Kirk Ford
I have been married for 38 years and have 3 adult daughters, 4 grandsons and 1 granddaughter
Our family has lived in Ottawa, Rankin Inlet (NWT) Florida, Red Deer and Gull Lake
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Posted in: What are best practices for doing the monthly Pastors' reports to the Elders?
Thank You Frank.
What a refreshing thought to be updated on how our Pastor is growing. How the Lord is leading his/her prayer life. As a parishioner I expect to see my pastor in the word of God, Praying for a leading of the Holy Spirit and being directed by the Spirit of the Lord on what to bring the Congregation. I believe my pastor should have time set aside as part as his regular business day for Devotions, Prayer, and Reading in order to be prepared to unfold a Spirit filled message or teaching to the congregation.
To have a pastor in a position that they are failing in my opinion is a direct result of not being prepared and possibly more important not have the continued prayer support from the parishioners and more important the men of the church. I will not even start to share on how the men of the church are failing in their God given responsibilities.
Not being prepared I believe is because we do not ensure that the Pastor knows that we expect them to use some of their office time for Devotions, Prayer and meaningful reading. To capture pure statistics that do not capture these acts are clearly not taking a snap shot of the entire picture.
In closing the real question boils down do we expect to pay the Pastor to do Devotions, Prayer and Read. I believe the answer is a resounding Yes.
Posted in: Check Out the Music
“Untamable”?
I sure would like to hear the other words to the song and try and put this into context. However more importantly we must acknowledge who God is. We should not be treating him or addressing him as our best buddy. He is God the Alpha and Omega. The Creator and must have the respect do him. We must speak of and to him reverently.
“Untamable” infers that we think God should be tamable. Sorry I think this is a respect issue, and I don’t feel comfortable with this lyric.
Just my opinion but the interpretation of the lyric could be very confusing