Rodney Howard Browne

What bothered me in my studies of the lives of the great men and women of God was that many of them paid a horrible price in their personal lives. Many lost their children because they were never around for them while they were obeying the call. Or their marriage came apart because they spent very little time building a solid relationship on a firm foundation meant to last a lifetime.

I was direct in my prayer to the Lord when I told Him, “Lord, I am not prepared to lose my wife or my kids over the ministry. You gave them to me as a responsibility. If it doesn’t work at home, why export it?” So Heavenly Minded, No Earthly Good

Some ministers have neglected the things of everyday life in order to get into a super spiritual world.

They have no relationships with anyone. I personally know men who have no one to speak honestly into their lives. They are surrounded by “yes” people who tell them what they want to hear and who only stay around them to boost their insecurities and their inferiority complexes. Why Have the Mighty Fallen?

Why is it that many great men of God are blown out of the water? Is it because they cannot handle the power of God? I know that many have touched the gold and the glory and have been eaten up by worms like Herod in Acts 12.

We only have to look at the lives of Saul, David, and Samson, to name a few, to see some of the things that will bring people down. The enemy knows that the only way to stop an individual from achieving great things in God is to render them powerless and ineffective in their Christian walk and testimony by coming against them in three areas.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever. 1 John 2:15-17

Pitfall One: The Lust of the Flesh Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

Many of God’s chosen have become money-minded and have lost the anointing. They preach for money and do things in the ministry with a money motive behind it instead of a ministry motive behind it.

It is so important to realize that money follows ministry. If you meet people’s needs, they will meet your needs. I know of one preacher in particular who is only concerned about having a meeting somewhere and selling do, not realizing that he is prostituting the anointing on his life.

Many ministers will not preach unless they are guaranteed a certain amount, plus air fares, plus, plus, plus. That is why we, in our ministry, pay our own expenses and take our own offerings.

Now I am the first one to admit that there is abuse on both sides. Either the abuse of the ministry by the people, or the abuse of the people by the ministry. Don’t label all in the ministry as charlatans because of the excesses of the few.

It’s amazing how it’s always the ones who are doing nothing for God who know how it should be done. There are ministries that start off exposing the cults but then turn on the Body of Christ like cannibals. They build their ministries off the failings of God’s servants.

Rodney Howard Browne feels that God has called them to teach the body of Christ, by example, how to create an atmosphere in the church, through the worship of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, so that the presence of God can be made welcome and so that He can touch His children as He sees fit. Jesus said that if He is lifted up then He would draw all men unto Himself. Our job is to lift Him up and not be ashamed of the Word of God or the Spirit of God.

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