26-09-2006, 02:14 PM
Familiarity between proper relationships and friendships can hurt and
can hinder healing and the miracles in the lives of believers. Some
don't have the maturity to be friends and at the same time relate
toward leadership. Some are weak in the flesh and can't tell the zone
of ministry from the zone of friendship.
Jesus could not do many miracles in His hometown for the reason they
see him as the son of a carpenter. This was manifest in their unbelief
and Jesus marveled at their unbelief. -(MK. 6:6)
The same is today if you are a minister and they only seeing you as
person that they seen growing up among them, this could hinder their
faith and the power of God that is in your life. In addition, as you
grow from level to level, and from ministry to ministry those that know
you on other levels could hinder you on other levels if they don't
see or can relate to you in those new levels. Thus you must separate
from them for their good and for your good.
At the same time Jesus had a wonderful person who is His disciple and
His friend that was John the beloved. John the Beloved knows the zone
of friendship and of ministry, and He respected these set zones. In
addition, all of Jesus 12 disciples grow in relationship with Him that
they too can understood and respected the zone of ministry and the zone
of friendship, for they all become His friends too. -(Jn.
13:23-25,15:9-17)
However, there are those that are weak and don't have that kind of
maturely to be in both the zone of friendship and the zone of ministry
at the same time. Some as so weak that if they see the ministers
weakness or what they think is not proper for a minister they will turn
against him, or not respect him as a minister. Then there are those
that are weak that if you become a friend to a minister they will not
show proper respect to him as a minister for the reason of friendship.
We must have proper boundaries between those who we minister to, those
in our care, and those under us in the Lord and from those who we call
friends. Those of the fivefold ministry is called out and separated for
the ministry, calling and gift they minister in. -(Acts. 13:2)
its from Elvis Iverson
can hinder healing and the miracles in the lives of believers. Some
don't have the maturity to be friends and at the same time relate
toward leadership. Some are weak in the flesh and can't tell the zone
of ministry from the zone of friendship.
Jesus could not do many miracles in His hometown for the reason they
see him as the son of a carpenter. This was manifest in their unbelief
and Jesus marveled at their unbelief. -(MK. 6:6)
The same is today if you are a minister and they only seeing you as
person that they seen growing up among them, this could hinder their
faith and the power of God that is in your life. In addition, as you
grow from level to level, and from ministry to ministry those that know
you on other levels could hinder you on other levels if they don't
see or can relate to you in those new levels. Thus you must separate
from them for their good and for your good.
At the same time Jesus had a wonderful person who is His disciple and
His friend that was John the beloved. John the Beloved knows the zone
of friendship and of ministry, and He respected these set zones. In
addition, all of Jesus 12 disciples grow in relationship with Him that
they too can understood and respected the zone of ministry and the zone
of friendship, for they all become His friends too. -(Jn.
13:23-25,15:9-17)
However, there are those that are weak and don't have that kind of
maturely to be in both the zone of friendship and the zone of ministry
at the same time. Some as so weak that if they see the ministers
weakness or what they think is not proper for a minister they will turn
against him, or not respect him as a minister. Then there are those
that are weak that if you become a friend to a minister they will not
show proper respect to him as a minister for the reason of friendship.
We must have proper boundaries between those who we minister to, those
in our care, and those under us in the Lord and from those who we call
friends. Those of the fivefold ministry is called out and separated for
the ministry, calling and gift they minister in. -(Acts. 13:2)
its from Elvis Iverson