{"id":17439,"date":"2025-08-21T20:50:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clcbconline.com\/?p=17439"},"modified":"2025-08-21T20:50:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:50:33","slug":"price-for-success-in-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clcbconline.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/price-for-success-in-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Price for success in ministry."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Colossians&nbsp; 4:17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke&nbsp; 19:13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark&nbsp; 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;&nbsp; 16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to know that as a faithful followers of Christ, you have a ministry to fulfill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus gave all His followers His name as a gift.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All believers can cast out devils and heal the sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But then, their is a towering price to pay like Jesus to fulfill this ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke&nbsp; 12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The greatest price of all, is spending quality time in your closet with God, travailing in prayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isaiah&nbsp; 66:7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.&nbsp; 66:8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isaiah&nbsp; 53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Galatians&nbsp; 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philippians&nbsp; 1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colossians&nbsp; 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The question is do you meet with God regularly in the secret place?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you spend quality time with Him,&nbsp; travailing like Ephaphras to fulfill your ministry?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your answer is yes, fine. But if no, you must start immediately.&nbsp; This is because there is a reward waiting for you in eternity for fulfilling your ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 Corinthians&nbsp; 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colossians&nbsp; 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;&nbsp; 3:24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The good Lord shall help you in Jesus name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us pray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colossians&nbsp; 4:17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. 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