Lay It on Me

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for your spirit and your attitude." I direct a major ministry. We have full-time workers who assist us in ministry. Some work in research, some in television-video outreach, others answer the mail, lay out the magazine, take phone orders, assist in the prayer ministry, singing, etc. For the past 20 years, we have had numerous people connected to our ministry, both in the office and on the road. Occasionally, I have hired good people who treated the ministry like any other nine-to-five job. To them, it was their means of paying bills. Their attitude was, "Get me out by five. I'm tired of this place." When I see an attitude such as this, it weakens my resolve to want to bless that person with additional blessings. It reveals where their heart is or should I say, where it is not. I have told past workers, "When your love for our ministry is gone and you have no burden for the people, for their needs and for the work we are doing, it is time for you to move on." On the other hand, when I see workers staying after normal business hours without being asked, and when I see those same people searching to find something they can do, both Pam and I have a desire to bless them beyond what the ministry is doing. After 20 years of full-time ministry, Pam and I have observed two types of people. Those who come to be a blessing and those who want a blessing. Some attach themselves to the work for what the ministry can do for them. Others have a heart for the work of God, and desire to be a