Our passion is to imitate the ministry of Jesus in the power of the Spirit. This requires we must follow Jesus out of baptismal waters, through our personal deserts, and into the harvest. We want to take the ammunition of the balanced evangelical theology with the fire power of Pentecostal practice, loading & readying the best of both worlds to hit the target of making & nurturing disciples.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of embodying the teachings of Jesus through personal experiences and community engagement.
John Wimber's quote speaks to the calling of Christians to actively participate in the ministry as exemplified by Jesus Christ, blending theological understanding with practical, Spirit-led action. It highlights the journey from personal struggles to fulfilling a larger mission of making and nurturing disciples, suggesting that a balance of sound doctrine and passionate practice is essential for effective ministry.
In practice
In a church sermon discussing the importance of practical ministry.
Many Christians and Christian leaders have been neutralized by the love of money and materialism. The homage paid to affluence becomes a burden that saps our energy as well as our love for God and other people...Like Jesus and Paul, we can learn to be content with what we have, living modestly in order that we may give liberally to the work of the kingdom and to meet the needs of others.
Instead of focusing on the great men of God, I prefer to focus on the Great God of men.
It seems the more I think about not sinning, the more I sin, but the more I think about just loving Jesus, the less I seem to sin. Falling in love seems to be the key.
We learned that what happens when we are alone with the Lord determines how intimate and deep the worship will be when we come together.
Too often we treat prayer as the preparation for the work of the church. Do you not see? Prayer IS the work of the church.
May we have communion with God in the secret of our hearts, and find Him to be to us as a little sanctuary.
Supremely, spiritual directors/mentors/pastors are persons who have a sense of being 'established' in God. Otherwise they are too dangerous to be allowed into the soul space of others.
We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins.
Prayer is the window that God has placed in the walls of our world. Leave it shut and the world is a cold, dark house. But throw back the curtains and see His light. Open the window and hear His voice. Open the window of prayer and invoke the presence of God in your world.
If you are hungry to hear the voice of God, you will hear. To hear, you have to cut out all other things.
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