Serving God but not really

Can you minister, do God's work but don't have time when you grow and be satisfied in Him? Yes you can, but no one knows except the person who is ministering and God. This is something that I've been facing with while going through college and ministering at the same time. And this podcast reflects the hearts of most of the people when they minister. Tim Challies posted this, where I thought it would be good to repost for those who didn't had a chance to hear it. I hope you don't have to go through what this guy went and going through.

Originally posted at: http://www.challies.com/writings/podcast/ck211-important-lessons?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+challies%2FXhEt+%28Challies+Dot+Com%29

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