Teach MY people to follow MY Commandments!

How is a ministry or family to be blessed and grow in the Lord the proper way without humanism or worldly marketing gimmicks? How can a ministry be blessed without financial stress? The people stress may still be there but leaders and the brethren must choose to let the offenses go and give God time so HE can directly teach those who are immature and those who are still on milk and through the examples of mature leaders and other brethren.

Galatians 5:15 (AMP) But if you bite and devour one another [in partisan strife], be careful that you [and your whole fellowship] are not consumed by one another.

First, you must be a praying church whether people show up or not. The church must put in the time with God. Second, you must NOT compromise the Word of God and teach His people to follow His commandments whether people agree or disagree (Tithing, Holiness, 4th commandment, etc). The church must be God centered rather than man centered. The pastor must fear God more than offending their congregation. Third, you must love your people as HE loves you. You must give each other more Grace.

Acts 2:42-47 (NLT)42 All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper[a]), and to prayer.43 A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. 44 And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. 45 They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. 46 They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity[b]— 47 all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.

A church should not be thinking like the world to grow a church for the sake of just increasing its number. If a church does things properly, it will be the LORD who adds to the fellowship or number to that church (Verse 47).

If you are a pastor and or leader of His flock and you are apprehensive to teach something in fear of offending your congregation, you are already in serious trouble. Learn to Trust God rather than depending on men. Many churches will assign titles to their people as elders, deacons, or teachers to put them in bondage. Many of those assigned are not spiritually qualified. Many give titles to keep people obligated. Rather than having the Holy Spirit qualify them, many churches have qualified them because of their money or influence. This is a spirit of control and lording.

How can you determine whether the Holy Spirit is fully in the House or has Ichabod occurred? Where the Spirit is, there is Freedom.

Fire of God Ministries International Church
Pastor Steve Yong Kim