I love this!!!! Too many times have I seen lack of discipleship for Creatives. Many times, we've been either "above the law" (really don't show, dont tell) - so the gifting can be used for church purposes, or sat down with no guidance or restoration. Because so many creatives' identities are in their giftings rather than sonship, it feels like a blow, and going somewhere there's acceptance, feels like the next best place (not hard to be accepted by the world... sin is easy). Also, it has become a business as well. If people can play for 15 churches and have no covering, no discipleship... It's as if the gift is prostituted... even in the church. Exploiting the gifts and no discipleship is like knowing someone is going to to go before the Father and say " But I played in Your name. I danced in Your name. I ushered your presence..." and He says "I never knew you. Depart from me, you workers of lawlessness"... because we did the will of the (compromised) church instead of the will of the Father. And the church knew us... but God didn’t. So what yall are sharing is SOOOOO GOOOD!! Mercy Culture's vision of taking people from corporate encounters with God to DAILY personal encounters with God is the game changer!! Knowing God is ESSENTIAL. 2 Peter 1 (starting at vs 3) does so well in backing up this entire conversation: 3 for His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us [e]by His own glory and [f]excellence. 4 Through [g]these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world on account of lust. 5 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral [h]excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, 6 and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, 7 and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they do not make you useless nor unproductive in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For the one who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choice of you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; 11 for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.
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This was so good.
Much needs for me.
Lord I submit my gift to you. It is yours ❤
I love this!!!! Too many times have I seen lack of discipleship for Creatives. Many times, we've been either "above the law" (really don't show, dont tell) - so the gifting can be used for church purposes, or sat down with no guidance or restoration. Because so many creatives' identities are in their giftings rather than sonship, it feels like a blow, and going somewhere there's acceptance, feels like the next best place (not hard to be accepted by the world... sin is easy).
Also, it has become a business as well. If people can play for 15 churches and have no covering, no discipleship... It's as if the gift is prostituted... even in the church. Exploiting the gifts and no discipleship is like knowing someone is going to to go before the Father and say " But I played in Your name. I danced in Your name. I ushered your presence..." and He says "I never knew you. Depart from me, you workers of lawlessness"... because we did the will of the (compromised) church instead of the will of the Father. And the church knew us... but God didn’t.
So what yall are sharing is SOOOOO GOOOD!!
Mercy Culture's vision of taking people from corporate encounters with God to DAILY personal encounters with God is the game changer!! Knowing God is ESSENTIAL.
2 Peter 1 (starting at vs 3) does so well in backing up this entire conversation:
3 for His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us [e]by His own glory and [f]excellence. 4 Through [g]these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world on account of lust. 5 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral [h]excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, 6 and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, 7 and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they do not make you useless nor unproductive in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For the one who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choice of you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; 11 for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.
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