Post by Murph on Jan 20, 2023 8:26:53 GMT -6
Prayerlessness Comes Before a Fall
We’ve all seen the tragic headlines. We’ve all been shocked by the news of yet another once-revered pastor tarnishing the name of Christ and disqualifying himself from the ministry. Not long ago, one such Christian leader famously preached, “Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay” — all while he was living in gross sin. How ironic that his own life proved his quote to be true.
I recently addressed a group of pastors regarding the theme of finishing strong, and I shared with them a quote from Donald Whitney’s now-classic sermon “The Almost Inevitable Ruin of Every Minister . . . and How to Avoid It.” Whitney preached,
Almost everyone knows someone who used to be in the ministry. Almost everyone knows someone who shouldn’t be in the ministry. And every minister knows another minister — if not several — he does not want to be like. . . . So I think it’s important to address the subject of the almost inevitable ruin of every minister . . . and how to avoid it.
www.desiringgod.org/articles/prayerlessness-comes-before-a-fall