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ScottRoss 03/14/12

New Words & New Leaders

With all the babble of words polluting the air and our minds these days I have been praying the following:

That people, leaders, presidents & kings will come to hear THE WORD transcending all the other jabbering of words infesting the air.

May it be recognized, as it was with Jesus that:   “No one speaks the way this man does.” In other words he (or she) is not just another talking head “speaking worthless words.”

Rather as “God’s spokesman” will teach as one who has authority, and not as (other) teachers of the law.” And “that every argument stronghold, and pretention (others speak)  will be demolished, because God’s ambassadors will proclaim truth with “The sword of the Spirit…and the Word of God!”

And may it be more than just words, but rather Lord, “Watch over your Word to perform it!”

In so doing, I pray personally “O Lord ,set a guard over our (my)mouths, O Lord, keep watch over the door of our (my) lips.”

And now a mandate and prayer for a new type of leader for the times we live in.

"If Christianity is to receive a rejuvenation it must be by other than any now being used.

If the church is to recover from the injuries she suffered… there must appear a new type of preacher.

The proper, ruler-of-the-synagogue type will not do.
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Neither will the priestly type of individual who carries out their duties, takes their pay and asks no questions.

Nor the smooth-talking pastoral type who knows how to make the Christian religion acceptable to everyone.

All these have been tried and found wanting.

Another type of religious leader must arise among us.

He must be of the old prophetic type,  a man (and/or woman) who has seen visions of God and has heard a voice from the throne.

When they come (and I pray God there will not be one but many) they will stand in flat contradiction to everything our smirking, smooth civilization holds dear.

They will contradict, denounce and protest in the name of God and will earn the hatred and opposition of a large segment of Christendom.” And the world for that matter.

A.W.Tozer (with S.R)


Standing in the gap with you,
Scott


P.S. Yes, the rumours are true, my FACE is now on the “BOOK.” We’ll see how long that lasts.

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