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WILL YOU QUIT OR KEEP GOING IN MINISTRY?

Pain is one is the tool that God uses to shape and adjust our mindset, attitude and manner of approach from one level of maturity to another level of maturity. The pain is not the problem but your inability to know why the pain came and what's it's meant to achieve in your life.

When Jesus said, pick your cross and follow me, here is what it means. Everybody will not accept your calling and ministry. It is going to cause you pain but you must stay true to the ministry God has given you.

Pain is an experience that is not favourable to you. A break of trust, expectations, desires and hope (either intentionally or by mistakes). It is a lifestyle and culture in ministry you can never escape but you can will it to your advantage. 

We have healthy pain and unhealthy pain. In all, God still will everything thing to work together for your own good (if you are humble and ready to learn)

The pain of rejection: It can be a rejection because you are speaking the truth or the rejection because you are toxic. 
The pain of ignorance: This is the kind of pain you abide in because you have rejected the truth or because you lack the truth. 
The pain of broken expectations: This is the pain that comes for expecting something that is not ordained for you or expecting what is meant for you at the wrong timing. 
The pain of decisions: This is the kind of pain that comes from wrong decisions that does not align with your ministry or a decision to align your self to the ministry God has given you.
The pain of consequences: This is the after effect of speaking the truth or the after effect of your words, attitude, motives, and decisions that is currently fighting against your ministry. 

In different ways, pain comes to you. The goal is not running away from pain but making sure you don't expose your self to unnecessary pain. 

Some pain can be avoided especially when it comes from the pain from rebellion and consequences of bad decisions, behavior and manner of approach. So the question is, will you quit or will you stay committed to your ministry? Will you use pain as an excuse to become toxic to people you were sent to bless?

Pain can either become your classroom to learn from or it can become a cage that enslave you from running with the vision or ministry God has entrusted into your care. Will you let the pain make you quit, will you turn it into an obstacle to the fulfillment of what God has called you to become and do for the kingdom of God? 
Your calling is real but how you handle pain or steward this pain will determine if you will grow through this pain or your voice of impact will be buried under this pain. The choice is yours because if you fail or succeed, it's going to be your fault or choice.

Hope Expression Values You 
Apostle Prince Victor Matthew 

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