changedagain Wrote:
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> BTW, I was the designated relationship to a few
> people that once had 'important' ministries, but
> fell out of favor. Fortunately, for the most part,
> I sense how ridiculous it was for me to lord it
> over this person, and pretty much refrained from
> exercising a heavy-hand. After I eventually became
> weary of all the politics, and the requirement to
> kissing ass in order to move up in the TLWF
> authority chain, the extent of my ministry to the
> few under my charge was to encourage them to do
> pretty much whatever the hell they wanted, unless
> it caused harm to others. In one case, it meant a
> father being free to take his son on weekend
> outings to the desert, searching for lizards.
> That was fine by me.
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changedagain....I came out of the Walk with a warped view of ministries who got caught up in the politics of power so it has helped me to read your posts. I am sure there were others like yourself then and now who recognize ambition for ministry as a road to know where and who did not abuse their position and it's always good to hear those stories. A while back I listened to a message by David Cokas on his website and he mentioned once being in a movement (had to be the Walk) and I think if I remember correctly he described the movement for many as a lust for ministry. I think JRS planted those seeds of ambition to climb the LW hierarchy ladder and to be fair JRS seemed to believe it urgent as he thought he had a deadline to fulfill with raising up those 1000 prophets. But there wasn't an urgent deadline and that ambition left unchecked in the wrong hands was a colossal mistake and the outcome similar to a Shakespearean tragedy. FYI I once found a rare horny toad lizard in my back yard...it was a least 8 inches long and looked like a miniature iguana.
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> BTW, I was the designated relationship to a few
> people that once had 'important' ministries, but
> fell out of favor. Fortunately, for the most part,
> I sense how ridiculous it was for me to lord it
> over this person, and pretty much refrained from
> exercising a heavy-hand. After I eventually became
> weary of all the politics, and the requirement to
> kissing ass in order to move up in the TLWF
> authority chain, the extent of my ministry to the
> few under my charge was to encourage them to do
> pretty much whatever the hell they wanted, unless
> it caused harm to others. In one case, it meant a
> father being free to take his son on weekend
> outings to the desert, searching for lizards.
> That was fine by me.
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changedagain....I came out of the Walk with a warped view of ministries who got caught up in the politics of power so it has helped me to read your posts. I am sure there were others like yourself then and now who recognize ambition for ministry as a road to know where and who did not abuse their position and it's always good to hear those stories. A while back I listened to a message by David Cokas on his website and he mentioned once being in a movement (had to be the Walk) and I think if I remember correctly he described the movement for many as a lust for ministry. I think JRS planted those seeds of ambition to climb the LW hierarchy ladder and to be fair JRS seemed to believe it urgent as he thought he had a deadline to fulfill with raising up those 1000 prophets. But there wasn't an urgent deadline and that ambition left unchecked in the wrong hands was a colossal mistake and the outcome similar to a Shakespearean tragedy. FYI I once found a rare horny toad lizard in my back yard...it was a least 8 inches long and looked like a miniature iguana.