I excepted my calling under a well known Pastor in this area. I served faithfully under their leadership as youth minister for 3 1/2 years. As God began opening my understanding of spiritual giftings and charismatic ministry through much prayer and fasting God unctioned me to transition. This was only after going to my leader and asking him to help me to understand more in depth spiritual things. He then referred me to another local charismatic Pastor for guindance and understanding. After much criticism, and humiliation from my home church God placed me under a younger but wiser Pastor. "I truly feel that as a man or women of God it is very important regardless of what the Pastors says you shouldn't do, handle God's people with care. Make it known publicly that you are not leaving on bad terms or with an attitude, this is to help guard your ministry from assumptions and false accusations. Also, make sure you have heard God and not your flesh. Sometimes flesh can be speaking louder then our spirit when you maybe spiritually uncomfortable. Wait on God, be obedient and faithful where God has planted you, Pray earnestly and love and serve your leader and ministry with patience and diligence, and let him open the door. When you do this you will have no regrets, and people will not be able to discourage you into thinking you have done something wrong or out of order.
My new Pastor helped to cultivate and mature my spiritual gifts. Where I was once before shunned and criticized because of my giftings.
I really feel it is important for Pastors and Leaders to be humble enough to admit when they have taking a man or woman of God as far as they can take them, and be able to recognize the next level call of ministry God maybe taking them to, without scrutiny or judgement.
Needless to say after serving 3 years at this next ministry my Pastor told me when it was time for me to Pastor. He spoke release on my life and gave impartations. And he is my spiritual covering, he not only covered our ministry financially starting out for the entire first year, but also supports us by actively participating in events and functions that our church holds. And what a blessing he has been.
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