A pastor was talking to me about a woman in his congregation.
“Several times a week she takes a meal to a single-parent mom who’s new in the community, and she loves doing it,” he said. “The two have become good friends, even though one speaks just a few words of English and the other just a tiny bit of Spanish. But when they see each other, both their faces light up.”
Well, there certainly should be great joy in service when we work out of our gifted areas. I say something’s wrong when there’s no longer a sense of delight, or when ministry is an obligation or duty.
Do you still like doing what you do for the Lord: teaching the class, singing in the choir, supervising the nursery, visiting the jail, or some other task you do in Jesus’ name? If not, ask the Lord to give you back the “joy factor.” Or otherwise, ask Him to give you a new assignment.
I sincerely invite you to read my latest book entitled The Sermon Sucking Black Hole—Why You Can’t Remember on Monday What Your Minister Preached on Sunday. This book is available at Amazon.com by clicking here.
This book gives some solid tips to the people sitting in the congregation to help them remember what you’ve said from the pulpit when they come to worship services in the church where you serve as pastor.
Please click here to visit David Mains’ Sermon-Coach.com website.
You will also find a variety of resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. Please click here.
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