22/07/2025
THE IMPORTANCE OF DAILY PREPARATION FOR A GOSPEL MINISTER.
1. FOR ANY GOSPEL MINISTER, MINISTRY IS NOT AN EVENT, BUT A LIFE.
You may think that ministry is when you are invited, or holding a microphone in front of people, but there is more to it than that. Every opportunity you get to stand in front of anyone is an opportunity to represent Jesus to that person, that alone will determine whether Jesus is glorified or reviled because of you.
John 9:4-5 "We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
2. MINISTRY IS TO INFECT YOUR LIFE.
Anything you do not live, you should not teach. The entire time before a ministry event is a time to gather the life that you will infect the people you meet in one day. If your investment in Holiness, fellowship with the Word is small, you will not be able to give people any results. John 6:63 "It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you, they are spirit, and they are life."
3. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RESULTS OF MINISTRY ARE THE PRODUCT OF A CONTINUOUS LIFE OF COMMUNION WITH GOD IN MYSTERY.
The life you live every day in secret is what will determine whether God will go with you or be alone. God is not attracted to the events we call preparation for ministry, but a life that is offered to God, a life that is always alive. A MINISTER WITHOUT a continuous secret life will blaspheme the name of Jesus publicly, whether knowingly or unknowingly.
Acts 6:4 "and we will continue in prayer and in the ministry of the Word"
4. THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE GOSPEL MINISTER THAT HE HAS EVERYDAY, IS A WEAPON THAT WILL GIVE HIM OVERCOMING OR BEING OVERCOMING AGAINST THE ENEMY.
Even if you do not have a ministry experience, you must be a person in readiness, otherwise the devil will use you. In the Spirit world there is no Neutral (or middle), if you have not touched the lives of those you meet with Light then you have unknowingly put them in darkness.
Ephesians 6:15 "and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;"
2 Timothy 4:2 "preach the word, be ready in season and out of season, reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine."
5. EVERY TIME FOR A GOSPEL MINISTER IS A TIME TO FEED (STAY WITH GOD) OR TO SERVE PEOPLE'S LIVES.
One of the understandings that ministers need is that ministry has no vacation. As long as you are a minister you must know that if you do not feed yourself during the time that you are not serving, then what you are doing can tear you down and reduce your effectiveness or that of others.
Any minister of the gospel has two jobs: To stay with God, and secondly to serve (sharing life).
If you don't believe this, everything you do must be for your own edification or for the edification of others for the kingdom of God AND only this can take us far as ministers.
Acts 6:4 "and we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the Word."
You are welcome!
Have a great time!
I love you so much❤️
Pastor Isaiah Imani
Assistant Pastor,
At ABC Global Church (HQ)
+255746418481
February 4, 2025