| I am so tired of hearing preachers use excuses | | | | around comes around. You wouldn't like it if that |
| like, "I have a sleep disorder," or "I just came out | | | | would happen to you. Well, would you?!? How |
| of revival" or "I have been in an all night prayer, | | | | embarrassing! |
| you know how it is Evangelist,". Um... no I don't | | | | If you do have a sleeping problem or if your |
| how it is. If you just got out of a revival then | | | | tired decline the acceptance to go up there. Try |
| rest. Decline the pulpit for Sunday. If this is | | | | this; sit next to a deacon or trustee or maybe |
| true, decline from sitting in the pulpit, whether | | | | the Mother's Board. Trust me they'll keep you |
| you know it or not, you sleep at home in the bed. | | | | awake. |
| The pulpit is not for sleeping!!! | | | | There is some powerful work being done on the |
| Not only is it embarrassing to the members of | | | | pulpit, even if you not the pastor. You can be |
| the congregation, visiting members, and my God. | | | | called to preached the gospel (that's another |
| After the devil has been beating you up all week | | | | article). So how can you be an effective minister |
| with bills, children, school work, etc. Saints are | | | | when you are asleep? |
| pressing their way to the House of the Lord | | | | So what if the sermon is BORING? Well, I' m |
| looking for a blessing. So when they get there | | | | here to say that the devil is a liar!!! If the |
| the preacher or the other clergy are sleeping in | | | | whooping don't wake you up (you know what |
| the pulpit! Whether you know it or not | | | | whooping is!!), then I can't help you. To you it |
| members are looking for support, prayer, or a | | | | maybe boring but to someone else, it is an |
| word from you. | | | | anointing to others. That same boring sermon is |
| Preachers need a push too. If you have ever | | | | the same sermon you went to sleep on and a |
| preached before a crowd and didn't get nervous, | | | | soul came to Christ so you miss your blessing. |
| well good for you. Me... I'm not there yet, but | | | | So if you see someone like that, pray first and |
| anyway. I would like to have someone behind me | | | | then correct the behavior. It is not cute or |
| to have my back. Not doing Stevie Wonder | | | | funny. Not only is it an embarrasement to the |
| imitations. It is like the old saying what goes | | | | Minisrty is is also an embarrasement to God! |