07/15/2024
Love me or hate me, I am going to preach the gospel without compromise! I am going to reach out to the lost, the hurting, the dying, the broken, and the poor. I am going to give everyone the benefit of the doubt! I am going to extend God's grace to everyone who will receive, regardless of what they have done, where they have come from, what color their skin is, or what side of the tracks they were born on. I am not going to play religious games. As a pastor, I will not allow anyone who does not walk in the same love and spirit to be on staff or on leadership. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. I will help anyone. I will celebrate your giftings. I will be among the first to stand in your corner, to defend you, and to go to battle for you if you are doing the will of God and trying to use every means available to you to reach the lost and to bring this sinful world to the cross of Jesus Christ. I will try to help you to succeed and to become all that you can possibly be, by God's grace. But if you don't want to see the Kingdom of God advance, and if you pander to the self-righteous and those bound by the spirit of religion, seeking their approval rather than the approval of Jesus, then just move out of my way. My time is too short to play patty-cake religious games. I am tired of "tickle-me Elmo religion" that doesn't help people. Your position or title means nothing if it isn't helping thr cause of the gospel of Jesus Christ to reach a lost and broken world. You are welcome to sit on the pews and watch, but until you get a born-again experience with God that fills you with the love of Jesus to reach people, then stay out of the way. Until then, you won't be able to help anyway, but will end up just being used of the devil to hinder revival. There is no place in church leadership for the unregenerate and those who operate in the flesh. We need Spirit filled and Spirit-led men and women who will humble themselves and serve. If that is you, we welcome you at Cody Pentecostal Holiness Church to join us in leading this generation to the feet of Jesus! I love you all, but that is where we stand. I must be about my Father's Business. Pastor Isaac Prather