Apologies if this sounds like a rant.
Please respond in support or challenge. I want to feel that I am not misguided in my thoughts and that christian's all around the world should try and turn the tide of commercialising the gift of god.
Prayer is a gift. God gave us this gift so we can feel confident that their will always be two pairs of foot prints in the sand.
I am tired, very tired of the continuous use of premium rate numbers on our tv screens for the purchase of a ministers prayer. It seems to be getting more and more ridiculous and actually discourages non believers in coming to our churches.
So called ministers are appearing on our tv screens, so say spreading the christian message while at the same time getting rich quick off the back of people phoning in to obtain a prayer from their team of intercessors. This is not gods work.
Jesus is coming and it will be the tv temple that will be brought down this time.
Cash for prayers, cash for healing and cash for counciling has no place in the church of jesus.
With this in mind. How do we reach those that find the need to phone. Many phone these numbers out of sheer desperation that they feel that they cannot go on. They have no one to turn to.
Is there the desire to create a global ministry that runs on the love of christ and not the pockets of the desperate.
Please help to find the answer, this must be dealt with.
Please respond in support or challenge. I want to feel that I am not misguided in my thoughts and that christian's all around the world should try and turn the tide of commercialising the gift of god.
Prayer is a gift. God gave us this gift so we can feel confident that their will always be two pairs of foot prints in the sand.
I am tired, very tired of the continuous use of premium rate numbers on our tv screens for the purchase of a ministers prayer. It seems to be getting more and more ridiculous and actually discourages non believers in coming to our churches.
So called ministers are appearing on our tv screens, so say spreading the christian message while at the same time getting rich quick off the back of people phoning in to obtain a prayer from their team of intercessors. This is not gods work.
Jesus is coming and it will be the tv temple that will be brought down this time.
Cash for prayers, cash for healing and cash for counciling has no place in the church of jesus.
With this in mind. How do we reach those that find the need to phone. Many phone these numbers out of sheer desperation that they feel that they cannot go on. They have no one to turn to.
Is there the desire to create a global ministry that runs on the love of christ and not the pockets of the desperate.
Please help to find the answer, this must be dealt with.