Parents, (STOP! trying to control your grown children, especially those in ministry)

[Pastor Michael Samuels]

I hear this all the time..my mother or my father is trying to control my ministry and my life. Parents unless your child has some psychological concern or deep medical emotional defect, you are out of order. Stop trying to control the direction of your child's(grown child's life). You most likely are interferring with the plan and divine direction that God has chosen for that person.

I have heard it from a friend who is an awesome man of God, Phd, and others in ministry who also are awesome people/minister of God. They say my mother or my father doesn't know when to be quiet, they try to correct me in the middle of delivering a sermon. They might say something like, they are all out of order,yelling at me in church while I'm speaking...it has been wild.

I have experienced this with my mother also. She is very very traditional, loves God and loves people but does not understand the move of God yet. She is a by the program kind of person...so much so that she became upset and angry because I had to discipline her in a church service, not as a son, but as a pastor. She left the church for about a month. I knew God would convict her. She later returned...I told the congregation, look, " I'm dangeroous now. If I'm going to discipline my mother, who I love, who do you think that you are.

I don't think that some got the messge yet but they don't know that this is their year and season that God is about to remove them from His ministry..LOL

Let's hear your stories...

[Lonnie Kluttz]

My brother,

Once again, if we are given biblical study, lessons or what ever, show me one scripture that says a Child ( whether grown or not) can give correction to a parent. If I'm not mistaken, the bible says" Honor thy mother and thy father and thy days of the earth shall be longer."

God Bless

[Prophetess Yolanda O. Irons]

Amen .... excellent post ! When I first started out in ministry , my mother told me "Not to play with God ... be for real !" I knew this was the enemy using her with that spirit of control and manipulation but as I grew in my ministry , she is so proud of me and has seen the evidence of my ministry thus far . I have a son , and I don't control him , but let him make his own mistakes . We don't know he plans God has for us yet others try and play God and it don't work . Again ... thanks for the insight !

[Minister Sandy Jackson]

On the service I would say, great problem articulation, but wrong correction methodology. I'll have to pray and research this one a little further and get back to complete my comment. This is a great topic though!