A Shift in Leadership

A Shift in Leadership

I am saying that we must be a people who learn to hear what God is saying in this hour. If we act on yesterday's word alone, we might miss God. If we are willing to give God our Isaac, He is more than willing to give us Jesus. He wants to give us more of the presence of Jesus in the Church, but it will not come without the inclining of our ears to hear what thus saith the Lord. The future of the Church hangs in the balance of whether the present leadership will sacrifice its notions of keeping potential apostles in the pastoral office, glued to the pulpits that make them secure. There are thousands of pastors who are not responding to the apostolic call for fear of what their congregations, or even worse, what other pastors will think. They believe that if they are absent from the pulpit for any length of time, the people will leave the church. Jesus clearly states that He would build His church and that the strategies of hell would not stand against it. So, why don't we obey God and let Him build His church through us, whether your congregation is 50 or 50,000? It has been said that change is the proof of trust. If we truly trust the Lord to build His church, we would change our ways of thinking. What I am stating here is not some esoteric, theological notion that looks good on paper. I am talking about actually changing your geographical location to affect cities and nations throughout the world through good, old-fashioned obedience to Christ. I am talking about leaving the realms of comfort in order to see the Scriptures come to life in your churches and ministries. I am talking

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