Small group

[restoration86]

So I've been hosting (and by hosting I mean leading/hosting/leading worship/etc.) a small group home church type thing at my apartment every other Thursday for the last couple months. It's been really successful, by which I've found myself slightly befuddled. Each week there are new people who come, and we have a pretty steady number of 10-12 who

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[darceyrene]

1st thing that came to my mind is maybe the evil one is trying to attack a ministry he sees that is drawing people to Christ.

2nd thought: perhaps you are burned out?

3rd thought: Go back to your first love. Intentionally recall to your mind the things you love about the Lord, what He's done for you, and keep praying. I'll pray for you, too. Love you.

[restoration86]

thanks, Darcey. I think I might be burned out, but I'm not really sure a.) what burned out exactly means, and b.) what you're supposed to do about it. Any thoughts?

[darceyrene]

Thoughts: Tommy Nelson, a well-known Song of Solomon speaker (from the series I gave you) was very busy a few years ago, serving hard after God. He was preaching, going to speaking engagements, leading bible studies, mentoring others. Suddenly he became clinically depressed. None of what he was doing was wrong, but he had become burned out. He was doing all those things in his own strength, never taking the time to refresh himself. He withdrew from public ministry for a time, saught professional help, and now he has started to publicly discuss depression. Honestly, I found it refreshing to find that we can over-do ministry

[kelglitter]

I think I once heard Bob (my ex-husband, Bob) say some interesting things about the repercussions of the Holy Spirit's work in making you more like Jesus. If you're more like Jesus, the things you want and think and do are more like the things he wants and thinks and does, but you never actually had to stop and ask God about them for them to be that way - they already were that way. Superficially, it might actually appear to be less reliance on God (when in fact it's the same, it's just reliance on God as an internal source rather than an external source).

When I first read your thing about being unable to hear God, my first thought was that you are maybe having a hard time getting used to hearing God as an internal source. I have no idea if that's what's going on with you, but since it was what I thought when I read your post I decided it was probably worth mentioning as a possibility you could sift through.

[vip1]

I hear you!!! I have been feeling the same distance, of sorts, almost since we moved here nearly 4 years ago!! I don't have any desire to "do" any of the "godly stuff". I don't want to pray for people, though I want them to be healed and get prayer and all that. I don't even really want to talk to people about spiritual stuff, unless it's a daily life situation. Not interested in the "classic" debates of creation vs. evolution or any of those. That being said, I'm not doing much within the church, but the few times that I have prayed for somebody, God shows up and does stuff. It's just not exciting the way it once was

The above responses are correct. You are on the right track.

[anonymous]

"Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord
before Eli. And word from the Lord was rare
in those days, visions were infrequent."
1 Samuel 3:1

I pray this all. the. time.

[sjepearson03]

"Lord, I have heard of your fame, I stand in awe of your deeds, O Lord. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy." Habakkuk 3:2

In the message it reads, "God, I've heard what our ancestors say about you, and I'm stopped in my tracks, down on my knees. Do among us what you did among them. And as you bring judgment, as you surely must, bring mercy."

Haven't done a study on it, but want to. I just love it. Stay the course, Alice. I will pray for a very real sense of his presence and calling. I love you so.