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