10 things you shouldn't do to or with your pastor .
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1. You should not worship your pastor . He is a gift of God to be honored but not worshipped . To worship your pastor is to make him the centre whereas Jesus is to be the centre of your worship. A good pastor ensures that Jesus is centre of your life and not him .
2. Do not gossip about your pastor . Gossip makes Satan's work against your pastor easier . Especially when bad press comes from you who are close to him or attends the ministry . Have an issue ? Go and discuss it before your pastor rather than behind him .
3. Do not be stingy to your pastor . If you have a dedicated and hard-working pastor who is laboring over you ensure you are generous towards him . It is an act of honor and gratitude. Don't be stingy to your own gift from God !
4. Do not commit immorality with your pastor . While the pastor could be admired ,this admiration must never translate to lust . Never ever be in that place where you are open to sleeping with or sinning with your pastor . Never ever give room for this . Never !
5. Support the ministry and calling of your pastor . God has called him . It is wisdom to be a pillar in that ministry knowing that you are doing God's will . Do not be an inconsequential member of your local church . Be a pillar !
6. Cover his nakedness . Every man has a weakness . There are things people are susceptible to . If this weakness is not a moral one then learn to walk in love towards your pastor . If it is a sin that needs addressing then call the attention of the elders to it .
7.pray for your pastor . This is so important . Ensure you put your pastor in prayer daily . Praying for your pastor is praying for yourself . God uses this gift to bless you .It is wisdom to pray for Gods gift to you
8. Do not lie for or to your pastor .
This is self explanatory .
9. Solve a problem in his life . Everyone needs complementing . What thing does your pastor lack ? Good teacher but poor administrator ? Very anointed but poor time keeper ? Complement his gift ! When you do the whole ministry looks more beautiful.
10. Be a good disciple of his teachings .
The greatest joy of a pastor is to have disciples who represent the message being taught . Be a great ambassador of what you are being taught !
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Let me start by saying that porn addiction is not a morality issue . It is a neurological issue . I didn’t say porn isn’t a moral issue , I said “porn addiction “ isn’t a moral issue .
A lot of shame and guilt
surrounds this addiction especially in the Christian community that most people suffer in silence .
Studies have shown in surveys of even clergy , that a high percentage of ministers are porn addicts . Now imagine what the percentage must be for the regular church guy .
One major challenge within the Christian community as it regards porn is that we have spiritualized it . We have made it about demons of lust because of the compulsive component of it without us understanding how addictions work .
I will attempt to explain as simply as possible
Africans became Christians long before Europeans .
Britain ( Britannia ) , France ( Franchia ) , Sweden , Iceland ( Vikings) where all idol worshippers when Ethiopia was a Christian Nation .
There where African Christians in the scriptures.
You have Simon the “Nigger “ in Acts 13:1 -3 who was from Cyrene . You had the Ethiopian eunuch who took the gospel to the nation and led his Queen Candace to Christ . The Ethiopian church even had a pope as far back as the third century !
Don’t make the marriage about your needs , your dreams alone . You must be ready to sacrifice for your significant other in the marriage . A self-centred man will frustrate his wife .
1. Secrecy - There is a difference between being private and being secretive . Anyone who doesn’t want people to know you are dating may have somethings they are hiding . It’s ok to be private but alarm bells should ring where there is secrecy .
2. Barter - The relationship is almost always about what is being exchanged . While there will be exchanges in every relationship, an undue focus on this will indicate that someone is there for something they can get and not what they can give .
1. You can actually have a wonderful love life if you understand a few important things . Every house is built by rules . As with houses so it is with relationships and marriages . If you violate the rules then there will be consequences. #maritalbliss
2. One major issue I have found many folks have in their relationship is that they don’t know how to handle conflicts or disagreements. Some even interpret having conflicts as a sign that they are incompatible #maritalbliss
It is not news that a lot of marriages begin to struggle after less than a year . Especially after the euphoria of the wedding has cleared from the mind and becomes a distant memory . When this happens it becomes clear that you made a choice you will live with .
There is no love in marriage neither is there peace in it . There is love and peace in people . This means that a great marriage is determined by the quality of the people in it . Marriage doesn’t have any special magic portion within it .