10 Scriptures To Help You Stick It Out In MinistrySample

As fast as you can blink your eyes, almost everything was gone. What I held dear, lived for, prayed for, felt called to, gone. My son, Noah, and my husband, Chris, remained. I still loved Chris but my respect and devotion to him was destroyed. Because on that fateful morning he confessed the most devastating news a man can to his wife. Adultery. Addiction. Deep betrayal. Instant grief. Overwhelming sadness. I didn’t want to throw in the towel in ministry. I simply had no choice but to. What could I offer someone if I was dying inside? Not much. With a grateful heart, I can tell you that God didn’t just restore my marriage, He gave me a brand new one. Within no time, God fast-tracked our healing journey. We were in awe at what God did in us. And we didn’t want anything to mess it up. Especially re-entering full-time ministry. But I remembered back to the fall of 1995 when God spoke to us and gave us Romans 10:14-15 to stand on in our decision to enter full-time ministry. These verses were the foundation for our decision and the reason we kept going through the tough seasons. We knew God was paving the way for our return into ministry. An 18-month break to find healing and wholeness didn’t remove the calling God placed on us. As the passage in Romans says, there were still people who hadn’t heard of Jesus, who were walking through life without purpose, who needed hope from our story because it would become their story. Our job was not finished. So, we went back in as prepared as we could be. When the Enemy started bombarding me with lies that my marriage couldn’t withstand the pressures of ministry or the judgments of those around me, I stood on the truth that God called us to this and where God guides, He always provides. When people voiced their opinion that my husband had disqualified himself by his actions, we stood on the truth that God’s call is irrevocable and that a lost and dying world still needed to know about a Savior who died for them. My husband’s moral failure didn’t remove the call of God on our lives, it intensified it. Have you ever considered walking away from full-time ministry? If so, what scripture has encouraged you to stay the course? By Cindy Beall