There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

younger minister becomes impatient and overanxious and desires to “expose” his or her ministry before the people. There can be three types of exposure in ministry that do more harm than good. They are:

1. Early exposure 2. Overexposure 3. Underexposure

Exposing a young minister before large congregations or on a platform ministry can cause a novice to fall into pride and ruin his or her potential. Paul wrote of ministers in the church and said, “Not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil” (1 Tim. 3:6). A novice is one who is inexperienced and unskilled, and who will often not admit his or her mistakes and blunders because of too much pride. The second level is overexposure, which if not guarded can also create pride that causes a fall. “Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil” (v. 7). The third category is underexposure. If a person senses a call of God and continues for months or years without any door of ministry opportunity opening, he or she will become discouraged. The absence of activity and spiritual fruit can make a person question his or her calling, quench desire, and lead to dropping out of the race. Thus, any minister who is unprepared for the warfare in the ministry may actually