Comments on: How You Should View Your Ministry http://willadair.com/2009/11/25/how-you-should-view-your-ministry/ Saved by Grace. Married to one. Father to two. I'm no superman. Tue, 15 May 2012 17:52:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: uberVU - social comments http://willadair.com/2009/11/25/how-you-should-view-your-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-623 uberVU - social comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:43:46 +0000 http://willadair.com/?p=523#comment-623 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by willadair: How you should think of your ministry? Posted at willadair.com Please read, comment, and if worth it RT. http://bit.ly/4K0xOA... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Will http://willadair.com/2009/11/25/how-you-should-view-your-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-621 Will Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:38:22 +0000 http://willadair.com/?p=523#comment-621 Thanks for commenting Dave! It isn't off topic at all. I am going to give a quick response but my next post baring baby arrival will be on humility. Part 2. Self-ambition is a subtle form of worldliness. It is self-centered instead of Christ centered. It will talk of God, do much for God even in his name, yet ultimately it was for self. Now God will use it (Romans 8:38) but does not desire it. I think Carey's plodding was sinful. His first mission field was his family. He sinned. He missed the mark (harmatia) on "ruling his family well." The key is humility. I'm still fleshing that one out. Thanks for commenting Dave! It isn’t off topic at all. I am going to give a quick response but my next post baring baby arrival will be on humility. Part 2. Self-ambition is a subtle form of worldliness. It is self-centered instead of Christ centered. It will talk of God, do much for God even in his name, yet ultimately it was for self. Now God will use it (Romans 8:38) but does not desire it. I think Carey’s plodding was sinful. His first mission field was his family. He sinned. He missed the mark (harmatia) on “ruling his family well.”

The key is humility. I’m still fleshing that one out.

]]> By: Dave Miller http://willadair.com/2009/11/25/how-you-should-view-your-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-620 Dave Miller Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:26:21 +0000 http://willadair.com/?p=523#comment-620 Will, good post. Very real. Where is the line drawn between Godly vs. worldly vs. self-ambition? I worked with an international ministry leader who had all the outward makings of having Godly ambitions but he also had the telltale signs of a classic narcissist. I know it seems like it's off topic, but it really isn't. Or take a William Carey the father of modern missions. "I can plod" was his theme and he did, but at great expense to his family (wife went insane as I recall while he was doing things for God). What kind of ambition led him to translate the Bible in several languages (while neglecting his family at home)? Outwardly one would think Godly ambition, or was it selfish ambition? Dave Will, good post. Very real. Where is the line drawn between Godly vs. worldly vs. self-ambition? I worked with an international ministry leader who had all the outward makings of having Godly ambitions but he also had the telltale signs of a classic narcissist. I know it seems like it’s off topic, but it really isn’t.

Or take a William Carey the father of modern missions. “I can plod” was his theme and he did, but at great expense to his family (wife went insane as I recall while he was doing things for God). What kind of ambition led him to translate the Bible in several languages (while neglecting his family at home)? Outwardly one would think Godly ambition, or was it selfish ambition?

Dave

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