| Are you doing things for God or are you doing the | | | | He is well taken care of and God has done countless |
| things of God? Does it seem odd to you that churches | | | | financial miracles. I believe this is a man who has heard |
| are always starting building programs, buying sound | | | | from God. To me this is a God idea and the way we |
| systems, or starting projects they can't seem to | | | | all ought to operate when we start out in ministry. The |
| afford. Every Sunday they spend more and more time | | | | things God tells us to do are probably going to seem |
| grinding out offerings and perverting scripture to crank | | | | completely bizarre but because God is leading it will be |
| out the bucks for these projects.Then they insist God | | | | blessed. |
| told them to do it. | | | | I know of a prophet who spent 12 years as a pastor |
| What we need to understand is there is the | | | | who became very unsettled in his spirit. He said it was |
| permissible, and the perfect will of God. It is possible to | | | | like taking a bath with your socks on. Something just |
| do programs or ministries that WE have invented to | | | | wasn't right. Yet the church he was pastor of was |
| do. Don't get me wrong God will bless it as far as he | | | | providing him and his family with a good living. One day |
| can. You can't give a cup of cold water in his name | | | | he was in prayer when he heard the Lord say he |
| and lose your blessing. I believe that ministries that the | | | | never called him to be a pastor in the first place. The |
| Lord is truly behind and leading you into, and that are in | | | | decision to become a pastor was his and not the |
| the perfect will of God, will be supernaturally financed | | | | Lord's. This man then went on to become one of the |
| by God. There will be no need for begging, whining, or | | | | major prophets of our day. Kenneth Hagen is his |
| sending out appeal letters for money. Where the Lord | | | | name. It is very possible to get off track when it |
| leads the Lord provides. | | | | comes to hearing and moving in our call. |
| I know of a teaching ministry who began his ministry | | | | In the old testament when Israel was in the desert |
| with rather odd instructions from God. He was told to | | | | they followed the cloud. If they didn't move with the |
| send out all his teaching tapes for free, pay for tape | | | | cloud they missed out on the power and provision of |
| duplication, buy the postage and the envelopes, and | | | | God. This was a type and shadow of the Holy Spirit |
| never let another human being know of any need he | | | | and how we are to operate today. |
| may have. God said he would be his source. All of this | | | | We can not always go by the written word. Paul was |
| he started with 10 dollars in his pocket and no source | | | | planning to go to Asia to preach. According to the |
| of income in sight at the time. He was told to go to | | | | written word in Paul's mind preaching everywhere was |
| God for any need he may have. Today this man's | | | | a good thing however the Holy Ghost forbade him to |
| ministry is worldwide on the internet and he still sends | | | | go to Asia at that time by way of a vision. The timing |
| out no appeal letters nor does he take up offerings | | | | of God is pertinent and he has a perfect season for all |
| anywhere unless it comes from the pastor's prompting. | | | | things. |