Generating Kingdom Momentum

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Representing God: Living as an Emissary of the Most High , continued

(5) Wearing clothes that “completed the cycle”: that were hip, went out of style, and now are back in style

(6) Living and working in facilities that are fatigued and difficult

4. Note: these difficulties are associated with internal issues impacting the representative’s confidence

B. The outward obstacles: the difficulties of investment, empowerment, and assessment (see appendix Investment, Empowerment, and Assessment ) 1. The lack of investment : What do you do when you feel that you are given a task to do without the requisite investment prior to engaging it? a. Scripture: Eph. 4.11-13 – And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, [12] to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, [13] until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

b. Having to make due with old, substandard, or broken equipment and gear

c. No funds for training seminars and workshops to help grow your talent

d. Operating on a shoestring budget all the time

2. The absence of empowerment : What do you do when after engaging the task, you feel that you have neither the freedom nor the resources to carry out that mission?

a. Scriptures

(1) Rom. 15.1 – We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.