When the Hebrews left Egypt to begin their difficult journey through the desert to the Promised Land, they brought "the rabble" with them. These were not true believers in this journey or in the God who called them to it. The rabble's toleration for discomfort was low and their capacity for complaint was high, always an unfortunate combination.

All the pastors I know would love to get rid of the rabble ...

Topics:	Conflict, Difficult people, Division, Leadership, Moses, Opposition, Shepherding
Filters:	Church board, Counseling, Discipleship, Pastor, Shepherd
Purpose:	Fellowship
References:	Numbers 11:11-15, 2 Corinthians 12:20, Ephesians 4:3
Date Added:	July 11, 2007

Everyone in the world is under spiritual warfare. We are on a battleground, not a playground (Ephesians 6). We need a solid theology of God and Satan, of good and evil. Along the pathway of everyday, we need to be in tune with God and the work he has to do in and through us. Interruptions should be regarded as his appointments for he will send us people to help in the battle. Believers are soldiers ...

The most important thing that churches should do is to make Christians aware that there is indeed a spiritual war going on. I believe that one of the major causes of spiritual ineffectiveness is that we do not see that we are in the middle of a war zone and that every atom in the universe is being fought over. The vast majority of us are peacetime Christians and we are constantly surprised when we ...