Ministry
There is a generation of lay-ministers arising. Those who serve the Lord for the fame of His name. Those who refuse to be paid, and insist on going further into generosity than they have ever witnessed. They are educated by the Spirit and walk in deep revelation. They work for their own needs and the needs of others and they serve the Body of Christ as an overflow of passion for Him alone.
No, they aren't the young people coming of age...these are those who the young ones will model their lives after. These are the ones coming out of the world even right now...coming out of their career building, coming out of their humanistic family building, coming out of their dream fulfilling, coming out of the American Dream at cost. They have tasted and seen that it is empty. They have tasted and seen that you can't serve two masters.
They have simply decided whom they serve. These are the giants of our day. They are arising. They can't be bought. In the next few years they will radically redefine normal Christianity. They will have no concern for who knows their name. They are true fathers and mothers from the inside out. Those closest know their integrity the best. Because of their integrity, an entire generation of young people will trust them and not be disappointed when they see who they really are.
Malachi 4:5-6 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. (6) And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.
Matthew 3:1-12 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, (2) and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" (3) For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: "THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS: 'PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD; MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT.' " (4) Now John himself was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. (5) Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him (6) and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. (7) But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (8) Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, (9) and do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. (10) And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. (11) I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. (12) His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."
No, they aren't the young people coming of age...these are those who the young ones will model their lives after. These are the ones coming out of the world even right now...coming out of their career building, coming out of their humanistic family building, coming out of their dream fulfilling, coming out of the American Dream at cost. They have tasted and seen that it is empty. They have tasted and seen that you can't serve two masters.
They have simply decided whom they serve. These are the giants of our day. They are arising. They can't be bought. In the next few years they will radically redefine normal Christianity. They will have no concern for who knows their name. They are true fathers and mothers from the inside out. Those closest know their integrity the best. Because of their integrity, an entire generation of young people will trust them and not be disappointed when they see who they really are.
Malachi 4:5-6 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. (6) And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.
Matthew 3:1-12 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, (2) and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" (3) For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: "THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS: 'PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD; MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT.' " (4) Now John himself was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. (5) Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him (6) and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. (7) But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (8) Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, (9) and do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. (10) And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. (11) I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. (12) His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."
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