Is there anything GOOD about PROSPERITY MINISTRY? (Part 2)
Please allow me use two examples from my life to answer the question posed by this blog.
EXAMPLE 1: MY "STREET MINISTRY"...AND MONEY
After a tragic event took place in my life, I devoted myself to following the Spirit as the sole purpose of my life. I did this because that which I wanted more than anything else did not, and could not, happen. I was at the end of my definition of life, and I turned to Christ to save me, as He had done before. The Spirit led me to move to Athens, Georgia with my friend Yusef. I stayed there and spent my days and nights in prayer, not knowing what was to take place next in my life. I had left my job as a Middle School Music Teacher, and thus was unemployed, being taken care of by Yusef at the time. While Yusef was in school at UGA, I spent my days practicing hearing the Spirit's voice, then sharing whatever the Spirit shared with me with Yusef.
As time passed, I went to classes with Yusef as his guest, and to UGA's campus--following the Spirit's lead in Yusef's classes, and following the Spirit in whatever way He led me on campus. In classes, the Spirit led me to challenge students and professors who proposed Anti-Christian philosophies. I experienced a lot of victories in these classes. On Campus, I would stumble upon ministers who preached messages that were controversial--messages about sin. I would have side conversations with Christians in the crowd during these times, and I met several Christians on UGA's campus; James-Michael Smith was one of them.
I became friends with James-Michael and with others who were apart of a ministry on UGA's campus. I also did "street ministry," and continued to end up with the same campus ministry James-Michael was a part of. Again, my goal was to practice hearing the Spirit's voice, and to share what I believe the Spirit was sharing with me. There was one thing I thought the Spirit was sharing with me that relates to what we've been discussing about prosperity ministry.
I wanted one thing in life, and one thing only: to be a "full time" minister. My time in Athens was the closest I'd ever gotten to doing ministry that was what I saw being done in the Book of Acts. I felt like I was finally going to be able to live by following the Spirit, and sharing with others what the Spirit gave me, doing ministry like Jesus and the apostles did it. One day I was praying about how this would happen, and I thought about traveling and doing street ministry all over America. I prayed that God would enable me to do this, and thought about how much money it would take to do this. It seemed like it would take millions. I prayed that somehow, some way, God would provide for me financially to do ministry. I prayed that he would somehow send someone to miraculously provide for me. And I believed the Spirit was saying to me that this would in fact happen. Then I made my first mistake. (Well, my second mistake...the FIRST was what I thought the Spirit said...but I'm getting ahead myself.)
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EXAMPLE 1: MY "STREET MINISTRY"...AND MONEY
After a tragic event took place in my life, I devoted myself to following the Spirit as the sole purpose of my life. I did this because that which I wanted more than anything else did not, and could not, happen. I was at the end of my definition of life, and I turned to Christ to save me, as He had done before. The Spirit led me to move to Athens, Georgia with my friend Yusef. I stayed there and spent my days and nights in prayer, not knowing what was to take place next in my life. I had left my job as a Middle School Music Teacher, and thus was unemployed, being taken care of by Yusef at the time. While Yusef was in school at UGA, I spent my days practicing hearing the Spirit's voice, then sharing whatever the Spirit shared with me with Yusef.
As time passed, I went to classes with Yusef as his guest, and to UGA's campus--following the Spirit's lead in Yusef's classes, and following the Spirit in whatever way He led me on campus. In classes, the Spirit led me to challenge students and professors who proposed Anti-Christian philosophies. I experienced a lot of victories in these classes. On Campus, I would stumble upon ministers who preached messages that were controversial--messages about sin. I would have side conversations with Christians in the crowd during these times, and I met several Christians on UGA's campus; James-Michael Smith was one of them.
I became friends with James-Michael and with others who were apart of a ministry on UGA's campus. I also did "street ministry," and continued to end up with the same campus ministry James-Michael was a part of. Again, my goal was to practice hearing the Spirit's voice, and to share what I believe the Spirit was sharing with me. There was one thing I thought the Spirit was sharing with me that relates to what we've been discussing about prosperity ministry.
I wanted one thing in life, and one thing only: to be a "full time" minister. My time in Athens was the closest I'd ever gotten to doing ministry that was what I saw being done in the Book of Acts. I felt like I was finally going to be able to live by following the Spirit, and sharing with others what the Spirit gave me, doing ministry like Jesus and the apostles did it. One day I was praying about how this would happen, and I thought about traveling and doing street ministry all over America. I prayed that God would enable me to do this, and thought about how much money it would take to do this. It seemed like it would take millions. I prayed that somehow, some way, God would provide for me financially to do ministry. I prayed that he would somehow send someone to miraculously provide for me. And I believed the Spirit was saying to me that this would in fact happen. Then I made my first mistake. (Well, my second mistake...the FIRST was what I thought the Spirit said...but I'm getting ahead myself.)
Click HERE for part 3
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