Pride can subtly incline me to rely more on my ability to make things happen rather than leaning persistently on Christ. The challenges of today require fresh, dependent faith today. God, apparently, is interested in growth and depths that occur in a different, more personal way. And still I look for the formula. John Breitmeier, Albany, Oregon Undervaluing others' gifts I've seen this sin in the attitude toward the gift of administration.
Management is treated as a secular function, a second-class ministry.
We think that everyone else has life easy, that they can do whatever they want whenever they want. It's easy to get a chip on our shoulder, to think that we're the only one who's really serving God. I've spent the past few months building relationships with ministry workers and leaders from other churches, and I'm finding encouragement in our differences. No one church can fulfill the calling of the One church. We need a sense of teamwork to accomplish Christ's prayer that we would be one as he and the Father are one.