YOU HAVE A SHARE!
Few years ago while teaching in one of the campuses of the Dunamis School of Ministry (DUSOM), I said to the students, “If God has sent you or sending you to a city, do not be afraid to go irrespective of who has been in the city, you will always have a share if you have what to share. Recognize, respect and honour those doing great works in the city but never be intimidated by their results”
A young pastor who was posted into the city of Owerri to take over a branch of his denomination came to see me yesterday and I welcomed him into the city and told him same things. I told him that there are hundreds of thousands of people within the Owerri capital city that do not go to any church yet so, the harvest is still very plenty.
Recently, my brother Jerry Uchechukwu Eze of The Streams of Joy, Apostle Joshua Selman of The Koinonia Ministries, Pastor Oloche King Adaji of The City of Refuge and Pastor Poju Oyemade of The Covenant Place all entered Abuja to commence a new expression of their ministries and all of them are growing exponentially without impacting negatively on the growth of the major established churches already in the city.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
- Know what you have been sent to do and focus on it.
- Be aware that, that God sent you into the city does not mean what He sent you to do will work if you don’t work it. God’s responsibility is to do the calling, your responsibility is to determine the colour of the calling.
- Study the city and know the controlling forces within the territory. This most times is expressed through the lifestyle and dominant mannerisms of the people within the city and deal with it with scriptural prayers.
- Be original in your manner of delivery. Do not try to sound like any of the men in the city or anyone at all except of course you are representing an existing mandate. The sheep sent to you will only follow your real voice when they hear it.
- Tailor your messages and church programs in line with the mandate you were given. Don’t copy what seems to be trending.
- Sow intentionally, strategically and consistently into the land.
- Guard the message of the mandate from being hijacked through the ‘genuine’ advice and suggestions of those coming to join you from other churches. They may ‘sincerely’ want to direct you based on what they think works in other churches in the city. You can borrow vessels (strategies) but not oil (message).
- Be spiritually aggressive in your approach to work.
- Find the sinkholes for Ministers and Ministries in that city and avoid it. Every city has sinkholes, you play with them, you pay with your calling.
- Celebrate your every win irrespective of how insignificant it may seem to others. Be generous with thanksgiving to God.
I think I need to pause here for today, meanwhile, our five mega services yesterday were mind blowing with God’s presence, harvest of souls and tearful testimonies.
See you next Monday.
Pastor Timothy Benedict
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