- That some people are not happy unless they’re in a fight with someone.
- That there are still lost people hungry for to know God’s will for their lives.
- That it is so easy to make excuses and so hard to make the effort.
- That I still have so much to learn, so far to go, and so little time to do it.
- That some people do not believe it’s possible to lean too far to the right.
- That some people do not believe it’s possible to lean too far to the left.
- That some people get “preach the truth” but not “in love.”
- That some people know how to be loving, but are unwilling to preach the truth.
- That there are some who believe they are judge, jury, and executioner.
- That some preachers decide what to preach based more on popular opinion and felt needs than honestly, courageously seeking to preach the whole counsel of God.
- That some run roughshod over others while hypersensitive to their own rights.
- That some can tell you what the preachers’, elders’, and deacons’ jobs are, but think their only job is to tell you that.
- That many of God’s people are striving to live right every day, often at great personal sacrifice and despite great opposition.
- That there are some who do good all the time, and would be mortified for others to know it.
- That some make sure others know every good thing they do.
- That everybody is extremely busy, but some are better time managers than others.
- That with some people you are guilty until you can prove you are innocent, and you may still be guilty in their minds.
- That no one can hand you success, prosperity, or discipline. God gives you the tools, but neither He nor anyone else can make you develop and sustain them.
- That elders and preachers who work together create a bond that holds the local church together.
- That we have overemphasized specialization (evangelism training, youth workers, Bible class teachers) to the point that many feel unqualified and “opt out.”
- That every one of us that gets to heaven will get there with much help from God and brethren.
—Neal Pollard
