Character,Conduct, and Commitment

You must have Excellence of Ministry through your conduct, character, and commitment to God, yourself, and others in order to be a credible witness to others.

Your character is who you are as a person and how you are regarded as by other people that know you on a personal level. Your conduct is your character on display. Your character is manifested in your conduct. You commitment is how your character and conduct shows your integrity as a person.

Your integrity is shown when your character, conduct, and commitment has been put to the test against difficulty and has been proven. Be sure you stay steadfast, unmoveable, and unshakeable in all even when your back is up against the wall.

Just focus on 1 Peter 5:9, "Whom reist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethern that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Jesus,afther that ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, and settle you."

So when times seem hard remain stedfast and put it in God's hands and keep it in prayer.

Recognize False Prophets

There are so many false prophets that take the word of God and put their own slant on it so it sounds more pleasing to the flesh to appeal to more people. In Malachi 3:6, it says "I am the Lord, I change not, therefore ye some of Jacob are not consumed."

False profits are taking what you are taught from God and using pride and ignorance so do not allow them to spoil, beguile, or judge you based on their false teachings.

Take the time to develop your own relationship with God and beware of false prophets. They will always sugar coat anything with their own slant. They are to please the flesh by showing very little consequence and only the outcome.

They can be in the form of Christians that have back slided, sinners perpetrating as Christians, and yes even pastors, elders, bishops etc. So be very careful not to fall victim to their ploys and games.

Systematic Plan for Local Church

There are so many times that people finally find their way to church only to find that they really do not know who or what the church represents and what they believe. Before you join a church there are some basic things that you need to find out and questions that you need answered.

1.What is the vision of the church? Make sure their vision is from the Bible and not the vision of the world.

2.What is the plan of the church? How do the intend to bring the vision to life? Is is according to the word of God. Do they have a systematic plan.

3.What is the motivation of the church? What is the driving force behind their vision and plan?

4.What are the obejectives and goals of the church? What is the doctrine that they teach and what is their overall goal?

We Must Establish the Plan of God for The Local Church

in 1 Corinthians 1-18-31 it talks about how we are to preach the word of God. Those that the world rejects, God accepts. We must accept and glorify God in our conduct, character and commitment as we continue to trust him.

For God I will live and for God I will die. We have to realize that God has given us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. The gospel is hidden from those that are lost. The plan of the local church should be preached by the pastor for the pew.

All of us are called to minister to the lost. We have been given the grace of ministry through grace. That is why it is so unbelieveably critical that you are a credible witness at all times.

Your life will either be driven by the word of God or by the Devil, God gives you the power to choose. He has already chosen you, now you must choose him.