-If you married a minister and think it's "his calling" you are wrong. When you said "I do" it became your calling too.
-Jesus didn't come into our hearts just to save us-He came to take over-to empower us, to anoint us!
-Your congregation will know if you are the head of your house & your ministry will diminish. We are called to have a gentle and quiet spirit.
We also heard from Jennie Allen & this girl was on fire!...
This is specifically for minister's wives.
-We build walls around us to protect ourselves. We quit being honest, quit being vulnerable, quit making friends. This is not God's vision. We are at war we have to bust down our walls. There is something bigger at stake than our safety. He will protect us He will be our rock. Quit fighting for approval from man-fight for Gods approval. God has rules that protect our soul because He created our soul.-
I really loved Jennie's message. It spoke to my heart. We've been hurt several times by people in churches who we've though we could trust. People have turned on us so quickly that we didn't even have time to see it coming. We have even been advised by several older,seasoned pastors to not be honest or trust our congregation. I tried building a wall-it's not Biblical and it doesn't work. I was miserable. Being real with people is the only way we can sharpen one another. I think that is why Beth Moore and Matt Chandler minister so effectively-they are who they are and don't try to be something they are not. I pray God will use me in-spite of my shortcomings.
Sara 🌷
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