It's Not How You Start!!!

I have been in the ministry for over 37 years and I have seen a lot.  I have seen people who started out well but they never finished.

I have seen ministers who started out well but their ending was disappointing.

When I was a kid just starting to preach there was a preacher who was always being used. Had great talent preaching and singing.  Seemed like he was always doing revivals and doing a great work for God.   After being used by God and even pastoring a very successful church he one day stepped out of the ministry.  Why I don't know but what ever reason is not for me to judge but just to remind myself that The calling of God are without repentance (Romans 11:29)

Many of us have had friends and family that started out great but never finished the race that was before them. What happened?  What took place?  We may or may not know.  But one thing I do know is what Solomon once said, "For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again (Proverbs 24:16)

This one thing I do know is that I am the comeback kid!!!  You see it is not in the falling down, it is in the getting up.

I have another friend who is a great revivalist and an awesome singer and preacher.  A few years ago he went through a horrible divorce and people had him gone, done, and over with.  But praise God he was a come back kid.  He took Proverbs 24:16 to heart and he is preaching with a great anointing than ever before.

God know our faults and flaws. He knows our strength and weaknesses.  He didn't call us because we were perfected.  He called us because He believed in us.

God is not as concerned on how we start as much as He is concerned on how we will end.  Don't give up, don't listen to what others say, and remember your calling comes from a higher realm than where you are walking now.

Let our testimony be the same as Paul's, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." (2 Timothy 4:7)

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TJ and Rhonda Tipton have been ministering the Word of God across the world. Now they travel across the U.S. with their 9 year old triplets, Colton, Faith and Rebekah singing and preaching the Gospel.

They have taken many mission trips to Native American Reservations, Uganda, African, and The Philippines, God has used them with signs, miracles, and wonders through the name of Jesus. 

If you would like to know more about their ministry or have them for revival you can email them at tiptonministry@gmail.com

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