鼓励你的牧师

Dec 14, 2024

我劝你们要敬重……在主里领导和劝诫你们的人。(帖撒罗尼迦前书5:12)

如果你想鼓励你的牧师,那么:一、停止批评。大多数的工作人员是根据他们的工作表现每年接受评估;而牧师是每周都接受评估。谨记,如果一篇特定的讲道没有挠到你的“痒处”,很有可能其他人需要听这篇道。二、“你们要记住从前带领你们、把上帝的道传给你们的人。”(希伯来书13:7)为他们的属灵长进祷告。歌德说过:“如果你按照一个人的实况去对待他,他就会保持原状;但如果你按照他应该成为的样式去对待他,他就成为应该且可能成为的样式。”三、写张便条。尤其当你的领袖用言语或行为服侍了你,你更应该写个感谢条。口头的鼓励很好,但便条可以多次阅读。四、运用你的天分。例如,如果你擅长机械,就去检修保养牧师的车;如果你精通科技,就去帮助牧师提高电脑技术。与其说“你需要这么做”,不如以行动来帮助。询问他们哪一方面最需要你的技巧,并成为一个活跃的参与者。五、断然拒绝闲言碎语。雅各说:“如果有人……不勒住自己的舌头,……他的所谓虔诚也毫无价值。”(雅各书1:26)你要以积极的评论来抵制消极的言谈,用事实来纠正错误的信息。如果这一切都无效,那就走开!六、公开回应。对牧师来说,没有什么比看到有人回应他们的讲道和教导更受鼓励了。七、不要比较。不要期望他们像前任牧师那样,为你的牧师能以个人独特的风格服侍有需要的人而感谢上帝。

The Word for Today is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright © 2024

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