3/4/2023 0 Comments Well off. please dont quit.![]() Instead, the offensive language or behavior needs to be consistent and directed toward the employee. Making inappropriate comments regarding race, gender or sexual orientationĪn occasional slip of the tongue usually does not constitute illegal harassment.Hostile work environment covers a broader range of activities and can include: While this is often sexual in nature, it may also involve asking an employee to stop certain religious customs or even keep quiet about illegal activities. Quid pro quo means “this for that” and often involves employers asking employees to engage in behavior that is illegal and/or uncomfortable in exchange for job stability. Illegal harassment falls into two basic categories: quid pro quo and hostile work environment. However, it’s important to remember that some types of workplace harassment may be illegal, and you have rights. If you find yourself the victim of workplace harassment, you may be tempted to quit and find a new job. Instead, they can resurface in the workplace, often rising to positions of power. Unfortunately bullies don’t go away when you grow up. He’s enough and his calling is sure.Nobody likes a bully. Jesus has won the race, our task is not to win, just to finish, clinging to the cross of Jesus that has paved the way. In the marathon of pastoral ministry, the reward is to the faithful not the fast. Run to Jesus, hang on for dear life, and then trust in his strong arms to hold you when your strength fails. Is it scary? Jesus will never leave you nor forsake you.Īre you suffering? We have a great high priest who suffered and knows what you are going through.Īre people ignoring you? Read the prophets, you’re not the first, but you can make it. ![]() Others have gone before you, others will come behind you, but this is your time. There is work to be done, and you’ve been called to the task. There are no promises that serving the Lord is easy or enjoyable, but there is a ministry to be fulfilled. There is real stress and struggle for pastors, but trust me on this, you have worth and purpose. I really wish I didn’t have to write this, but the suicide rate among pastors is higher than it is among the general population. The needs of the world can edge her out, and allure of greener pastures can entice you. She is your first ministry and she is your greatest asset. Pastor, love your wife and love her well. Pastoral ministry is stressful and time-consuming and after meeting everyone else’s needs, sometimes the last thing you want to do is throw a ball or wrestle in floor or help with bath-time, but they need you. Never stop believing in the power of the gospel and never stop sharing it. The gospel is powerful, it is the power of God for salvation. Read the Word of God, spend time in devotion and study daily. Love them, even when it is hard, it is worth it. Are you in a difficult situation with people who are gossiping and abusing you? God is love and he has called us as his children to live as He is. God has promised, “Call to me, and I will answer you.” He hears the prayers of his people. Your prayers are making it past the ceiling. Seek the Lord, pray for vision, and lead your people. Perhaps none follow today, rest assured that if you quit, they won’t follow tomorrow either. Is it a dry season, do your sermons seem to not make an impact beyond the first row? Don’t quit! You will be tempted in many areas, but you must endure. The call is too urgent, the needs too great, and God is too worthy for you to quit. ![]() Leaders in your church may get caught up into myths, but don’t quit. Deacons will walk away from the faith, but don’t quit. People will sometimes accumulate other teachers for themselves and crush your spirit, but don’t quit. It is true, people will not always endure sound teaching, but don’t quit. You may be tempted to quit right now, but don’t quit. ![]() So, pastor, I write today to urge you, don’t quit. In layman’s terms, “Timothy, don’t quit!” “As for you,” Paul writes, “always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.” Paul says that others will wander from the faith, they will refuse to listen to the preached Word, they will even cling to godless myths, but, Timothy is expected to rise above all of that. And then, Paul’s writing takes a more personal turn with these words, “As for you.” Timothy is warned against the passions of youth and urged to preach the Word in season and out. He urges Timothy to guard the gift that has been entrusted to him and to serve as a good soldier of Christ. He asks Timothy to come to him and to bring some things. As Paul languishes in prison expecting to die, he sends one final letter to his protege with some instructions and some requests. ![]()
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