There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

they lose their desire to fight in a crisis, as the problems look bigger than their ability to challenge them. Paul wrote in Galatians, “Let us not grow weary while doing good” (Gal. 6:9). Being weary in a war, a personal struggle, a failing marriage, or in dealing with rebellious children is understandable. But how can we be weary in doing good (“well doing,” KJV )? Doing good should release joy and peace, not weariness. However, having completed more than three decades of ministry, I know that weariness in ministry is common. Most people know me either because I’ve ministered in their church or from watching the Manna-Fest telecast, so I’m using myself as an example. If I am at the office Monday through Thursday, there are articles to write for the Internet and magazine; books to write; e-mails to answer; studying for conferences; messages for DVDs, CDs, and meetings with staff; building projects; and hosting the weekly prayer meetings and Tuesday night services. Besides these activities, there is the weight of the finances required to maintain a ministry reaching 249 nations of the world. At times I have sat at a computer so long that when I went home and attempted to sleep, I could still see the outline of the computer when I closed my eyes! Solomon wrote, “Much study is wearisome to the flesh” (Eccles. 12:12). For a pastor, when the sheep become restless, sick, or agitated, his energy can become drained by the demands of daily ministry. The spirit of fainting and becoming weary in well doing eventually leads to weariness, and weariness unchecked can eventually invite into your life a spirit of weakness and discouragement. In Proverbs 13:12 we read, “Hope deferred