A Preacher's Prayer on a Saturday Night
When the demon of people-pleasing rises.
When you can't stop replaying the sentence, "Don't take offense...the sermons are too long and some people won't come back."
And you can't stop the loop in your head.
And you want to say-- no it's not me-- we had Sunday School Teacher Blessing, and a Children's Moment, and Communion.... but the one thing you could have cut was... this.
When you feel like you've failed.
When it seems like the thing you feel most convicted about is questioned.
When you never seem to remember the good things they said.
Do not be discouraged.
God has given you something to say.
And you must stand up tomorrow and say it.
Just listen.
Just write.
Do not fear.
God had placed you here.
Say it again and again until you internalize this and not the fear of disappointing them.
As much as it can feel like it-- you are not actually here to please them.
You are here to serve God.
Do that.
And do not fear.
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