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strategy and be on our guard. "Let him that thinks he stand, take heed lest he fall!" 6: Communicating through genuine love for our fellow man. It is so easy to become professional in our ministry. To go through the motions without the right motive. We must realize that the motives are more important than the motions. Sometimes it is needful to re-examine our priorities. To go back to square one. To prayerfully consider what is the real motivation of our ministry. Many preachers commence their ministerial life with excellent purpose and pure motives but somehow they became entangled later in the professionalism of their calling. We need to go back to the Cross. Back to the place where we started. To examine afresh our lives in the light of Calvary's Love.
We need to see people in the light of the Cross, through the eyes of the Saviour. We need to stay there until we feel His love for them in our own hearts. I often tell young preachers, "The ministry is about two things. It is about God, and it is about people." Our task revolves around serving God and serving people. We are His priesthood, standing between God and the people. We cannot do either of these things well without love.
Loveless service, to God, or our fellow man, is totally unacceptable. 7: Communicating through Compassionate Social Concern. There are millions of people in our modern world who are in desperate need of compassionate concern. They represent a tremendous challenge to the Church of Jesus Christ. I believe too that they present a glorious opportunity to reap a great harvest amongst them. Jesus was definitely concerned with the social needs of the people. When He fed the multitudes, and healed the sick, He demonstrated that compassion. We must follow His example and reach out in practical ways to meet the needs and heal the hurts of our fellow man. The world is in turmoil and confusion, and only Christ has the answer. He is looking to us to meet the challenge and show that He is truly the "Light of the World." 8: Communicating the Gospel by Our Unity in the Spirit. In these critical days of harvest opportunity we Christians must work together as never before. The task before us is too big for any denomination or organisation. It demands a "net-working" together such as has never previously “Build My Church!� Vol 2, Page 142 http://www.servantofmessiah.org