Clean House, Strong House by Kimberly Daniels

Author:Kimberly Daniels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
ISBN: 9781599794983
Publisher: Charisma House
Published: 2013-06-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Serving—the Key to True Power in the Spirit Realm

THERE IS A great need in the body of Christ for deliverance workers, but there is a greater need for faithful servants. These servants must not only be faithful, but also loyal. Faithfulness is what you do, but loyalty is who you are. Who you are always has to outshine what you do, because what you do can be tainted with the wrong motives.

Our works can never be more important than our lifestyle. A pastor I know just recently moved from serving his senior pastor for several years to begin a work in another part of town. Someone asked this pastor, “Why did you stay under the covering of the senior pastor for so long when you could have left and started your own church years ago?”

The pastor responded, “There were some difficult times when I could have left, but I stayed because of my love for this man of God and because of my dedication to his vision. I understood the importance of being faithful to get the job done that God had given me to do there, and I knew that my heart must be right toward my senior pastor.” His last statement brought joy to my heart. “It’s too easy to leave a place when times are difficult,” he said. “When times were the hardest, it just strengthened my desire to stay.”

Deliverance ministry requires integrity, honesty, humility and faithfulness. But more than any of these, deliverance ministry requires loyal servants. Serving is the key to true power! Many powerfully anointed vessels have come through Spoken Word Ministries. They could look the strongman eye to eye and call down fire, but they did not have a servant’s heart. Jesus had the heart of a true servant and the motives of the Father.

A leader who has never served is a danger to the body of Christ. Serving is a prerequisite to power. No matter how high a person gets in position or power, that person needs someone in his or her life whom he or she can serve. As “the anointed in power,” you must stay in touch with “the anointing to serve.”

Serving keeps it real! When we get so high that we are only receiving service, we deceive ourselves. A person in this state has an ungodly imbalance and a situation that is difficult to keep real. Jesus served unto death, and, more than anything, HE KEPT IT REAL!

Servants breed servants. When people witness leaders who serve, it releases the spirit to serve in them. Take a look at the powerful men of the gospel at the beginning of the church. In their own writings, they identified themselves as servants.

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