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Bishop Donald Hilliard of Cathedral International in Perth Amboy, New Jersey has written a book for all male ministers approaching or going through midlife, entitled, Midlife, Manhood, & Ministry. The book is published by Judson Press. This topic of how midlife crises is affecting men in ministry and especially senior pastors has never before been seriously discussed in the African American church. It is available for pre-order at www.judsonpress.com. Bishop Hilliard is available to provide workshops and speak on this important subject that has been kept hidden for too long. He also describes his own journey through midlife and gives examples of how men in the Bible handled their issues. Midlife%20press%20release%20brief%205.docx
The Problem of Complacency
Have you gotten a glass of water from faucet and taken a sip. Only to find out that the water was neither hot or cold? What did you do with it? Did you swallow it or spit it out? If you swallowed it, did you like the taste that it left? There is nothing pleasant in lukewarm water. It does not taste right nor is it refreshing. That is why we continue to run the water in hopes that it will get colder. Umm... that is what the Christ is looking for in His Church. However what He finds is a "lukewarm" church. This is a church that has become complacent. It is a church that is neither hot (has a passion for God) or cold (turned its back on God). Christ stated to the church of Laodicea in Revelation 3:16 that it was lukewarm and He would "spue thee out of my mouth".
The Laodicean church had become complacent in its relationship with Christ. It was church that did not want for anything. The was no shortage in the bank, the bills were paid. This church had what it needed to do ministry, but it was still lukewarm. The reason, the church let its prayer life become complacent. That is why some of the us are "lukewarm" like this church. It is prayer that fans the passion of the Child of God. Without it the fire starts to die out. It is prayer that allows us to become intimate with God (His Will, His heart, His Love), which brings a Fresh Fire into our hearts. So that we become like Jeremiah, fire shut up in our bones.
Be Blessed
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Please pray for me and my ministry. I have just started my own church,I have been in ministry for over 20 years and have pastored several churches, but now at age 52 God has blessed me with my own church and pray that God will send me praise and worship singers and leaders and workers and musicians. Pray that God will enable me to go into full time ministry. I have also started with the Food Bank through my 501(C)(3) non-profit,tax-exempt ministry, to help the poor and needy. Pray that God will give me Favor with Himself and mankind. I have worked for the Coca-Cola company for over 28 years and now I have got hurt on the job and workmens compensation is giving me a hard time, it doesn't want to take care of my treatment or any further testing. I need another surgery on my left shoulder, They did take care of the surgery on my right rotator cuff, but they have denied any thing and everything on my back, both lower and upper; I have buldging and have damaged disc in my upper neck area and lower back. Please pray that God will heal me, my lower back gives me the most trouble, I am in lots of pain.
God also has blessed me in my later years of life with two children of my own, I have a 2 year old son and a three year old daughter and I am 52 years old. Please pray for my finances and those of my ministry, The Living Bread Holiness Church and Conference. Please send me an anointed and imparted into prayer clothe, I need it right now,urgently and if God would lead you to send me a prophetic word. Please pray that God would give me as many gifts as I can have; to be a blessing to His people and the lost. Pray that God will give me great boldness and a photographic memory, to be able to study and remember His word. Pray that God will give me the gifts of words of knowledge and wisdom, prophecy,healing and working of miracles and discerning of spirits and interpertation of tongues. I know that I have asked alot, but God is more than able to do these things and more. Pray that God will give me 24 hour/ 7 days a week prayer warriors and intercessors for me, REV. James Cook (pastor) and my family and ministry.
God Bless You,Richly, Rev. James Cook PO Box 15363 New Bern, North Carolina 28561 USA kingly5@hotmail.com 252-229-8456 Please have everyone that you can praying for us and our ministry,put us on every prayer chain and list that you can and keep us there. Please pray for our finances,healing,gifts,full time ministry and that God would give us Shalom-meaning nothing missing and nothing broken and peace.
Pray that God will me me wisdom,knowledge and understanding and a creative mind also
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