Comments on: The aftermath of the Lakeland Revival http://www.prayct.org/2008/12/04/the-aftermath-of-the-lakeland-revival/ Promoting prayer and revival in The Constitution State Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:37:57 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LP http://www.prayct.org/2008/12/04/the-aftermath-of-the-lakeland-revival/comment-page-1/#comment-132 LP Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:57:20 +0000 http://www.prayct.org/?p=570#comment-132 I enjoyed this article and agree with all points. I especially embrace parts of points 3 and all of points 4. Quite recently at a local conference, the speaker got up and the first words that hit me were "Character is more important than anointing." Isn’t this also true for the American church scene? Our rule has become, “The show must go on.” We are driven to keep the seats full and the money coming in. The more we work, the more we grow—so we have to work harder to maintain the growth and pay the bills. The pace becomes more and more frantic until the engines fail and the wheels fall off. Building God’s way requires patience, pacing, regular maintenance and plenty of downtime to receive His ongoing guidance and grace. Lesson #4: Character is more important than anointing. Some revival groupies disagree with me on this. They’re so desperate for a display of miracles that they’ll take a zap from someone who has questionable morals or shoddy values. They don’t mind who lays hands on them as long as they are thrown to the floor while the crowd cheers. I love revival too, and I’ve spent time on the floor soaking in God’s presence. I love the anointing. But please: Can you show me in the Word of God that character is not required of leaders? The Bible says imposters who work miracles will spend eternity in hell. Working miracles does not win anyone brownie points with God. Ministers of the gospel need both godly character and powerful anointing. Why did we ever settle for the idea that we should have one without the other? Thanks for Sharing. I enjoyed this article and agree with all points. I especially embrace parts of points 3 and all of points 4. Quite recently at a local conference, the speaker got up and the first words that hit me were “Character is more important than anointing.”

Isn’t this also true for the American church scene? Our rule has become, “The show must go on.” We are driven to keep the seats full and the money coming in. The more we work, the more we grow—so we have to work harder to maintain the growth and pay the bills. The pace becomes more and more frantic until the engines fail and the wheels fall off. Building God’s way requires patience, pacing, regular maintenance and plenty of downtime to receive His ongoing guidance and grace.

Lesson #4: Character is more important than anointing. Some revival groupies disagree with me on this. They’re so desperate for a display of miracles that they’ll take a zap from someone who has questionable morals or shoddy values. They don’t mind who lays hands on them as long as they are thrown to the floor while the crowd cheers.

I love revival too, and I’ve spent time on the floor soaking in God’s presence. I love the anointing. But please: Can you show me in the Word of God that character is not required of leaders? The Bible says imposters who work miracles will spend eternity in hell. Working miracles does not win anyone brownie points with God. Ministers of the gospel need both godly character and powerful anointing. Why did we ever settle for the idea that we should have one without the other?

Thanks for Sharing.

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