I read this book by Graham Cooke a couple of months ago. I've kept it on my desk because it's amazingly quotable. I reread this today. Check it out...
- 60% of all pastors quit leading churches
- 50% of people leaving the ministry do so because of immorality
- another 30% leave because of stress
Behind most of these statistics is a rundown devotional life. When we lose our focus on God, we end up with a working relationship but a lousy friendship with Him. The only way a lot of ministers relate to God is on the basis of what they do for Him. Everything is businesslike when people have lost their devotional lives. They end up praying about ministry--the youth group, Sunday School, finances and so on--and activity rather than the joy of friendship with the Father consumes them.
I wonder how many of us have upgraded our abilities to praise and thank God in the past 12 months. We need to praise and thank God more this year than we did last year.
Graham Cooke, The Language of Love
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Cool blog, i just randomly surfed in, but it sure was worth my time, will be back
Deep Regards from the other side of the Moon
Biby Cletus
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